Flavor #29 - Dropkick Munchies

The past few days have put me in almost every New England state with the exception of Vermont. Ironic since that is where Ben & Jerry's are headquartered. I even made it down to New York for a moment. Good times, great weather and lots of time for flavor inspiration.

I have been playing with different chocolate recipes lately and found a great one for a nice chocolate syrup. Combine that with some smooth chocolate shavings and some peanut butter cups and you have what most people know around here as Moose Tracks. Not being from Maine and since I have never spotted one of these creatures in the wild, I wanted a different name. Skid Marks was suggested and although it made me laugh, it was not the most appetizing name possible. Given the popularity of the band and that we hail from the same region, I give you Dropkick Munchies.

1 1/2 Cups of Heavy Cream

1 1/2 Cups of Milk

3/4 Cup of Sugar

1 Teaspoon of Vanilla

1 Pinch of Salt

2oz of Baby Peanut Butter Cups

2oz of shaved Belgian Chocolate

2oz of Chocolate Syrup

The Peanut Butter Cups go against my goal of all natural products as they definitely ave chemicals in them. They also don't do a hard freeze well, so my suggestion is to eat the batch soon after it comes out of the freezer. As for the overall mix, once the vanilla ice cream base is done, mix the shavings and peanut butter into the ice cream. Take out 2/3 of the batch and drizzle some of the chocolate syrup over the remaining third in the container.  Add another third of the ice cream while trying not to mix the bottom third and the top third. If you do, the syrup with begin to blend the ice cream into a chocolate mess. Add most of the remaining syrup over the top of the middle third. Add the remaining ice cream and top off with the remaining syrup. Rather than trying to smooth out the top of the batch in the container as I usually do, place the top on the container and gently but firmly pound the container on the counter top to get the mixture to settle.

For those of you outside of Boston. The Dropkicks Murphys follow a tradition of great bands from this corner of the globe. Ken Casey was my on the scene reporter following every game of the Red Sox 2004 World Series on the WBOS morning show. This song was a big part of The Departed and is now played at virtually every Boston sporting event. They also had one of the best sets I remember from the 2002 WBCN River Rave, the first concert ever at Gillette Stadium - and we had a lot of great bands that year too!

Enjoy!