Caramel Mocha Ice Cream Dessert Food

CARAMEL-MOCHA ICE CREAM DESSERT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Arrange crackers in a single layer in a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. In a large saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar. Bring to a gentle boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in pecans. Pour over crackers; spread to cover crackers., Bake 8-10 minutes or until bubbly. Cool completely on a wire rack., Crush cracker mixture into coarse crumbs; sprinkle half into an ungreased 13x9-in. dish. Spread with dulce de leche ice cream. Cover and freeze for 1 hour or until firm., Drizzle with ice cream topping and sprinkle with remaining crumb mixture. Cover and freeze 30 minutes or until ice cream topping is set., Spread with coffee ice cream; freeze. In a small bowl, beat cream until stiff peaks form. Fold in coffee liqueur. Spread over top of dessert. Cover and freeze 4 hours or until firm., Remove from freezer 15 minutes before serving. Garnish with chocolate curls.

MOCHA CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• Stir together cream and espresso powder.
• Cook sugar in a dry 2-quart heavy saucepan over moderately high heat, undisturbed, until it begins to melt, about 2 minutes. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally with a fork, until sugar is melted into a deep golden caramel, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Remove from heat and carefully pour in espresso cream (mixture will steam and bubble vigorously), then cook over low heat, stirring, until caramel is dissolved, 1 to 2 minutes. Add chocolate and salt and cook, stirring, until sauce is smooth. Serve warm or at room temperature.

CRISPY RICE CARAMEL ICE CREAM DESSERT

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over medium heat, combine butter and sugar. Stir in rice cereal, 1 cup at a time; remove from heat.
• Press 1/2 of crispy mixture in the bottom of a 9x13 inch pan. Slice off sections of ice cream, and spread entire half gallon in an even layer over crispy mixture. Top with remaining crispy mixture. Drizzle caramel topping over dessert. Freeze for at least 1 hour.

CARAMEL MACCHIATO ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Whisk together milk, instant coffee granules, sugar, and salt in a large bowl until sugar is dissolved. Stir in the heavy cream, then cover and refrigerate until chilled, at least 2 hours.
• Pour the chilled mixture into an ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer's directions until it reaches "soft-serve" consistency. Transfer half of the ice cream to a one- or two-quart lidded plastic container. Pour half of the caramel sauce over the top, then repeat the layers with the remaining ice cream and caramel. Swirl the caramel into the ice cream using a chopstick or knife. Cover surface with plastic wrap and seal. For best results, ice cream should ripen in the freezer for at least 2 hours or overnight.

MOCHA-CARAMEL COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F. In medium bowl, mix flour, cocoa, coffee powder, baking soda and salt; set aside.
• In large microwavable bowl, microwave butter and 2/3 cup of the chocolate chips uncovered on High about 1 minute, stirring once, until melted. Add sugar, eggs and vanilla; stir until blended. Add flour mixture, mixing just until blended (dough will be thick). Fold in remaining 2/3 cup chocolate chips and the baking bits.
• Onto ungreased cookie sheet, drop dough by 2 tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart. Bake 15 minutes or until edges are set and tiny cracks form on surface. Cool 5 minutes; remove to cooling rack.

CARAMEL MOCHA ALMOND ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Heat coffee creamer and half and half till steaming (I heated it in the microwave on the beverage setting).
• Pour hot cream over sugar and coffee crystals and stir till sugar is dissolved.
• Cool completely.
• Stir in chocolate syrup, heavy cream and almonds.
• Chill in refrigerator for 2 hours or more.
• Pour in ice cream maker and follow manufacturers directions.
• Add Cool Whip half way through the churn.

MOCHA ICE CREAM SUNDAES WITH COFFEE-CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• Arrange 1 scoop of each ice cream in each of 6 stemmed glasses. Sprinkle raspberries over ice cream. Pour about 3 tablespoons warm Coffee-Caramel Sauce over ice cream in each glass. Top with whipped cream. Sprinkle with ground coffee beans.

MOCHA BREAD PUDDING WITH CARAMEL TOPPING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F. Spray 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish with cooking spray. In pan, gently mix bread pieces, dates, nuts, coconut and cinnamon.
• In large bowl, mix butter, sugar and liqueur. Beat in eggs with spoon until well blended. Stir in half-and-half and milk. Pour over bread mixture in pan; toss to mix well. Let stand 10 to 15 minutes or until most of liquid has been absorbed.
• Bake 1 hour or until set. Serve warm bread pudding with warm caramel topping. Store in refrigerator.