Yep, We Seriously Want You to Add Bacon to Your Vanilla Ice Cream

From House Beautiful

"Making ice cream from scratch is hard, so I often opt instead to garnish vanilla Häagen-Dazs with something fun, like candied bacon - easy to make by brushing on maple syrup and brown sugar as it bakes. Delicious!" says master entertainer Lulu Powers. "Or, I let the ice cream soften a bit, mix in something like broken-up Butterfingers or cookies - or anything yum - and refreeze. Vanilla doesn't have to be vanilla."

Not into bacon? Try more of Lulu's favorite vanilla ice cream toppings:

1. Candied bacon (shown)

2. St-Germain liqueur, plus berries and chopped basil

3. Dehydrated or fresh fruit

4. Caramel popcorn

5. Olive oil and lemon zest

6. Cotton candy and edible gold flakes (buy on Amazon)

7. Candied ginger or orange, grapefruit, or lemon peel

8. Toasted coconut flakes

9. Brown rice cereal, dipped in melted chocolate and cooled

10. Whipped cream mixed with malted milk

11. Hot fudge with crumbled candy canes (any time of year!)

12. Crushed malt balls and toffee-dangerously good

13. Chocolate-covered espresso beans

14. Any flavor of Compartés chocolate bars, broken up

15. Salty pretzel pieces

16. Lillet rosé dessert wine

17. Crumbled shortbread

18. Crushed Oreos. I love them.

This story originally appeared in the September 2017 issue of House Beautiful.

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