We don’t really have much to say about what emerged from the TasteSpotting Kitchen last week during our Dreyer’s/Edy’s Slow Churned Light Ice Cream fiesta…
So we’re just going to share some drool-worthy photos and assure you that yes, you absolutely should, no, you need, to make these Chocolate-Dipped Coffee Ice Cream + Glazed Doughnut Sandwiches immediately.
By the way, we didn’t make our own doughnuts, but don’t let that hold you back from doing so! We highly encourage that kind of kitchenly ambitious behavior, whether yeasted, cake, baked, fried, or otherwise.
Coffee Ice Cream Glazed Doughnut Sandwiches
It is best to assemble these doughnut sandwiches, dip them in chocolate, and eat them right away while the ice cream is frozen, the doughnuts are fresh, and chocolate is still a little melty.
You could make them in advance, chocolate and all, then freeze them to eat later (we did for a few too many), but the chocolate gets really hard (as do the doughnuts) and actually, we recommend that you NOT freeze-for-later at all. So never mind. Just make them and eat them.
Ingredients
for each sandwich, you will need:
1 doughnut, any kind you like
1 generous scoop of coffee ice cream (we used Dreyer’s/Edy’s Slow Churned Coffee!)
melted chocolate (we poured a bag of chocolate chips into a small heavy-bottomed saucepan and melted it over extremely low heat)
Directions
Remove ice cream from freezer and let sit on countertop to soften ever so slightly while you prepare the doughnuts.
Slice each doughnut in half around the middle. Our tool recommendation: a long, serrated bread knife.
Place a generous scoop of ice cream on a small plate. Using a spatula, flatten the scoop of ice cream to the same diameter as your doughnuts. Place the flattened scoop of ice cream on half the doughnut. “Close” the sandwich with the other half of the doughnut.
Place prepared doughnut sandwiches in freezer temporarily.
Melt your chocolate.
Remove sandwiches from freezer. Dip each sandwich into melted chocolate.
Serve immediately, with lots of napkins. It’s very messy. Sticky glaze, melting ice cream, oozing chocolate…
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the coolest idea ever!!
Good God.
Brilliant.
mother of doughnuts…
I broke my gluten-fast and made these tonight, since I had a batch of homemade coffee ice cream in the fridge. I subbed hm hot fudge because I was out of chocolate chips, but there were no complaints. DIVINE. Thanks for the inspiration!
hi ej! just read your post on it… thanks so much for trying it! love that you improvised with hot fudge!
Looks absolutely sensational! I would so love to try some. I’ll bet they taste amazing!
I DO believe you… I need these in my life, preferably sooner than later! :)
Goodness gracious….That’s a mouthful I have the courage to slay
oh wow! This is probably one of the very best things ever! Just wonderful!
About 10,000 bajillion calories and probably worth every bite.
Sure these things will kill you but at least you get to die fat!
I’m pretty sure this belongs on: http://thisiswhyyourefat.tumblr.com/
:)
Sound ohhhhhhh so good, but what a sugar rush!
Features these on the site and in my house today! Magnificent!
Wow, so beautiful and I like the fact the chocolate not to be all over the doughnuts!
Wowzers, those look like the most outrageously indulgent doughnuts I’ve ever seen. Fantastic!
Oh man, all these years later and they still look so good!
made mine with doughnut holes, same concept, smaller scale, was sooooo good!
LOVE that! totally poppable…but could be so much MORE dangerous that way!
Ok that’s the greatest thing that I have seen in a while. MAGNIFICENT!
My head says ‘a bit over the top’ and my heart says, ‘I want one.’
I would think homemade magic shell (melt chocolate chips [2 parts] with coconut oil [1 part]) would be even better than just melted chocolate since the reaction to the cold would harden it immediately. This sounds amazing.
OMG *_*
Coline ♡
Would you mind if I pinned these on my pinterest? I would most definitely give you full credit in the comments! If not it’s a-okay, but I thought it was worth a shot to ask you!
go for it!
O_O HALLELUJAH! YOU HAVE DISCOVERED THE HOLY GRAIL OF DESSERTS!
I have to agree with Amber. The chocolate looks really thick and gloppy and not very sexy, I’d try thinning it down with a little coconut oil (as she suggested), or canola oil or clarified/brown butter to get a thinner, more even coating on a cold dessert. Even just a few TB of oil would help, doesn’t have to be a full 2:1.
Sure these things will kill you but at least you get to die fat!
drooooooll.
Wow! Stunning doughnuts! :)
This looks amazing! The only thing that would make it even more amazing would be to use Trader Joe’s Coffee Bean ice cream. Coffee ice cream is my favorite flavor and I haven’t found any better than Trader Joe’s brand. Starbucks various coffee ice creams are also very good but not quite as good as Trader Joe’s. Don’t take my word for it…give it a try!
OH EM GEE!!!!!!! This looks amazing!!!
Great Doughnut! *_*
I thought that you could order them, I saw this on tv show The Real, but yes I will be making these doughnuts.