Fun And Easy Chili Mini Tacos Recipe

If you and your kids love chili this is the recipe for you. It is really easy to make, kid friendly and suitable for any party you may be having this holiday season. If you have a Cuisinart SG 10 Electric Spice and Nut Grinder it will be a great help with chopping the peanuts. Freshly chopped is always better than buying chopped nuts.

What You Need:

• 8 mini corn taco shells
• 1/3 C of milk chocolate chips, divided
• 1 pint vanilla ice cream
• 2 T peanuts, chopped

How to Make It:

1. Preset the oven control to 350 degrees allowing the oven to preheat.
2. Stand the taco shells, opening up, in a loaf pan placing foil balls at each end to keep them upright.
3. Heat the shells in the oven for 5 minutes or until crispy.
4. Remove and allow the shells to cool for 10 minutes.
5. Fill the bottom of each cooled shell with 1 t of the chocolate chips.
6. Fill each of the taco shells with 1/4 C of ice cream.
7. Place the pan of filled shells into the freezer for at least 15 minutes.
8. Place the remaining chocolate chips into a microwave safe bowl.
9. Microwave on high 1 minute then stir.
10. If the chips are not completely melted and smooth return to the microwave at 30 second intervals, stirring after each interval until the chips are melted and smooth.
11. Remove the tacos from the freezer.
12. Trickle the melted chocolate over the top of each of the tacos.
13. Quickly sprinkle each taco with the chopped peanuts.
14. Return to the freezer for at least 10 minutes.

Makes 8 ice cream tacos

These easy to make ice cream tacos will be a hit on New Years Eve. Any flavor of ice cream will work. You can also use any type of ice cream topping to drizzle over the top. Create an ice cream taco that will suit your children’s tastes.

Preparation Time: approximately 30 minutes
Baking Time: approximately 5 minutes
Freezing Time: approximately 25 minutes
Total Time: approximately 1 hour

Nutritional Information per taco: (approximate values)

Calories 140; fat 8 g; sodium 60 mg; carbohydrates 15 g; sugars 10 g; protein 3 g

Serve these tacos as a tasty snack. You can be sure your visitors will love them. They are exceptional and can even serve as a light dessert after a heavy meal.