Easy Chocolate Covered Ice Cream Bon Bons

Ingredients

serves Serves 8, active time 20 minutes, total time 2 hours

• 1 pint vanilla ice cream (or your favorite flavor)
• 12 ounces best quality dark chocolate, melted in the microwave or double boiler
• 3 tablespoons coconut oil
  

Procedures

1. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Use a melon baller to make mini scoops of ice cream adding them to the parchment lined tray. Freeze scoops until firm, about 2 hours.
2. In a medium bowl whisk together melted chocolate and coconut oil until thoroughly combined. Let cool slightly.
3. Prepare a second baking sheet with parchment paper. Remove ice cream from freezer. Working quickly, use a spoon to place ice cream scoops in the chocolate and roll it around until coated. Carefully remove the bon bon with a fork and place it on the second baking sheet. If at any point your ice cream scoops start to get overly melty, return them to the freezer for 15 to 20 minutes to allow them to firm up. Store in freezer until immediately before serving.

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Coconut cupcake

1 cup butter, at room temperature
2 cups sugar
4 large eggs
1 tsp coconut extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 Tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup coconut milk or regular milk

Frosting (recipe follows) and shredded coconut, for decorating

Coconut Frosting:
1 cup butter, at room temperature
8 cups confectioners’ sugar
1/2 cup coconut milk or regular milk
1 tsp coconut extract

Preheat oven to 350F. Line cupcake pans with paper liners; set aside.

In a large bowl beat the butter and sugar for a few minutes, until fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating after each. Beat in the vanilla.

In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder and salt. Add about a third to the butter mixture, beating on low speed just until combined. Add half the coconut milk in the same manner, then another third of the flour mixture, the rest of the coconut milk and the rest of the flour. It may look curdled at some point -this is OK.

Fill the prepared muffin cups 3/4 full and bake for 20-25 minutes, until pale golden and springy to the touch. Meanwhile, to make the frosting: beat the butter and half the confectioners’ sugar until smooth; add half the coconut milk, then the rest, and the extract, and the rest of the confectioners’ sugar, beating until you have a spreadable frosting. Cool completely before frosting. If you like, put about a cup of shredded coconut into a shallow dish and dip freshly frosted cupcakes to coat completely. Makes about 2 dozen cupcakes.

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Blueberry Collada Smoothie

1/2 cup frozen blueberries
2 ice cubes
1 1/4 cups water
2 Scoops Isagenix Vanilla Shake (or your vanilla protein of choice)
1 tsp PB2
1/2 tsp Coconut extract

Place all ingredients in a blender and whirl it together until smooth and creamy.

You can choose to garnish it with some coconut flakes or additional blueberries, although the blueberries do sink right to the bottom.

Delicious and totally refreshing, leaving my fingers with the faintest smell of coconut extract on them, which makes getting through the 9-5 that much easier.

Source: http://www.pardonthedoghair.com/2012/04/blueberry-colada-smoothie-2/

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