Banana Split Ice Cream

Ingredients

• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup half-and-half cream
• 3/4 cup heavy cream
• 3/4 cup sugar, divided
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 cup finely diced bing cherry (pitted)
• 1 cup finely diced pineapple
• 2 bananas
• chocolate syrup

Directions

1. 1

   Note: be sure to keep ingredredients in the refrigerator until right before you need them (i.e., will help your ice cream machine do its job better).

2. 2

   After pitting and dicing cherries into small bits, place into small bowl and sprinkle a teaspoon of the sugar on top. Let set in the refrigerator for 10 minutes. Dice pineapples into small bits and place in refrigerator until needed.

3. 3

   Puree bananas, remaining sugar, vanilla, milk and half & half in a blender until the sugar is dissolved. Note: because you want to keep the flavors separate, do NOT puree the other fruits.

4. 4

   Pour puree mixture along with cream, cherries and pineapple into ice cream machine and follow machine instructions.

5. 5

   When ice cream is ready to serve, drizzle with chocolate syrup.