#3 Vanilla Cinnamon Crumbled Crumb Donut

Junk food.

Yeah, that's what this week's ice cream is... there's no better way to put it. Tasty, tasty, junk food. One of my staple 'road trip' food items are the crumb donuts that often come in a little package of 6 (or a big box of 24). You probably know what I'm talking about... Hostess makes them. They're actually called donettes which is likely just a made up word for mini-donut. My other snacks for long road trips are located in the picture to your right. Some people like to purchase healthy snacks when going on road trips (i.e. Nikki from Nikki Travels - check her out - she's amazing). To your left is what Nikki bought on that same road trip: brie...basil...tomatoes...(sheesh!)

ANYWAY, DONUTS. Eating crumb donuts while driving is super messy; you'll get crumbs everywhere. Ideally, they should be eaten over a trash can unless you want to vacuum or sweep up after yourself.

So here's what I did with these messy delicious donuts: I put them into the food processor until they were transformed from donuts into donut bits! Then I made a simple ice cream, flavoring it with two tablespoons of vanilla extract and one tablespoon of cinnamon extract. The cinnamon flavor is definitely dominant in this ice cream - in fact the ice cream itself almost tastes like a cinnamon candy. If you like cinnamon this could be your dream come true.

While the ice cream was freezing and churning I added a hefty amount of the crumbled crumb donut bits - about 2 cups. That's a lot of mix-in for a 2 quart batch of ice cream. Usually I just use about 1 cup. Not surprisingly: the more donut crumbs - the more crumb donut taste in each bite of ice cream. The cinnamon flavor of the ice cream blends perfectly with the taste of the crumb donuts...because there's already cinnamon in them. It's like they were made for each other.

Miraculously, a single scoop of ice cream formed in the machine as it was churning... I was tempted to grab a spoon and dig in right then and there. But I resisted. When the ice cream was done, I added a decorative and commemorative donut layer on top out of respect for the many donut crumbs that have fallen into oblivion throughout history. These particular donut crumbs are lucky for they will be preserved within the ice cream... at least for a little while.

The next day when I tried the ice cream I accidentally created an 8th type of sin: ULTRA GLUTTONY.

A vanilla cinnamon crumbled crumb donut ice cream sandwich using two crumb donuts.

Out. of. Control.