Chocolate and Earl Grey is my favorite flavor combo for chocolate bars -- there's one by a particular brand I always stock up on if I come across it. BUT living where I live (middle of nowhere) I don't come across it often... So in my earl grey chocolate bar "down time", I satisfy my cravings for the combo with this nice cream. Oh yes...And in cake. Earl grey in cake is amazing. In fact, this ice cream is what inspired the raw chocolate earl grey cake in my book...
But while cake is nice and all, and those lovely ready made chocolate bars are great if you've got them on hand, sometimes I feel like quick and easy gratification in the sweet tooth department, with the ingredients I've got right now. Nice cream to the rescue each and every time. Instant, delicious, creamy, plus super simple to make. And the mulberries and cacao nibs add a lovely crunch to round things off.
PrintChocolate Earl Grey Nice Cream
Inspired by a super delicious earl grey chocolate bar, this vegan ice cream is simple, ready in just two minutes, and only needs a few basic ingredients.
- Prep Time: 2 minutes
- Total Time: 2 minutes
- Yield: 1 serving
- Category: Ice Cream
- Method: Raw
- Cuisine: Dessert
Ingredients
Nice Cream:
- 3 frozen bananas
- 2 tbsp cacao powder
- 3 dashes of good salt (yep THREE -- it needs it!)
- 1 tsp earl grey tea leaves (grind/crush fresh leaves into a finer consistency, or use some from an organic earl grey tea bag -- I use Numi aged earl grey for mine)
- optional: a hint of maple syrup if you like things crazy sweet (I didn't use)
Optional Toppings:
- cacao nibs, dried mulberries, salt flakes
Instructions
- Blend all nice cream ingredients in a high power blender (use your tamper if using a Vitamix). Scoop into a bowl, sprinkle with toppings and enjoy!
Eli sur la Lune says
Hello Audrey, Eli from France ...
I would like to know how you freeze your bananas ? With or without its skin ?
I wonder if I could mix whole frozen bananas with my blender ... I should maybe cut them into pieces before freezing it , shouldn't I ?
Many thanks for your recipes. (a lot of them make me dream. Some of them make me try).
Audrey says
Bonjour Eli :)
I freeze them peeled, and I usually cut or break them in half before freezing just to make the blending easier. The skins wouldn't taste good blended.
Natalia says
Wow, sounds so delicious and looks so good! <3
Audrey says
Thank you! Can't go wrong with chocolate nice cream and earl grey :)
Kari @ bite-sized thoughts says
I love this idea! Earl grey chocolate isn't that common around me (despite earl grey pretty much being the national English drink) so this sounds like a wonderful way to get the flavours in.
Audrey says
Yeah, not too common here either -- I usually have to wait for special trips or order online. The Numi chocolate earl grey tea is something I buy online regularly. The chocolate bar I was referring to is from a Canadian company and is really lovely -- Galerie au Chocolat's dark Belgian Earl Grey.