I haz a flavur...IN MY MIND! II

Success! Sort of. The taste was dead on, but there was something missing from the texture.

1 cup yogurt
1/2tsp almond extract
1/2tsp coconut extract
1/4 mexican vanilla pod scraped then minced
splenda

It was missing something slightly gritty and slightly chewy. I think raisins, shredded coconut and a touch of rum will round it out.

The only real problem here is that I still can't figure out what it was that I had eaten as a kid. I can point to various things over the years that contribute, but not one single thing. It's a melange of pina coladas. marzepan, chewy toffee and something else.

While this is no life quest, I think dessert is going to be fun for the next few nights.

Speaking of dessert, I finally have my ice cream maker back in shape and I'm planning on attempting to reproduce an accidental creation from last summer. With my ice cream maker, it's fairly difficult to make low fat treats due to the temperature of the crock (the fat content and temperature are the keys to making well textured ice cream. It's a gel filled crock, so there's no adding salt to bring it down). Last year, I discovered that I could approximate the texture of ice cream and maintain the low to no fat status by adding a packet of jello to the mix.

I need some win to balance out the Wretched Jofu.