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Toasted Almond and Vanilla Arancini (a yummy ice cream treat!)

I scream, you scream…..we all scream for ice cream! I remember when my love affair for ice cream began. I was a dirty-nosed 5 or 6 year old – playing outside when I first heard this pretty music in the distance. All of a sudden, all the neighborhood kids run into their homes screaming…

“MOM, THE ICE CREAM TRUCK IS COMING! I NEED SOME MONEY!!!”

Needless to say, I had had ice cream plenty of times prior to this ice cream truck experience, but it’s a whole heck of a lot different when you have such an array of yummy frozen treats inside of a pretty and musical truck. It was the most beautiful thing, for a kid…almost magical.

My mom gave me money too, and I bought some kind of ice cream in a waffle cone with nuts on top. I’ve always liked “grown up people” kinds of ice cream, even as a kid. From then on, I always listened for the ice cream truck and when I’d hear it – I’d run and scream into the house like a wild banshee from then on! Just like all the other kids!

Ahhh, sweet childhood memories. I still live in the same house that I grew up in. Sadly, the ice cream truck doesn’t make it’s way down our road anymore {insert really sad face here}. However, I’ve kind of recreated some awesome-ness that reminds me of an adult version of my first ever ice cream truck experience.

This toasted almond and vanilla arancini recipe is SO crazy easy and SO delicious! My favorite ice cream brand, Breyers, has partnered with Chef Antonia Lafaso. I’ve chosen one of Chef Antonia’s frozen recipes to share with you – using Breyers Natural Vanilla ice cream.    

Breyers Natural Vanilla is the perfect base ingredient for your sweet recipes. Why? The biggest reason for me is because they only use super high quality ingredients like…

• fresh cream
• sugar
• milk
• sustainably farmed vanilla beans

What does that even mean?

Umm. It means it’s made with fresh cream, sugar, milk and REAL vanilla beans, not just vanilla flavoring. I love it when I see beautiful black flecks of vanilla bean in my ice cream. Ohh, and another important thing I’d like to mention is that the milk and cream comes from cows NOT treated with artificial growth hormones**.

**Suppliers of other ingredients such as cookies, candies & sauces may not be able to make this pledge. The FDA states that no significant difference has been shown between dairy derived from rBST-treated and non-rBST-treated cows.

Did you know that Breyers Natural Vanilla is America’s No. 1 vanilla ice cream? There’s a reason why! It’s because of the reasons mentioned above, and NOW parents have plenty of reasons to feel good about keeping it stocked in their freezer. You can find Breyers in grocery stores, nationwide for around $3.99 – $5.99. 

Toasted Almond and Vanilla Arancini Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup Breyers® Natural Vanilla Ice Cream
• 2 Tbsp. chopped toasted almonds
• 2 Tbsp. chopped toasted hazelnuts
• 1 Tbsp. crushed toasted amaretti cookies

Instructions:

1. Place 2 (1/4 cup) scoops of Breyers® Natural Vanilla Ice Cream on a baking sheet and freeze for 10 minutes.
2. Combine almonds, hazelnuts and cookie crumbs in small bowl. Coat the frozen scoops of Breyers® Natural Vanilla Ice Cream in the nut mixture and freeze 5 minutes before serving. (Can be made and stored in advance.)

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Now, tell us. What’s your favorite treat to make with ice cream?