Ingredients
Vanilla ice cream, softened
1 cup pecan bits, roasted
1 teaspoon green food coloring
4 ounces (1 stick) sweet butter, softened
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon yellow food coloring
Chocolate sauce, recipe follows
1 cup cocoa powder, for dusting
2 cups whipped cream
Chocolate Sauce:
1 cup chocolate chips
1/4 cup heavy cream
1 tablespoon butter
Directions
Form Potato: Take 3 generous scoops of vanilla ice cream and place in aluminum foil. Mold to shape of baked potato and return to freezer until firm, about 1 hour.
Make Chives: Mix roasted pecan bits with green food coloring until well coated.
Make Butter Patty: In mixer, cream butter with powdered sugar and add yellow food coloring. Spread 1/4-inch thick on foil-lined pan and freeze about 20 minutes. Remove and cut in 1-inch pats.
Assembly: Spoon a generous amount of chocolate sauce on the bottom of a dessert plate. Unwrap frozen "potato" and dust with cocoa powder all over. Spoon whipped cream on top of potato, sprinkle with "chives", and top with "butter patablespoon".
Chocolate Sauce:
Put all ingredients in glass bowl and microwave for 1 minute on high. Remove and whisk until smooth.
Read more at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ice-cream-baked-potato-recipe.html?oc=linkback