Ice Cream Tacos

Well, of course, there's the Choco Taco, but my son came up with this "recipe" and it is such a fun idea I thought I'd share it. This would be great, though messy, for kids parties.

It's an ice cream taco that we make with blina as the (soft) shell. You can also use thinned pancake batter. The chocolate sauce is home made and the recipe for that goes back probably 100 years--I think it is delicious and you can taste the love.
                      

First, you make the blina.   The wife's recipe is on the fly and does not include baking soda or yeast which basically makes it a crepe. Here is a basic crepe recipe:     

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup milk
• 6 tablespoons butter, melted
• 3 eggs
• 4 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Preparation:

Process the flour, butter, sugar, eggs and salt in a blender until the mixture is smooth. Add the milk 1/3 cup at a time, until the batter is a liquid consistency. Set batter aside for 20 minutes.
Melt a little butter in a crepe pan or large skillet over low-medium heat. Add 3 tablespoons of batter to the pan and swirl until the bottom of the pan is covered with batter. Cook the crepe for 1 minute, or until the crepe is slightly moist on top and golden underneath. Loosen the edges of the crepe, slide the spatula under it, and then gently flip it upside down into the pan. Cook for 1 minute and transfer the cooked crepe to a plate to keep warm.  Makes 8 servings

                        

For the fixins, we used home made chocolate sauce, mini M&M's, caramel, chopped up Pop Tarts and whipped cream.

                          

Fixins:

                        

And the final product:

                          

Put some vanilla ice cream on the "shell" and add the toppings. Pick up and enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chocolate sauce recipe:
                                             1 cup sugar
                                             2 tblsp flour
                                             2 tblsp cocoa
                                             1 cup water
                                             2 tblsp margarine
Bring water and margarine to a boil then slowly add dry ingredients. Cook for about 2 minutes on low, stirring frequently. Remove from heat and add 2 tsp of vanilla. Consistency will be thick.
Alternate Recipe:
                                               1 cup sugar
                                               2 1/2 tlbsp flour
                                               2 cups of milk (less for thicker sauce)
                                               1 stick of butter (not margarine)
                                                About 3 tblsp cocoa
                                               2/3 tblsp vanilla
Melt the butter, then add remaining ingredients and stir frequently over medium heat.