Yes, it’s true. Yesterday was my 27th birthday and I couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate than with ice cream – my all-time favorite food group. Don’t worry. I haven’t sold my soul to the egg and dairy devils just yet. I’ve kept this recipe vegan and as simple as possible. That way, I can indulge with half the guilt and share it with all of you. Best community birthday present ever. Speaking of best birthday present ever, I WON THIS CUISINART ICE CREAM MAKER in the Foodess’s giveaway! I had a suspiciously good feeling about it when I entered my name in the drawing and was absolutely floored when I received an e-mail from Jennifer notifying me I’d won! I kicked, I screamed, I squealed. And then I responded with gratitude and my physical address. Once it arrived it was on. I wasted no time breaking it in with this luscious vegan snickers ice cream. I hope I’m doing Jennifer proud. This ice cream is simple. Coconut milk.Raw sugar.Vegan caramel sauce.Peanuts.Bittersweet chocolate curls.(And a vegan snickers bar for good measure) That’s it! And it’s so rich and satisfying that I’d almost rather it than the actual candy bar. Or on second thought, maybe I’ll have both. Yeah, it’s my birthday so I’ll definitely be having both. Hooray! The best part about this ice cream, besides it requiring only easy to find ingredients, is that it’s fairly hands off. Once you combine your base and let it cool, you let your ice cream maker do the work. You can make this without an ice cream maker, but it will likely affect the texture, making it icier and denser than it would be otherwise. But if it’s the flavor you’re going for anyways it doesn’t really matter. The bottom line is: You need to have this flavor combo in your mouth, STAT. Get to churning!
