Decorated waffle cones with ice cream

Ingredients:

Decorating waffle cones

• 450 g dark chocolate, broken into pieces
• 6 waffle cones
• 1 jar of colored sprinkles
• 2/3 cup chopped pecans
• 2/3 cup chopped coated chocolate candies, such as M&M's
• 2/3 cup chopped pretzels
• Triple Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream, recipe below, or your favorite ice cream, for serving

Triple Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

• 1.3 kg vanilla ice cream, softened
• 1/3 cup dark chocolate chips
• 1/3 tbsp. white chocolate granules
• 1/3 cup chopped frozen mint patties with chocolate coating
• 1/3 cup chopped frozen crème de menthe filled candies
• 1/3 cup mint-glazed chocolate candies

Preparation:

1. Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a double boiler.
2. Using a brush, coat the inside of the cones with chocolate. While the icing is still wet, sprinkle it with colored sprinkles, nuts, candies, or pretzels. Coat the inside of the remaining cones in the same manner and let them harden.
3. Dip the cones 5 cm (2 inches) up into the melted chocolate and cover with sprinkles. Place the cones in glasses to allow the chocolate to set.
4. Before serving, fill the cones with mint ice cream or your favorite ice cream and top with any sprinkles you like.

5. Triple Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream:

   
   In a large bowl, combine ice cream, chocolate chips, white and dark candies, and all the mints. Transfer the ice cream to a container and freeze for 4 hours.