Magic Shell chocolate recipe
 

A few weeks ago I had our weekly Monday night family dinner at my condo in Sarasota. As one of the dessert options there was simple vanilla bean ice cream with the off the shelf Magic Shell Chocolate sauce. For those of you that are old enough to remember Dairy Queen and the simple vanilla ice cream cones dipped in chocolate sauce and it immediately hardened to form a light and crunchy chocolate coating, yum.

anyway this stuff was expensive, $3.69 for 3 oz.

I tried several recipes from online sources and through trial and error have the perfect combination.

1. over medium heat (6 out of 10 on electric stove) add 1 cup of coconut oil, bring to low simmer
2. add a pinch of salt, then slowly add 1 & 3/4 cup of Nestlé's semi-sweet morsels slowly
3. once fully melted the sauce should resemble the same viscosity as the off the shelf Hershey's chocolate syrup that you would use to make chocolate milk

let cool, but do not refrigerate (it will harden into a block). I use a glass quart mason jar to store the homemade magic shell and I just put it in the pantry, unrefrigerated. Pour over any ice cream and it will form that delicious shell in about two minutes.

Do not add normal sugar to sweeten the sauce because it will not dissolve and will be crunchy like sweet sand. Also, if you want to add real vanilla, you must add a teaspoon prior to heating the mixture. For some reason it super heats and will burn a portion of the chocolate, icky, tastes burned. I you are hungry enough you can convince yourself it tastes good.

I am now adding other dark chocolates and this does improve the quality and taste. Adding crushed nuts to the sauce also works. We tried junior mints and Reese's in separate batches and both worked well.

Enjoy.

Debbie N.:thumbsup

awesome!

magic shell kicks ass

I used to love magic shell when I was a kid.

Read the ingredients list sometime.

I used to love that shit until I realized what was in it.

Mistake: it was a 7 ounce magic shell container that costs a lot, in my opionon.

Also, I tried that combinations of butter and vegetable oils. They work but the shell is thicker and has a different taste (closer the the store bought).

Also, you have to stir the sauce each time before using because the oil separates slightly.

I found the cheapest coconut oil is at super Walmart, $5.89 for 31.5 fluid ounces. $7.51 for 24 ounce Nestle morsels.

the final cost is $ 1.90 per 7 ounces. So it is a little less that purchasing it direct but tastes a lot better.

someone told me coconut oil was bad for you. Below is good information on this, I will start using coconut oil much more often.

http://www.thaifoodandtravel.com/features/cocgood.html

Oh wow, that sounds great thanks!

I have a 5 gallon bucket (approx 50lbs) of coconut oil. Then again I have palm, olive, avocado, and such. Heck I even have 5 gallon tubs of beef tallow.

Yeah I steal some for cooking on occassion. Primarly it just goes into soaps though.