suzette roberts

// Dark Deviled Chocolate Fudge Ice Cream

Chocolate, upon chocolate, upon chocolate... taking this month's official new flavour: Dark Deviled Chocolate Fudge into the world of our young children. Back in the day, I was always amazed with our boys' never-ending desire to add more and more chocolate syrup to their already very generous scoop(s) of chocolate ice cream, making a dark potion of some sort with the added syrup, and enjoying it to the very last drop, straws optional. And not to mention the not surprizing double-layer chocolate birthday cake request, each and every year to go along with... you guessed it, chocolate ice cream of course. It's in the DNA. :) To kick off a fresh new year of frozen flavours, celebrating our kids and this month's National Bittersweet Chocolate Day (and because Valentines is also right around the corner), I happily dived into this decadent treat with a focus on its traditional beginnings using just bittersweet (dark) chocolate, and lots of it, to create this deeply rich and indulgent dessert... A few behind-the-scenes photos of its early in-the-making days after the jump. Have a luxurious weekend. ~xo

// Jamaica Rum and Raisin Ice Cream

"Our passions make it easy to find our place and true lifelong connections in the larger world." - Suzette

 

The official uploads of our flavour of the month: Jamaica Rum and Raisin and a year after the fact too with its rum-infused mix of two types of organic raisins. My mom actually requested this flavour for last year's holiday family get-togethers, and well, when your amazing mom calls it and gives it her blessing, wonderful things happen, including a licensed signature product which gives back to your native land. Creating fresh, small batch, made from scratch ice cream continues to be a genuine passion, and although I still feel like a baby in the biz, I am always thrilled to see others (family, friends, my work team, and folks I've yet to meet in person, enjoying something I created that took its first baby steps in my cozy kitchen. Thank you for your tremendous support, kind words, and seriously enjoying my product in the quiet comforts of your home or on a larger party/ gathering scale. A few behind-the-scenes snaps of its very humble egg-free beginnings... Happy weekend. ~xx

// Gianduja (Chocolate Hazelnut) Ice Cream

Right around this time last year as I totally, 110% relaxed on my sister's couch, watching a series (of course I can't remember what series it was now), while gingerly enjoying this irresistible holiday treat, each and every bite-sized moment of it, I casually thought about bringing to life its frozen counterpart. But, it was just a fleeting thought as the holiday flavour was already set, and on tight precision scheduled to go. Deviating from the plan or even the slightest addition to it would have created immense chaos and one thing I try to avoid these days is any FOMO when it comes to our holidays and chilled downtime. Valentines soon came around, and then Easter, and the thought lingered a tad longer than the last, but I wasn't 'there' yet...

As I peacefully settled into summer with feeling a needed calm, lift, and breath of fresh air, I felt ready to do the quiet research to create this desired frozen flavour which required more gentle attention and intricate balance. Good timing as it were, I am so happy to officially debut this month's holiday kickoff flavour: Gianduja (Chocolate Hazelnut)...

 

... with an emphasis on our hazelnuts.

// Lemon Cream Ice Cream

It's unanimous. We support short work weeks and longer weekends. :) And just like that, without any hoopla, searching, contemplating, or even quiet telltale signs, a fun adventure for fall is now on the agenda-- and I'm pretty excited about it with a challenge in the mix... more to come soon. I hope you had a relaxing holiday, and were able to merge into the week, your way. Some of us needed that extra day to steadily re-align the necessaries before returning back to the office. We get that too. :) 

On to our flavour of the month: Lemon Cream, which was and still is a complete surprize for October, especially with just waving goodbye to summer. My planned flavour felt totally out of the loop with...

// Salted Chocolate Ice Cream

This voluptuously smooth and velvety Salted Chocolate ice cream has been the order of our days this month for a refreshing time-out with our escalating and humid temperatures on quite the rotation. The soft sea salt flakes drive the flavour, allowing for a very modest amount of incorporated sugar, while giving the cocoa full-reign to shine through each and every scoop. It's become my new favourite in recent times for this very fact, with its fresh, clean and pure taste.

 

// Pineapple Rum Ice Cream

Happy Sunday! So, how was it? Our first week back (down & done) with all our returning and new kiddos in grand tow... :) We set full sail in the south last week and are still wondering-- really, already, we're back? Ya, that's what happened last week. It really did. I hope there was a steadiness to your week and now that it's Sunday, you're smiling and looking forward to tomorrow (I sure am), after some balanced weekend stretch time of course. Very. important. And now about our frozen flavour of the month: Pineapple Rum. We could easily call it, the poolside party pleaser as we alternated between the alcohol-free and fruitier frozen scoop (for our kids), and a light rum-infused adult blend keeping in theme with celebrating Jamaica's Independence Day this month, and our Jamaica Coat of Arms with its pineapples. A few behind-the-scenes with its beginning stages after the jump...