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I wanted to try to match the “as real as possible” mint flavor I did last time, so decided to caramelize then reduce the bananas. Amped up with some toffee flavors and malt. There’s a whip swirl with toasted vanilla wafers. Immediate hit is banana - all banana and the vanilla bean just brings it out even more!
“Yellow Vice”
Recipe - roast 3 or so bananas, caramelize it, puree into your base custard then cook
Whip - heavy cream (1 c) w pinch of salt and sweetened condensed milk (1/4 c)
Toasted wafers - 2.5 cups
Add whip and wafers in layers
Have fun and let me know how it turns out if you try it!

I like a lot of ice cream, probably like everyone here obviously. That being said, I’ve had a lot of experiences where I’ll buy that $7 scoop that says it tastes like X, and it’s muted…perhaps tastes like a shadow of what’s advertised. So I wanted to make a flavor that really would challenge that and ended up with a super flavorful, but not overwhelmingly so, mint. It really tastes like mint and cream, without the vegetal toothpaste edge. I also am obsessed with Graeter’s chocolate chunks - pliable yet still keeps it shape. After a few iterations I’m pretty happy with it - not perfect but getting there.
-infused about 2 cups of mint I’ve grown, in cold dairy overnight.
-proceeded with usual custard base
-chips: dark chocolate chips with 1-2tbs canola oil, melted, frozen, broken into shards, packed post churning.

A deep dark 70% chocolate custard base + burnt caramel swirl + cornflake crunch. The solid% from the cocoa and chocolate (and milk powder) served up a slightly tougher texture than I’d like but with some more churning would’ve been perfect. Great combo flavors -I use a 720g dairy base - add 30 g Dutch processed cocoa, 85g chopped dark chocolate and go about your usual business to deliver the “last bite” 🩸

Was happy with the toasted Oreo malt flavor I recently made, and I realized it was somewhat reminiscent of toffee notes. So I thought about infusing flavor with the Maillard reaction we get from browning butter, and more toasted notes. Surprisingly complementary flavors - definitely made some tweaks, and definitely recommend giving it a try!

Brown Butter and Toasted Graham Cracker.

More experimentation now…

I’ve kind of become a very beginner mad scientist and love it. Been hybridizing Claire Saffitz and Dana Cree. And a few tweaks along the way. Making up flavors and this one is my favorite so far (humbly!). My biggest flop was a watermelon sherbet (never again). Loving this new hobby and hope yall are too!

Edit: Wow! Thanks so much for all the upvotes everyone - I never thought I’d get so into creating all these flavor combos, it’s been a great side project. I keep a journal by my nightstand now bc somehow I’ve been waking up with tons of random recipe ideas and jotting them down! Cant wait to share more and get your take!✌️