Mocha Shell Ice Cream Topping

Did you realize how ridiculously easy it is to make "Magic Shell" - the hardened chocolate topping of our youth (depending on your age, of course)? It's literally just two ingredients - chocolate and coconut oil. The "magic" was watching the topping change from an ooey gooey sauce to a hard chocolate shell and then cracking it to get a chunk of chocolate with each bite of ice cream.

By now we all know that Coffee Syrup and chocolate are heavenly together, so I've added some for even more magical, chocolatey, delicious goodness!

• 4 oz chocolate, chopped (or approx 3/4 cup choc chips)
• 2 Tbsp coconut oil
• 1 Tbsp Coffee Syrup
 

Melt chips, coconut oil and Coffee Syrup in metal or glass bowl placed over a pot of simmering water. Do not let the water touch the bottom of the bowl. Stir until melted.  (Alternatively, microwave ingredients - in a glass bowl - in 30 second intervals, stirring in between, until smooth.)

Let cool a bit. Pour over ice cream and let it sit for a minute to harden. Crack and enjoy!

Sweet Red-Eye Gravy

Y'all, seriously though, try this. This is definitely not health food, but daaaaaammmnnn it's good!

RED-EYE GRAVY

• Country ham steak
• Coffee Syrup

Start with a big piece of country ham (or a ham steak, for us Northerners). Fry that baby up in a hot pan (maybe even with a little extra oil). Once nice and sizzled, remove it from the pan. To those precious drippings left in the pan, stir in some Coffee Syrup - about half the amount of drippings. Simmer on medium heat for about one minute, stirring constantly. There may not be much, but a little goes a long way.

 

Drizzle the "gravy" over your ham, your potatoes, your broccoli (to be healthy), your significant other, everything!! :)