Dark Chocolate Peppermint Ice Cream

What you'll need:

-Ingredients for basic vanilla ice cream for an ice cream machine (eggs, sugar, milk, cream)

-Peppermint extract (store brands are super cheap)

-Crushed peppermint candy

-Dark chocolate chips

If you don't have an ice cream machine just use the No Machine Ice Cream recipe listed in this post. Seriously easy; heavy whipping cream and sweetened condensed cream. BAM.

I got a little fancy and bought Hershey's special dark chocolate and pre-crushed peppermint

Helpful tips:

-Make the regular recipe for vanilla ice cream (except go easy on vanilla and add a dash or two of peppermint extract to taste) and run it through the machine. Pour the thickened ice cream into a bowl and THEN mix in the crushed candy. Trust me on this this. I tried to save time or whatever by mixing the candy into the liquid-y before stage and ALL of the candy sunk to the bottom and stuck to the ice cold canister. It was a freakin' mess.

The result, note, at home versions may turn out less Instagram-y.

Now, I'm going to sit here on my first day off in 13 days and enjoy Christmas ice cream and Law and Order on instant Netflix.