Dessert for breakfast

November 12, 2026 9:30 PM

I made a terrible mistake at Aldi the other day. I needed some half and half to make mashed potatoes and ice cream (not at the same time) and I got a whole quart, but when I got home I noticed that I accidentally grabbed fat-free half and half! I didn't even know fat-free half and half existed! How is that even possible? Isn't the whole point of having half and half to have a little extra fat in my milk?

Anyway, I still made the mashed potatoes with it, and I guess it turned out fine. I'm sure it would have been even better if I had regular half and half, but I'm not going to make it again to find out. I put a whole quarter cup of horseradish in this! (following this recipe) Because I have an open jar and I have no idea how I'm going to use it all.

Me holding a container of horseradish mashed potatoes — *Can you believe I actually put parsley in this?*

But mashed potatoes was neither my dessert nor my breakfast, and I could have named this blog post "Fat-free half and half" but I didn't like that. So let me get to my actual breakfast.

Two pieces of croissant french toast, with some coffee and a newspaper — *The coffee also contains half and half*

Yooo, doesn't that look so good?! People in the Aldi Aisle of Shame facebook group have been raving about this croissant loaf so I picked some up and made some french toast with it. I followed a recipe on Budget Bytes but of course I used my sad half and half instead of milk. And I had way too many egg whites left over from making my ice cream so it was just whites instead of a whole egg. I also topped it with some powdered sugar and some spiced apple dessert drizzle, which I also bought from Aldi! This could practically be a sponsored post!

But it's not, because I think I have maybe 3.5 followers total.

And you might think, that's not dessert, that's just a regular breakfast item. I know it is, and it's definitely dessert. French toast actually was my favorite breakfast item growing up. Crazy, right?! I think I prefer waffles now.

But okay, I'll show you my ice cream that I made which is most definitely a dessert, and I also ate some of it for breakfast.

Homemade coffee ice cream in a tupperware container, with some of it scooped out into a small bowl next to it — *I still don't have an ice cream scoop. I wouldn't mind if someone gifted me one 👀*

I finally made ice cream in my favorite flavor: coffee! I used this recipe and it turned out pretty well, but it's still not nearly as good as Trader Joe's. I definitely would want to make it again with some real half and half. And a little less sugar.