I’ll Never Stop Adding This 1 Ingredient to Vanilla Ice Cream

I’m not a huge dessert person. At least, I’m not the type of person to make elaborate desserts at home. I’m more of a pour-some-chocolate-chips-into-a-bowl type of person. That said, I’m always up for new ideas for easy desserts for those times when I want a sweet treat, but don’t want to actually invest a lot of time and energy into making something. 

I would never have thought to combine these two products. While I love vanilla ice cream on a brownie, it’s not really ever my choice if I’m at an ice cream shop. And I’ll put Tajin on everything from corn on the cob to avocado toast to slices of watermelon, but I never even considered it as a possible dessert enhancement. Trader Joe’s chile lime seasoning is basically a generic version of Tajin clasico, a blend of chile peppers, lime, and salt. Because I do not live near a TJ’s, I tried this with Tajin and it did not disappoint. 

Chile lime seasoning packs a lot of flavor into one spice blend. It’s lightly spicy from the chile peppers, tangy from the lime, and savory from the salt. Every one of those flavors comes through on vanilla ice cream. The creamy sweetness of the vanilla rounds out the acidity of the lime, while the chile adds a hint of spice. And the salt makes for a sweet-savory combo. Kudos to whoever dreamt this up.