50 50 ice cream bar

For those who grew up within the Child Boomer period you little question do not forget that consummate icon of summer season ….the Good Humor Ice Cream truck.

As kids, we might hear that truck, with it’s acquainted music floating by means of the air, from blocks away. We’d race into the home to get our ice cream cash after which wait eagerly on the curb till the Good Humor man and his truck pulled into view. There have been all types of flavors of ice cream in cups that you might eat with little picket spoons. There have been cones known as Drumsticks that featured vanilla ice cream in a cookie cone dipped in chocolate and rolled with nuts. There have been icy chilly popsicles in each taste you might identify that we might break in half and share with a buddy or sibling, and naturally the ever widespread Huge Stick. However my private favourite was the 50/50 bar. For those who have been born after the 1980’s you might not have a clue what I’m speaking about so let me clarify. Typically they have been known as Creamsicles, typically Dreamsicles however we all the time known as them 50/50 bars. A 50/50 bar is an ice cream bar that’s half vanilla ice cream on the heart with one other half on the skin that’s orange popsicle….thus the identify 50/50.

I hardly ever, if ever, see or hear the ice cream man and his truck anymore and solely hardly ever do I discover these bars out there freezer. But as summer season units in, I dream about them and do not forget that cool, candy, refreshing style of orange popsicle and vanilla ice cream melting in my mouth. So I received to pondering…..wouldn’t vanilla and orange all combined collectively make a scrumptious ice cream taste? Soooooo …..off to the kitchen I went and after some experimentation…that is my model of fifty/50 or Dreamsicle ice cream…. It’s a dream alright….it will make summer season residing rather more ample round right here:)

50/50 Ice Cream

2 eggs 1 cup of recent squeezed orange juice with pulp Finely grate rind of 1 orange 1 cup agave syrup* or sugar 1 tablespoon vanilla Pinch of salt Juice and finely grated rind of 1 lemon 2 cups half & half (OR 1 cup half & half and 1 cup heavy cream)

Beat eggs with agave syrup* or sugar till pale yellow. Pour into sauce pan and add orange juice and salt. Cook dinner over medium flame, stirring always, till combination begins to thicken about 5-7 minutes. Take away from warmth and stir in orange rind, lemon rind, and lemon juice. Cook dinner for one more couple of minutes stirring to make certain combination doesn’t stick or burn on the underside of the pan. Pour right into a bowl and refrigerate till cool and extra thickened, about 1 hour.

Stir in cream or half and half.** Add vanilla and blend properly.

Pour into ice cream maker and freeze in response to producers instructions. When it’s prepared place the ice cream in your freezer in a chilly container to permit the ice cream to “ripen”…a few hours or in a single day.

Serve it up in massive bowls and put together to listen to in your head that little ditty the ice cream truck all the time performed….smile….regardless of how outdated you at the moment are, summer season is looking:)

* (Agave syrup is an all pure wholesome sweetener derived from a cactus. It has a really impartial candy style. As a result of it’s liquid (syrup) it’ll trigger the completed ice cream to remain a little bit “thinner” or much less onerous when it’s frozen…extra just like the consistency of soppy serve ice cream)

** (Cream will make the ice cream a bit richer and thicker and extra “sticky” whereas half & half will provide you with a firmer consistency….each are good it’s merely a matter of desire.)