Don't ask why, but vegans love Chick-O-Sticks -- that bright orange, round stick of crunchy peanut butter and toasted coconut candy that, if you've never had one, is somewhat similar to the center of a Butterfinger Bar.Okay, I'll tell you why vegans love Chick-O-Sticks. When you're a starving vegan on a road trip in the middle of no where, the Chick-O-Stick is your best bud, as it's one of only a few vegan candies in the aisles of a 7-11. And Chick-O-Stick is quite good. Who doesn't like crunchy peanut butter and coconut candy that sticks in your teeth!
I had this fabulous idea of making vegan Chick-O-Stick ice cream, but, dang it, someone beat me to it. To quote a Chumbawamba lyric (yeah, I like them, despite that one hit in the late 90's), "you can't write a song that's never been sung," and, similarly, you can't create a dish that's never been made.
Ah, well, I made the ice cream anyway, but with my own recipe. Since the vegan chocolate coconute ice cream I made last year turned out so well, I used the base from that recipe with added peanut butter, and Chick-O-Stick bits thrown in toward the end of the churning process.
And it was AWESOME! So awesome, I made a second batch almost immediately. Slightly peanuty, slightly coconuty, with lots of fun crunchy candy bits.
Get on it, vegans (and non-vegans), you know you love Chick-O-Sticks!
Chick-O-Stick Ice Creammakes about 1 quart
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup peanut butter
2 cups canned coconut milk
3 (2 oz) Chick-O-Sticks, crushed
- Heat water and sugar in a medium saucepan until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat.
- Add syrup, peanut butter, and coconut milk to a blender, and blend until peanut butter is thoroughly incorporated.
- Chill ice cream base for a couple of hours or overnight.
- Freeze in ice cream machine. During the last minutes of churning add crushed Chick-O-Sticks and churn for a few more minutes until candy bits are evenly distributed. (I experimented with crushing the Chick-O-Sticks, and found pulsing with a food processor produced too much powder. Smashing the sticks while still in their wrappers with a cast iron skillet, just a couple of bonks, gave the results I desired -- large to small chunks with minimal powder.
13 comments:
Oh jeez it's too early in the morning to be reading about such confections!! Now I'm going to have Chick-a-Sticks on the brain all day! I've heard they make a sugar-free version. I'll have to search, because you've just brought up a great childhood candy that I'd forgotten about a decade ago!
Ice cream looks awesome. I'm going to file this one and make it -- perhaps for my birthday in July as a special treat!
DWA - A 2oz Chick-O-Stick (that's the big one, but they make a small and a tiny) only has 240 calories and 9 grams of fat. Go get a small or tiny one that has real sugar in it.
You come up with some twisted stuff, Tay. I really, really want an ice cream maker!
Gastronomer - You know why you really get married? To register for appliances!
I am not vegan but I do love Chick-o-sticks! Brings back childhood memories!This sounds like a great idea!
I have never heard of chick-o-stick but I will definitely print out this recipe and try some.
Sounds amazing!
That sounds and looks awesome. I've never heard of Chick-O-Sticks. I'll have to check them out.
Chick-o-stick ice cream is amazing! It is one of my absolute favorite vegan ice creams I have ever made. Now seeing your post I have to get more chick-o-sticks so I can make it again as soon as possible.
i had no idea anyone else in the world knew about chik-o-sticks, wow i am not alone in the world like i thought, my parents had a grocery store in camden and i literally grew up eating massive amounts of them. wow. you rock
I was reading Baking Bites which is how I came to hear of this recipe. I just recently rediscovered Chick-O-Sticks and was thrilled because there are few candies I can eat because of heartburn (no chocolate, no fruit). In any case, your picture of the ice cream...well, all I can say is I'm glad I have an ice cream maker so here I go to give it a try! Thanks so much!
I made this the other day and I only used 2 (2 oz) chick-o-sticks. I was going to all 3 but the ice cream firmed up faster than the estimated time on the machines instructions so I kinda had to mix in the 2nd stick with a spoon. still turned out amazing.
On the other side of the country, I'm eating a vegan donut with crushed Chick-O-Stick on the chocolate frosting... heaven... oooh and some icecream, too ♥ Thank you for rocking my future world :)
Damn. I thought I was onto something new too. I've had the idea for this ice cream brewing in my brain for months, then today I decide to make it. For shits and giggles I googled it and found lots of people have made this. :( but yay for vegan ice cream!!
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