Chocolate Shell Ice Cream Topping Recipes

CHOCOLATE SHELL SAUCE FOR ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Heat the coconut oil and chocolate over a double boiler of simmering water, stirring until melted. Turn off the heat and let cool for 5 minutes. Divide the ice cream among 3 bowls. Pour over the sauce; it will harden immediately.

INSTANT CHOCOLATE HARD SHELL

Steps:

• Combine chocolate chips and coconut oil in a microwave-safe bowl; heat in microwave in 30-second intervals, mixing well each time, until mixture is smooth, 1 to 2 minutes. It takes about 1 minute of stirring until they fully mix together. Store at room temperature in an air-tight container.

CHOCOLATE SHELL ICE CREAM TOPPING

Steps:

• 1. Melt chocolate chips and coconut oil. This can be done over a double boiler, or in a microwave, in 20 second intervals, stirring well after each time. (The more melty it gets, the more careful you want to be about not microwaving it too long. Maybe do even shorter intervals at the end. You do not want to overheat the chocolate.)
• 2. Stir in orange flavor and extracts. If the chocolate seizes (hardens/gets grainy because of any water in your extracts), add some additional melted coconut oil, until the sauce liquifies again. It seized once on me, but has not seized again after I switched to a different vanilla extract. It was simple enough to fix with melted coconut oil, the one time it seized.
• 3. Drizzle this sauce on anything (great on cake & other desserts, too!) But when drizzled over a scoop of ice-cream, it forms a delicious hard shell, that crunches, then melts in your mouth. I like to put a couple layers of ice-cream drizzled with the sauce, inside my ice-cream cone, before putting my scoops on top. The combination in the picture is rocky-road ice-cream with the sauce drizzled over & hardened on top, and then a scoop of mint chocolate chip ice-cream. The flavors are delicious together! The orange, almond & vanilla extracts keep this sauce from being boring, but it still goes so well with everything. Frontier Co-op's orange (& lemon) oil based flavors are top quality and delicious in so many things. I suggest giving them a try!

CHOCOLATE SHELL ICE-CREAM TOPPING

Steps:

• Melt the chocolate in a small metal bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Stir in the coconut oil and heat until dissolved, about 1 minute. Keep the liquid lukewarm until ready to pour over the ice cream. Chocolate will harden into a shell within a few seconds when spooned over ice cream.

OLIVE OIL CHOCOLATE SHELL

Steps:

• Melt chocolate over a double boiler over low heat, stirring constantly to avoid burning the chocolate, until completely melted. Take chocolate off the heat and whisk in olive oil until completely incorporated.
• Allow chocolate to cool slightly before serving (to avoid melting the ice cream); be sure to keep stirring to avoid hardening. Spoon over ice cream (do not dip anything into the chocolate or it will spoil). Finish with a pinch of flakey salt before the chocolate hardens.
• Store at room temperature in an airtight container; if chocolate solidifies, reheat and whisk before using.

BASIC CHOCOLATE SHELL TOPPING

Steps:

• Fill a saucepan with a few inches of water and bring to a bare simmer. Combine the chocolate, coconut oil and sea salt in a medium heatproof bowl and set over the pan (do not let the bowl touch the water). Cook, stirring occasionally, until the chocolate is melted and the mixture is well combined, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Remove the bowl from the pan and let the mixture cool at least 15 minutes before pouring on top of ice cream (or you can dip your ice cream in the mixture instead). Transfer any remaining sauce to an airtight microwave-safe container and refrigerate up to 3 months. To remelt, uncover and microwave in 10-second intervals, stirring, until pourable.