MAKE ICE CREAM TASTIER AND HEALTHIER BY WHIPPING UP YOUR OWN TOPPINGS

MAKE ICE CREAM TASTIER AND HEALTHIER BY WHIPPING UP YOUR OWN TOPPINGS

When you stick your spoon into souped-up ice cream—with all those swirls of corn-syrup caramel, chunks of peanut butter cup, and gobs of brownie—you might as well be eating a giant candy bar. Enjoy some ice cream without all the dumb calories: Crown a scoop of vanilla with one of these simple, low-fat toppings.

Dark Chocolate Sauce

1 bar (3 oz)
semisweet
chocolate,
roughly chopped
1 Tbsp black coffee
¼ cup whipping
cream
½ Tbsp butter
Mix the fi rst three
ingredients in a bowl.
Microwave until mostly
melted, 1 to 2 minutes,
stirring halfway
through. Add butter
and stir until smooth.

Fresh Strawberry Sauce

1 cup trimmed
and chopped
strawberries
2–3 Tbsp sugar
½ tsp orange liqueur
Combine everything
in a medium bowl.
Mash the strawberries
until the sauce is
mostly smooth. Let
stand about 10 minutes
before serving.

Maple- Walnut Sauce

¼ cup maple syrup
(grade B is fi ne)
1 Tbsp rum
2 Tbsp chopped,
toasted walnuts
Pinch of salt
Combine ingredients
and simmer until
reduced by half. Stir in