Homemade Choco Tacos

The following recipe and photography was provided by recipe developer and food photographer, Ashley Durand of Plate & Pen.

Do you hear that? Whimsical music is playing in the distance. The ice cream truck is on its way!

There are many things that remind me of my childhood summers, but none more so than sprinting down the street with a scrambled collection of dollars and cents in my sweaty little hands on a quest for a Choco Taco from the neighborhood ice cream truck.

All these years later, if I were to stop by my local ice cream truck, I would still choose a Choco Taco from the extensive selection of ice cream and popsicles on the menu, but ice cream prices aren’t what they used to be, and this legendary dessert taco is hard to come by nowadays.

Luckily, these fan-favorite frozen treats are extremely easy and cost effective to recreate at home! All you need is a package of traditional waffle cones, vanilla ice cream, chocolate chips and peanuts.

The trickiest part of this recipe is forming the waffle cones into the taco shell shape, but with a little practice it gets easier. The key is to make sure that the cones are slightly damp and pliable so that they can be unraveled and reshaped into a shell. Once that’s done, all that’s left to do is fill the shells to the brim with Heinen’s rich vanilla ice cream, made right here in Ohio, dunk the taco in melted Heinen’s chocolate chips and sprinkle on a few peanuts (or sprinkles if you’re feeling colorful!).

Summer taco night just got sweeter!