Ice cream time!

So earlier today, in spite of the cool(ish) and rainy weather, the kids were clamoring for ice cream. And I found all the pieces to my ice cream maker a couple weeks ago. Coincidence? I think not... After a (mostly) failed trip to Jo-ann, I ran to the store and grabbed the ingredients for ice cream. Feeling a little nostalgic, I also picked up some candy to mix into it. I remember making ice cream during the summers when I was growing up. I think my mom did it in part to get us out of the house. But she always, always mixed the custard for vanilla ice cream. And every time, she stopped us halfway through to add broken pieces of Skor bars. Those were her favorite--I never saw her eat one, but every time we made ice cream, we added those toffee bits. Every time we went to Dairy Queen, she got a Heath Bar Blizzard. This time, I chose Mini M&Ms. And the children rejoiced. I admit I cheated--I didn't mix everything from scratch. I bought a packet of Junket Very Vanilla ice cream mix and the ingredients it listed on the label (which amounts to heavy whipping cream and whole milk--neither of which I use much of, so thankfully I can buy it in sufficiently small quantities). Mix and pour into the ice cream maker. Technology makes it so easy and fast. I'm not going to be able to send my kids outside for a few hours to turn the crank on one of those old style ice cream machines unless I get rid of this fancy thing. I may have to find one of those old crank ones, just because it's part of summer that kids shouldn't miss out on. Anyway, the ice cream was faboo. DH actually ate two big bowls full. I think that means I need to make more soon.