Smoked Chocolate and Tequila Ice Cream [Photograph: guerillaicecream]

In the great big world of ice cream flavors, chocolate may not sound like the most exciting option. But there are any number of ways to dress up chocolate: from stout and tequila to cinnamon and beets (yes, beets). Here are five unusual chocolate ice cream recipes we love.

Chocolate Cinnamon Ice Cream: While cinnamon lends warm, subtle spice, banana keeps things light and creamy.

Roasted Beet and Dark Chocolate Ice Cream: "Beets may sound like an unlikely candidate for an ice cream, but they share chocolate's earthy, fruity sweetness, enhanced all the more so by roasting them first."

Smoked Chocolate and Tequila Ice Cream: Smoky, herbaceous tequila adds complexity to this chocolate ice cream, only heightened by black cardamom.

Chocolate Stout Gelato: The chocolate flavor is intensified by the addition of a good stout.

Really Dark Chocolate Sorbet: Who says sorbet can't be decadent? Try this recipe for a rich chocolate version.