Today is BOTH National Chocolate Ice Cream Day AND National Doughnut Day, so we are doing double-duty with this one!
It is best to assemble these doughnut sandwiches, dip them in chocolate, and eat them right away while the ice cream is frozen, the doughnuts are fresh, and chocolate is still a little melty.
Ingredients:
for each sandwich, you will need:
1 doughnut, any kind you like
1 generous scoop of chocolate ice cream
melted or tempered chocolate
Directions:
Remove ice cream from freezer and let sit on countertop to soften ever so slightly while you prepare the doughnuts.
Slice each doughnut in half around the middle. Our tool recommendation: a long, serrated bread knife.
Place a generous scoop of ice cream on a small plate. Using a spatula, flatten the scoop of ice cream to the same diameter as your doughnuts. Place the flattened scoop of ice cream on half the doughnut. “Close” the sandwich with the other half of the doughnut.
Place prepared doughnut sandwiches in freezer temporarily.
Melt or temper your chocolate.
Remove sandwiches from freezer. Dip each sandwich into melted chocolate.
Serve immediately, with lots of napkins. It’s very messy. Sticky glaze, melting ice cream, oozing chocolate…
Photo courtesy of: http://www.favething.com/s-murphy/tasty-grub/chocolate-dipped-coffee-ice-cream-glazed-doughnut-sandwiches/
