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Happy National Chocolate Ice Cream Day!

Though ice cream varieties cover the rainbow these days -- no longer limited to black or white, chocolate or vanilla options -- chocolate is an eternal favorite, especially as the varieties of chocolate ice cream available become more unique and exciting.

It's obvious people are fanatic about chocolate ice cream -- as made apparent by the vast, tempting variety of chocolate ice cream recipes posted on our Slashfood Flickr pool. We would imagine some of these exciting recipes might even sway the vanilla inclined. Proceed with caution...

• Nutella Ice Cream
• Chocolate Coconut Milk Ice Cream
• Chocolate Daim Ice Cream
• The "Best Dark Chocolate Ice Cream Ever"
• Dark Chocolate Ice Cream with Cocoa Nibs
• Chocolate Mocha Mint Chunk Ice Cream
• Chocolate, Bananas and Baileys Ice Cream

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When I was a kid I was addicted to chocolate ice cream (side note: a lot of my posts start out talking about how I was addicted to some junk food when I was a kid - I'm amazed I don't weigh 350 lbs). But when I got older, my tastes changed from pure chocolate to other flavors, usually based in vanilla: chocolate chip ice cream, Heath Bar Crunch maybe some other flavors. Your taste buds must get more sophisticated as you get older.

Anyway, today is National Chocolate Ice Cream Day. Check out the recipe for a very decadent-looking chocolate ice cream at The Joy of Baking, and here's one from CD Kitchen that promises to be like Ben & Jerry's.

Yesterday was National Donut Day. This isn't a good week for people on a diet.

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