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There's nothing finer than peppermint-stick ice cream to deck your halls this December. Start with all-natural vanilla ice cream and organic milk. And don't forget to add the chocolate-covered candy canes. Just melt some chocolate morsels, dip the candy cane in the chocolate and then roll in colored sprinkles of you choice.
Colleen Mullaney
| 1 quart vanilla ice cream | 1 teaspoon peppermint flavoring | |
| 10 candy canes | 6 ounces white chocolate morsels | |
| 1 cup organic milk | Holiday-colored nonpareils |
Crush 6 candy canes and mix them, along with the peppermint flavoring, into the quart of softened ice cream. Put back in the freezer. Place white morsels in a bowl and melt in microwave. Dip the ends of whole candy canes into melted white morsels and sprinkle nonpareils to coat well. Let dry. To make float, pour milk and 2 large scoops of peppermint ice cream in a blender (about 1/3 quart), and mix well. Pour evenly into four glasses. Scoop remaining ice cream to fill glasses. Add straw, and garnish with chocolate-coated candy cane.