I have tried making mint ice cream by steeping a generous handful of mint leaves in the hot milk and cream for 1 hour to extract the mint flavor, but....so far it's not my favorite. There's a good chance I just didn't have the right kind of mint leaves for it, but it tasted kind of grassy and just not like the kind of mint chip I was going for, which is why I ended up settling on good old peppermint extract.