# Good Lord, I made some good-tastin' ice cream **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 11, 2005, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-i-made-some-good-tastin-ice-cream/298808 "2005-04-11T16:49:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-i-made-some-good-tastin-ice-cream/298808/1 "2005-04-11T16:49:37Z")
Since I got a “Lello” ice cream freezer, I’ve climbed up the ranks from making so-so ice cream as a beginner to the rank of “Criminy, that’s the best ice cream I’ve ever eaten” (according to Mr. brown). I early discovered some tips to making ice cream less hard when frozen, and never prone to ice crystals. After you learn the tricks, there’s no easier dessert to make and which delivers such spectacular results for the effort. Anyway, my crowning effort last night was “Coffee Heath Bar Crunch”, which used to be a Ben & Jerry’s flavor, I believe, but is not made anymore. I was trying to duplicate it from memory, as it was my favorite B&J flavor. The only hard part was finding someone who still sold Heath Bars! I put a lot of espresso powder in the ice cream base and had to restrain myself from drinking it there and then. Mmmm-mmm! You never ate anything so good. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-i-made-some-good-tastin-ice-cream/298808/2 "2005-04-11T17:19:54Z")
I loved the movie adaptation of this! (Tranlation: I have always wanted to use an Ice cream maker, but what is this doing in Cafe Society? Oh, and I once made Ice cream when I was a teen, using maple syrup, vanilla seasoning, and almond M&Ms. It tasted kinda like peach flavor. I used the [Kick-the-can](http://www.recipezaar.com/109674) method.) ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-i-made-some-good-tastin-ice-cream/298808/3 "2005-04-11T17:25:23Z")
Recipes go in Cafe Society, **Scott**. Coffee recipes especially. Yeah, homemade coffee ice cream is to die for. All custardy with little tiny grains of Turkish coffee grounds is the way I do it, and oh my god it’s good. The Heath Bar addition is a sure sign that you’re a genius; I’ve got to try that this summer. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-i-made-some-good-tastin-ice-cream/298808/4 "2005-04-11T18:42:08Z")
> [@teela brown](#): > > The only hard part was finding someone who still sold Heath Bars! Look in the baking section; Hershey’s makes [Heath Milk Chocolate Toffee Bits](http://www.hersheys.com/recipes/products/info/baking-pieces.asp): > [@](#): > > They’re real Heath Candy Bars broken into pieces that are just the right size for baking and topping. My wife uses them all the time for cookies. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-i-made-some-good-tastin-ice-cream/298808/5 "2005-04-11T19:31:46Z")
**Fear Itself** : Cool! I didn’t know they existed. And look, there are plain toffee bits. I can make toffee at home, but this will save a lot of time. I’m already getting an idea for the next ice cream recipe: macadamia nut toffee crunch. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-i-made-some-good-tastin-ice-cream/298808/6 "2005-04-11T21:03:26Z")
You couldn’t find Heath bars? Weird. We sell a ton of them at my store. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-i-made-some-good-tastin-ice-cream/298808/7 "2005-04-11T21:25:09Z")
> [@teela brown](#): > > macadamia nut toffee crunch. We’re all invited to the taste test, right? ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-i-made-some-good-tastin-ice-cream/298808/8 "2005-04-11T22:58:45Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > We’re all invited to the taste test, right? Grab yerself a big spoon and come on over now. There’s still some Coffee Heath Bar Crunch, and we haven’t even broached the Vanilla Butter Rum Raisin! ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-lord-i-made-some-good-tastin-ice-cream/298808/9 "2005-04-12T03:03:54Z")
> [@teela brown](#): > > Grab yerself a big spoon and come on over now. I’m sure I’ll surprise no one when I say you’re my new favorite Doper. 😃