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Question: 1. How does the whipping cream form soft peaks; and how does the ice cream keep its flavor once frozen? 2. How does the chocolate bowl keep its shape once the balloon has been popped? Things I will Use: 1. Whipping Cream 8. Mixing Bowl 2. Condensed Milk 9. Hand Mixer 3. Mint Leaves or Mint Flavoring 10. Spatula 4. Chocolate Chips 11. Tray 5. Food Coloring (Green) 12. Parchment Paper 6. Chocolate Melts 13. Metal Bowl 7. Water Balloons 12. Teaspoon Steps: 1. Place whipping cream and condensed milk in fridge for 24 hours. 2. In the mixing bowl whip the whipping cream until soft peaks form. 3. Add condensed milk and whip again to combine ( this is the ice cream base). 4. Add some Mint Extract and combine with ice cream base. 5. Mix in green food coloring for color 6. Pour in some chocolate chips and fold mixture. 7. Once the desired flavor and appearance is achieved, place in freezer for 2 hours. 8. Blow up balloons and tie. 9. Wash balloons and dry. 10. Line a tray with parchment paper. 11. Melt chocolate melts in an oven safe bowl over a pot of boiling water. 12. With a spoon make small chocolate fill circles on the tray spreaded apart (base of the chocolate bowls). 13. Coat the bottom of each balloon with a thick layer of chocolate and place on top of each circle. 14. Place try in fridge until chocolate hardens. 15. Take out ice cream and chocolate bowls from the fridge/ freezer. 16. Pop each balloon and remove from chocolate. 17. Remove chocolate bowls from tray and place on a plate. 18. Scoop some ice cream and place in bowls. 19. Add desired toppings and enjoy. Expectation: 1. Whipping cream will form soft peaks and combine well with the condensed milk. 2. Mint leaves will add flavor to the ice cream. 3. Once frozen, Ice Cream will maintain flavor. 4. Chocolate will not drip off from balloon and will set in the shape of a bowl. 5. Chocolate won't crumble once balloon is popped. 6. Chocolate won't melt at room temperature and will be able to hold ice cream. 7. It will taste good. Post-Lab: Looking Back: Lot's of things happened, good and bad. I feel that the final product was okay, but it wasn't what I was going for.The ice cream was very delicious and maintained it's flavor even when frozen. It had the right amount of mint and chocolate chips, even the color was perfect. The chocolate bowls did form the shape of a bowl, and kept it even when the balloon popped. Even though the bowls came out, I couldn't really use them. The first problem was that every time I tried to put chocolate on the balloons, they would pop. I had to coat about twelve to get six come out. Then once I got them all and froze them, they were not great. The balloon popped and would stay stuck to the chocolate bowl. I could not take it off because the bowl would melt at my touch. In the end i could not use them as bowls. Looking Beyond: I think the way the ice cream froze and maintained it's flavor was interesting. I believe this happens because when the ice cream freezes, it does not lose its flavor, it locks it in. So one you take it out from the fridge and it starts to melt in your mouth, the favor are released and you can taste it. Still I do think some of the flavor goes away in the freezer, and that is why you should add more flavor than it needs. For the bowls I think the fridge locked in place all the molecules of the chocolate, but since it was chocolate chips instead of chocolate melts, it melted faster. Looking Inward: For the ice cream I did get desired results. I think this is because I kept looking back at my research for every step and I had my sister there to taste things and tell me what it's missing. The chocolate bowls were a bit more difficult. I should have used chocolate melts and should have waited a bit longer for the chocolate to cool. Because of this I did not get the result I wanted and ended up with a messy kitchen with chocolate splattered everywhere. Looking Outward: I was working on my own for this project because I feel more comfortable that way. I feel since I was doing all the work it was a bit too much having to do two things at a time, and getting all the supplies on my own. But I still learned a lot from it and I had fun doing it, even if I was on my own. Looking Forward: I think that next time I will do a few things differently. First, I would get the right chocolate to make the perfect bowls that do not melt to the touch. Second, I would make sure to do everything carefully and unrushed to limit my mistakes, like having the balloons pop. Lastly, I would do this with time so I am not worrying about this in the end.
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