Don't freak out! You don't need an ice cream freeze for this one. All you need is a blender, great serving dishes, and possibly a freezer-safe container to put the ice cream in. As for the taste, it's a fresh mint, not a fake, strong mint. Caution: the chocolate chips my be quite hard when cold. Eye appeal is great because it's a white background with brown and bright green specks in it. I was very proud of this. The recipe below serves two.

Recipe for Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

• 4 scoops Vanilla ice cream (I love Publix Premium.)
• 1/2 c. Semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 20 large leaves fresh peppermint (right out of our herb garden!)

I put the mint in the bottom of the blender, added ice cream, and topped with the chocolate chips. I blended it until I didn't hear much of the crunching from the blades hitting the chocolate chips. The less you blend, the harder the ice cream stays. But the more you blend, the better the flavor. If it's not as good soft, just pour it into a freezer-safe container to refreeze for a bit. I think a nice cookie and a couple chocolate chips along with the mint would be an excellent garnish.