Plantains Foster Ice Cream Tacos + Video

These delicious Ice Cream tacos are filled with warm plantains foster and topped with yummy Chips Ahoy! The perfect dessert or snack with a latin twist. 

Plantains Foster Ice Cream Tacos

Oh my goodness! I am drooling over these ice cream tacos. Imagine a taco shell that is sprinkled with cinnamon and then baked into a cup shape. The taco shell then gets filled with creamy frozen ice cream and hot plantains foster and then topped with a generous sprinkling of  Chips Ahoy! Cookies.

Every bite you take will have different tones of flavors and textures. The frozen ice cream contrasting with the hot plantains create a party in your mouth. Serve this a snack to your kids or as an elegant dessert to your latin themed dinner.

The inspiration for this recipe came in while I was browsing the Nabisco website. In there I saw an amazing Chips Ahoy! Quesadilla filled with Plantains. I thought that it was a what a great idea to marry plantains with yummy chocolate chops cookies. And these ice cream tacos are my spin on the Nabisco recipe.

Have you checked out all the all the fun and delicious Latino-inspired recipes that are just right to treat the family for Día del niño?. They’re awesome! 

Did you know that in Latin America we celebrate “Dia Del Nino” ? (Child’s Day). It’s a full day celebrating our kids by buying them gifts and cooking them a special meal. When my daughters come home, I will present them with this amazing merienda (snack) that will knock their socks off! Both my daughters love plantains and I am positive that they will enjoy these feast.

Aside from the deliciousness, this dish represents much more. You see, my husband and I are Venezuelan, our girls were born here in America. In a way, I want them to learn about their roots. Food is the perfect vessel for it.

So check it out: the base has a tortilla shell which is inherently latin. The middle is ice cream, universal. The sweet plantain filling is a bit Venezuelan, and the Chips Ahoy! cookies are American. In one bite you will be eating multiple cultures. I find that  poetic. And that’s what bringing families together is all about. Creating traditions that they will later pass on to their own families.

I hope that my daughters when they grow up, they will make these delicious Plantains Foster Ice Cream Tacos on the Dia Del Nino to their own kids. But don’t forget the most important detail: Top them with Chips Ahoy! They really give this recipe the final touches and it also brings all the flavors together.

I hope you can try these delicious plantains Foster Ice Cream Tacos at home. If you do, please upload a pic on Instagram and tag me @Livingsweetmoments or use the hashtag #LivingSweet. I promise to repost it.

Here’s a little video on how to make these:

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Plantains Foster Ice Cream Tacos

Prep Time

8 mins

Cook Time

15 mins

Total Time

23 mins

 

These delicious Ice Cream tacos are filled with warm plantains foster and topped with yummy Chips Ahoy! The perfect dessert or snack with a latin twist

Course: Dessert, Snack

Servings: 4 servings

Calories: 504 kcal

Author: Tiffany Bendayan

Ingredients

For Tacos

• 4 Corn tortillas
• Sugar +Cinnamon

For Plantains Foster

• 1 Ripe Plantain
• 1/4 Cup butter
• 6 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon rum or vanilla extract optional
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Assembly

• 6 Chips Ahoy! Cookies
• 2 cups Vanilla Ice Cream

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

1. For taco cups
2. Preheat oven to 400 Degrees F
3. Flip over a muffin tin and spray with nonstick spray
4. Soften the tortillas but placing them inside a damp paper towel and microwaving them for 30 seconds
5. Place the soft tortillas on a cutting board and spray them with nonstick spray
6. Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon
7. Flip the tortilla over and repeat the same process with the cooking spray, sugar, and cinnamon
8. Nestle a tortilla in the space between 4 cups of the muffin tin to form a bowl shape
9. Repeat with the other tortillas
10. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until crisp
11. Remove from oven and let them cool
12. For Plantains Foster
13. Slice the plantain
14. Place a skillet over medium heat and add the butter and brown sugar
15. When the butter and brown sugar melts, add the plantain slices and cook until the plantains have softened. About 4-5 minutes. Stir often
16. Add the rum extract and cinnamon. Stir until combined
17. Assembly:
18. Place the taco cups on a serving platter
19. Add 1-2 scoops of ice cream
20. Add the hot bananas foster
21. Top with crumbled Chips Ahoy!
22. Serve immediately
23. Enjoy!!

Nutrition Facts

Plantains Foster Ice Cream Tacos

Amount Per Serving

Calories 504 Calories from Fat 207

% Daily Value*

Fat 23g35%

Saturated Fat 13g81%

Cholesterol 60mg20%

Sodium 231mg10%

Potassium 456mg13%

Carbohydrates 70g23%

Fiber 3g13%

Sugar 43g48%

Protein 5g10%

Vitamin A 1135IU23%

Vitamin C 8.7mg11%

Calcium 124mg12%

Iron 1mg6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Nabisco. The opinions and text are all mine.