Oh my Ganache...

I'm not a huge ice cream fan.  But I like to eat it now and again, and when I do, I want it to be the good stuff... Häagen-Dazs, Ben & Jerry's, Dove...  I saw Dove ice cream on sale a couple weeks ago at the grocery store, and I wasn't able to resist the temptation.  The only reason they've lasted so long in the freezer, though, is because I hid them. =P


So last night, about 8:30, we lost power in the big storm that swept through the area.  It got so stuffy and humid in the house, we were all miserable!  Around 10, we decided we needed a little snack before bed and I got the ice cream from the freezer and we ate it in the dark, lol.  It was going to melt anyway!  Ron's flavor was Toffee Caramel Moment and it was tasty - the toffee caramel was salty and combined so nicely with the smooth vanilla ice cream and sweet chocolate chunks.  Mine was Unconditional Chocolate.  So simple, yet superbly smooth and delicious chocolate ice cream.


And the ganache... Oh. Em. Gee.  All of Dove's ice creams come with a layer of ganache on the top, a kind of amazing chocolate shell that hides the goodies within, yet it's pretty much the best part of the ice cream!!  I like to eat only part of the ganache in a sitting, digging down into the ice cream below and clearing only the areas I need to have exposed. That way I savor it more...  Ron calls it ice cream excavation.  LOL


I'm glad we did enjoy it, sitting in the dark together, because the power was out for 18 hours and it completely melted before it came back on, and ice cream is never quite the same after it's melted and refrozen.  I have no doubts that it will still be really yummy, but not as good as the first foray into the depths of the pint...