Coffee Chocolate Crunch Fantasia Ice Cream Sundaes

• 1/4 cup cold whipping cream
• 1 tablespoon coffee liqueur, such as Kahlua
• 1 1/2 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 1 cup store-bought or homemade chocolate sauce
• 2 teaspoons instant espresso
• 1 tablespoon dark rum
• 12 small (about 1/8 cup) scoops premium coffee ice cream
• 1/3 cup very coarsely chopped well-toasted salted macadamia nuts
• 4 thin, flaky waffle cookies or 2 small waffle ice cream cones, crushed into cornflake-size pieces
• 3 tablespoons cacao nibs* (optional)

1. Whisk cream and coffee liqueur together in a medi-um bowl. Sift in powdered sugar and whisk until soft peaks form. Chill.
2. Stir chocolate sauce and espresso together in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring, until warmed through. Stir in rum and reduce heat to low.
3. Put 3 scoops ice cream on each of 4 plates and top with whipped cream. Spoon a thick band of chocolate sauce along the side of the plate. Scatter plates with toasted macadamia nuts, cookies, and cacao nibs, if using.
4. *Cacao nibs are available on amazon.com

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Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/coffee-chocolate-crunch-sundaes (may not work)