• Cheat’s dark chocolate and pistachio lollies are perfect for the lazy cook. Making your own ice cream from scratch is great but not everybody has the time… A tub of good quality, store-bought ice cream is all you need. These deliciously decadent lollies are perfect for a hot day. 

    Cheat’s dark chocolate and pistachio lollies

    Serves: Makes 8 – 10 mini lollies
    Cooking Time: 10 mins + 2 – 3 hrs to chill + overnight to freeze

    Ingredients

    • 1L good quality vanilla ice cream
    • 3 x 90g dark chocolate, roughly chopped
    • 125ml (½ cup) crushed, unsalted pistachios
    • wooden ice-cream sticks

    Instructions

    1

    Allow the ice cream to soften then fill mini ice-lolly moulds. Place a wooden ice-cream stick into each mould.

    2

    Place in the freezer for 2 – 3 hours or until hard.

    3

    Melt the chocolate and set aside to cool.

    4

    Remove the lollies from the moulds and dip into the melted chocolate. Sprinkle with ground pistachios. Place on baking or wax paper and lay flat in the freezer for 2 hours or until frozen and hard.

    Notes

    Cook's tip: Ground cashew nuts are also delicious. Try a combination of melted white chocolate and ground hazelnuts. Plastic ice-lolly moulds are available at speciality stores but if you cannot find any, simply use dariole moulds.