Red Licorice Ice Cream: While black licorice ice cream can easily be found, red licorice can not. This ice cream is for all those red licorice lovers out there.
Due to the lack of quality presidential candidate choices here in the US many people are threatening to move to Canada if their candidate doesn’t win.
Don’t panic, I’m not getting political on here, I’ll leave that to your Facebook friends who you recently unfriended. 🙂
Instead I’m here to give you tips to help your transition to Canada go smoother.
First off, your Independence Day moves up by three days. July 1st is Canada Day for those that don’t know.
Gone is the red, white, and blue as you are now red, white, and that’s it.
You can still say America as most people refer to the US as the states or the United States of America since Canada is a North American country…therefore they are Americans too.
Just saying.
Don’t worry, they still have fireworks.
You still get to get drunk and blow off your fingers…but your hospital bill won’t be so high.
Speaking of holidays, your Thanksgiving moves up too.
It’s the second Monday of October…in the states it’s Columbus Day. It celebrates the harvest and to look back and be thankful for the blessings of the last year.
You know all the stuff you put #blessed next to….that.
Canadian Thanksgiving pretty much has the same food but cranberries aren’t quite in season yet usually so jellied cranberry sauce it is.
Buy yourself a good and unique coat.
I’m not sure if you have heard, but it’s a tad cold in Canada.
And in some parts, cough, cough, Winterpeg, it’s really cold.
You are going to be wearing a lot of layers, scarves covering most of your face, hats and a hooded coat all over all of that.
People aren’t going to see your face. So get a coat that people see and say oh, hey it’s Peabody (or whatever your name is…I doubt you have my name, pretty much no one does).
Canadian money is colorful much like the kind you find in the game of Monopoly.
Until they recently changed the $5 bill people used to turn Sir Wilfrid Laurier into Spock…it’s known as Spocking.
The one and two dollar bills…are not bills.
They are coins.
Yep. Coins.
And we all know who people in the US hate coins.
They are referred to as loonie and toonies.
But Canada did ditch the penny so you won’t have to carry those around anymore.
Beverages: Buy your coffee at Tim Hortons.
Just like the South if you ask for iced tea you will get sweetened iced tea.
Milk comes in a bag.
Take it home and put it in another container.
Get over it.
Plan ahead if you want to get drunk.
Unless in Alberta, and Parts of BC you are going to have to buy your booze at a government run liquor store and those close super early.
Speaking of getting drunk you can do it legally at 18 if you live in Alberta, Manitoba, or Quebec.
The rest you have to be 19…but at least that’s two years earlier.
Hockey.
It’s kind of everywhere.
You need to at least know enough to follow along.
If you go and see it in person you will be hooked.
It’s the best.
Though be warned Canadian hockey teams love to cause you heartache.
Curling.
It’s fun.
Give it a try.
Butts of Curling is a great instagram to follow. 🙂
In honour (they spell weird too) of Canada Day (it’s Friday) I made some Red Licorice Ice Cream.
I had a reader quite a while ago ask if I had ever made red licorice ice cream and I had not.
If you like Red Vines you will like this.
Can you make it with Twizzlers?
Probably.
Probably any licorice.
This is made just like the candy corn ice cream years ago that I made.
It’s a fun flavor and does indeed taste like Red Vines since you simply soak them in the cream while they disintegrate.
And as always, it’s a great day to buy my cookbook.
Want More Ice Cream Recipes?
Pineapple Upside Down Cake Ice Cream
Circus Animal Cookie Ice Cream
Peanut Butter and Pretzel No-Churn Ice Cream
Red Licorice Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 2 cups Heavy Cream
- 1 cup Whole Milk
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 15 sticks of red licorice (I used Red Vines)
Instructions
- Pour 1 cup of the cream and sugar into a medium saucepan.
- Add the red licorice.
- Warm over medium heat, stirring, until you start to see the licorice dissolve.
- Turn heat off and let cream come to room temperature.
- Add the remaining cream and milk.
- Put into an airtight container and refrigerate overnight, at least 12 hours.
- When you can remember to, shake the container up to get the licorice loose.
- Remove from refrigerator and strain the milk/cream mixture through a sieve or really small strainer to catch the licorice pieces that did not disintegrate.
- Freeze in your ice-cream maker according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
Tanisha says
Looks delish. When my dad was young he worked at Carvel and one day he was filling in for the manager. He decided to put red licorice in one of the two ice cream dispensers they had…and black licorice in the other. Would you like a red licorice or black licorice banana split? Needless to say, he got canned.
Peabody says
@Tanisha- at least he was getting creative!
VickieJax says
Red licorice ice cream sounds yummy! Black licorice ice cream is my favorite! But I can find it anywhere! Guess I’m going to have to make it myself! 🖤
Linda Robinson says
Thanks for the post about Canada..I’m from Winterpeg and we actually have had some pretty mild winters the past couple of years. One other thing that the Americans will have to get used to is that some of the products that they may have grown to love may not be available..for instance I have no idea what Red Vines are..Twizzlers yes..Red Vines no.
Peabody says
@Linda- being from Peg, I can tell you that your mild is everyone else’s holy crap.
Linda says
Thank you from a neighbour to the North.
While we love Canada Day, our really big blowout is May Two-four weekend, when we buy 24’x of beer and welcome the end of winter, even if we are standing in our flip-flops in the snow. God Save the Queen.
Peabody says
@linda- I’m easing people in…it’s a 4 part series. 🙂
Ashley says
This is useful to explain things to my American boyfriend, who eventually will likely move here. 😉 I will have to try the ice cream…I’ve never made ice cream, but I love eating it. I think my next kitchen related gift to myself should be an ice cream maker. 😀
Courtney says
Hola from Canada! Thanks for the shout out, and lucky for you red vines are available in some stores in Canada now. Not like in the good old days when we’d drive all the way to Spokane just to get the giant tub of red vines from Costco.
Peabody says
@Courtney -you must be a BC’er then, eh?
Erin @ The Spiffy Cookie says
Hahaha I love this post and that ice cream!!
Irene says
We can buy beer at the grocery store in Ottawa, Ontario now! Have a great long weekend!
Sweet Treats by Dani says
As a Canadian who loves pretty far North (think -50C plus wind chill!) I am happy to see you mentioned a “good and unique coat.” Its nice to stand out a little on your ice fishing trips 😉
Vetonika says
Do you have to strain it and can you use the black one
Peabody says
@Vetonika- you would have large chunks of licorice if you didn’t strain it that would be hard to eat when cold. And yes, you can totally use black licorice.
ndemi says
This Red Licorice Ice Cream is worthy paying an air-ticket for…….That sounds crazy but good recipes are worthy any sacrifice
Linda says
Could you give a weight measure for the licorice please?
Peabody says
Linda- I don’t have a weight measurement for licorice. I just put in a bunch of Red Vines….
Sophia Del Gigante says
LOVE the new site!! The ice cream is sooooo damn creative too!!! I would have never known it was possible!
Miranda says
I love the idea for this ice cream! I would have never thought to use red licorice but it’s such a neat idea!
Rebecca says
Love the winterpeg comment: so true, as a former ‘Pegger, you do need a good coat. I still don’t know how I survived so many winters there as a sullen teenager in a leather biker jacket and mini-skirt..
Rebecca