Ice cream with peanut butter cups in it that is rich and creamy!
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Additional Time: | 6 hrs 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 7 hrs 5 mins |
| Servings: | 10 |
| Yield: | 10 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 cups milk
- ⅔ cup white sugar
- 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon instant espresso powder
- 1 pinch salt
- 4 egg yolks
- 3 ½ ounces dark chocolate
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Heat milk, sugar, cocoa powder, espresso powder, and salt in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring often, until milk is barely simmering.
- Beat egg yolks in a bowl; gradually stir in about 1/2 cup hot milk mixture. Beat until smooth. Transfer egg yolk mixture back to the saucepan and continue cooking and stirring until thickened, about 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, melt dark chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl in 30-second intervals, stirring after each melting, for 1 to 3 minutes.
- Remove saucepan from heat and stir melted chocolate into milk-egg mixture; transfer mixture to a large bowl, cover, and refrigerate until well-chilled, 4 hours to overnight.
- Stir cream and vanilla extract into chilled chocolate mixture and pour into an ice cream maker. Freeze according to manufacturer’s directions until it reaches “soft-serve” consistency. Transfer ice cream to a lidded container; cover surface with plastic wrap and seal. For best results, ice cream should be placed in the freezer at least 2 hours or overnight.
- I use a Lindt(R) Special Dark Chocolate bar in this recipe. Dark chocolate chips are nearly as good. I have an in-pan mixer, so I mix this custard furiously at every stage (taste it right along; you may want to increase sugar slightly or adjust coffee up or down). I freeze the mixture in my Donvier(R) ice cream freezer, 1-quart size. Try it! It will knock your socks off.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 319 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 24 g |
| Cholesterol | 152 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 5 g |
| Saturated Fat | 13 g |
| Sodium | 42 mg |
| Sugars | 21 g |
| Fat | 24 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Delicious, didn’t change a thing. Thanks Jim 🙂