"hc" > wrote in message
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> On Aug 13, 7:07 am, AE Todd > wrote:
>> I went to a party where we churned ice cream, one of which was
>> chocolate mint. The mint part reminded me of a toothpaste flavor, not
>> the mint flavor of ice cream in the store. How do you get a better
>> mint flavor? Did we use the wrong extract (peppermint or spearmint)?
>
> Rather than using an extract, maybe you could try a chocolate chip
> that has a mint flavor and churn that into your ice cream? Or maybe
> you can mash up some fresh mint into a fine pulp and put that into
> your ice cream?


There are recipes for chocolate mint that use peppermint or spearmint. But
IMO, peppermint is the prevalent flavor. Some recipes even use those
candy-canes broken up which is peppermint. Is the the flavor you are
familiar with, and like?

Perhaps there was too much mint extract added. A little of it really goes a
long way.
Not asked, but I will add, that I don't use chocolate chips in my chocolate
mint ice cream, I use good chocolate shaved and add it after churning and
before placing it in the freezer for hardning-up.

This is an alternative, too: some will add a little vanilla as well as the
mint; to my mind this softens up the taste of mint.

For another poster that mentioned that homemade ice cream doesn't have a
decent texture; the ice cream recipe that I use (Alton Brown's recipe that
calls for eggs) has a better texture than any ice cream I've ever bought at
any price.
Dee Dee