Chocolate Shell
Do you remember those weird squeeze bottles of magic chocolate shell from the 90's? Well, I do and I loved it. A bowl of ice cream was incomplete without the wonder that came from pouring chocolate over top and watching it harden. Magic indeed. Nowadays, I whip up a batch of my own homemade “magic shell” and keep the bowl in the fridge to warm up whenever our bowls of ice cream are in need of magic. Magic indeed.
Ingredients:
1 cup chocolate chips
2 tablespoons coconut oil
a splash of vanilla extract
Directions:
I like to start by making a double boiler by filling a small pot with about an inch of water and put a heat proof bowl over top of the pot. You don’t want the bowl to touch the water. Heat the water over low/medium heat until it’s simmering. Add the chocolate chips, coconut oil, and vanilla to the bowl (not the water!) and let it melt, stirring every so often. When you drizzle the melted mixture over the cold ice cream it hardens immediately! I like to let the bowl cool to room temp and store it in the fridge to reheat for the next time until the mixture is all used up!
