Homemade Mango Coconut Ice Cream

Hi friends! I’m obsessed. Ok, I know that you may STILL be buried in snow and winter weather, but I promise that the sun is on the horizon! In just a few weeks, it will just have to warm up for you and you will be right where I am today – craving ice cream and other sweet frozen treats. Now if you’re new around here, I live in sunny Phoenix, AZ. And while we are sizzling and miserable during the Summer, now is our time to shine. We have temperate weather and just the right conditions to have us heading outdoors! So when I was dreaming up Global Recipes I could create with World Market in support of The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Movie, what better than combine delicious global flavors into this Homemade Mango Coconut Ice Cream!

A sequel to the popular 2012 film, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is the expansionist dream of Sonny (Dev Patel), and it’s making more claims on his time than he has available, considering his imminent marriage to the love of his life, Sunaina (Tina Desai). Sonny has his eye on a promising property now that his first venture, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel for the Elderly and Beautiful, has only a single remaining vacancy – posing a rooming predicament for fresh arrivals Guy (Richard Gere) and Lavinia (Tamsin Greig). Evelyn and Douglas (Judi Dench and Bill Nighy) have now joined the Jaipur workforce, and are wondering where their regular dates for Chilla pancakes will lead, while Norman and Carol (Ronald Pickup and Diana Hardcastle) are negotiating the tricky waters of an exclusive relationship, as Madge (Celia Imrie) juggles two eligible and very wealthy suitors. Perhaps the only one who may know the answers is newly installed co-manager of the hotel, Muriel (Maggie Smith), the keeper of everyone’s secrets. As the demands of a traditional Indian wedding threaten to engulf them all, an unexpected way forward presents itself.

The movie sounds like a dream, rich with global and Indian culture. And while we were shopping the isles of World Market’s International and Indian food, not only did we pick up gorgeous kitchenware that is made in India, but also flavors that would bring our Homemade Mango Coconut Ice Cream to life! We sweetened ripened mangos with Organic Coconut Palm Sugar, that let me tell you, is truly delicious! I think this sweet treat will make it into much more of my baking going forward. We let the mangos and sugar set overnight to create an easy sugar syrup. Then in the morning we added coconut milk, half and half, delicious Nielsen-Massey Vanilla, coconut flakes and lime juice

Now that you’ve whipped up some amazing Homemade Mango Coconut Ice Cream, serve it up in our favorite Nantucket Cereal Bowls, with gorgeous Danieli Soup Spoons and Floral Medallion Dasha Napkins from World Market!

And when you’re feeling the Marigold spirit, head over and ENTER TO WIN in the World Market’s Best Exotic Marigold Sweepstakes! You could win the Grand Prize Package:

• Trip for 2 to India (6-day trip includes airfare, accommodations and excursions)
• FREE movies for a year
• $1,000 World Market gift card

So enter to win today! And head down to your local World Market to get everything you need to try our easy and global-inspired Homemade Mango Coconut Ice Cream. I guarantee you won’t be disappointed!