Monkey Ice Cream

Aaron got me a food dehydrator for Hanukkah. Before you go accusing him of being un-romantic in his gift selection, you should know that he did his research to find the best model and that I had been talking about getting one for a while. One of the first things we made with it was banana chips (SO much better than store-bought!) and Aaron suggested putting them in ice cream. Of course upon tasting said ice cream he quickly changed his request to chocolate-covered banana chips. Sigh.

Monkey Ice Cream

2 recipes vanilla ice cream
1/2 recipe chocolate fudge sauce
1/4 cup chopped walnuts, toasted
1/4 cup chopped banana chips

Make the ice cream batter and refrigerate over night. Go ahead and make the fudge sauce too so it has plenty of time to chill before making the ice cream. Prepare the walnuts and banana chips and freeze.

Make the ice cream according to your ice cream maker's directions. Towards the end of churning add in the walnuts and banana chips. If you want the fudge to be more integrated, add it in now. Otherwise, freeze the ice cream for about an hour and then stir in the fudge by hand.