Yep, We Seriously Want You to Add Bacon to Your Vanilla Ice Cream
"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:
Candied bacon (shown)
St-Germain liqueur, plus berries and chopped basil
Dehydrated or fresh fruit
Caramel popcorn
Olive oil and lemon zest
Cotton candy and edible gold flakes (buy on Amazon)
Candied ginger or orange, grapefruit, or lemon peel
Toasted coconut flakes
Brown rice cereal, dipped in melted chocolate and cooled
Whipped cream mixed with malted milk
Hot fudge with crumbled candy canes (any time of year!)
Crushed malt balls and toffee-dangerously good
Chocolate-covered espresso beans
Any flavor of Compartés chocolate bars, broken up
Salty pretzel pieces
Lillet rosé dessert wine
Crumbled shortbread
Crushed Oreos. I love them.
This story originally appeared in the September 2017 issue of House Beautiful.
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