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The Best Chocolate Ice Cream is a bold name, but it is equally matched by the bold chocolate flavor of this custard-based ice cream. It’s creamy and rich, decadently sweet, and it will make any chocolate lover swoon.
I consider myself a chocolate ice cream aficionado: a connoisseur of sorts. I have been ordering it every single trip to the ice cream shop since my first taste of chocolate at my 1st birthday party. Right, mom?
If you are in an ice cream shop with me and I am ordering something other than chocolate, you should ask if I am feeling alright unless, of course, I am getting another flavor AND chocolate. Totally normal.
Therefore, I feel 100% qualified to call this ice cream The BEST. It is smooth and creamy with an unparalleled chocolate flavor. It is the perfect balance of bittersweet and sweet. Each bite will surprise you with its chocolatiness and you will find yourself involuntarily reaching for another scoop.Because it’s too creamy and chocolaty to resist.
Your Summer will not be complete with out this ice cream. Trust me. It just won’t. Unless you don’t like chocolate ice cream like my brother, in which case, you should stop reading and check out my Strawberry Caramel Chocolate Cookie Swirl Ice Cream. I know, right? Who doesn’t like chocolate ice cream? {Love you Andrew}
The Best Chocolate Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1 ½ cups heavy cream
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
- pinch salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 6 egg yolks
- 8 oz bittersweet chocolate melted & cooled, I used Ghirardelli 60%
Instructions
- Pre-freeze your ice cream maker’s freezer bowl at least 24 hours ahead!
- In a large, heavy-gauge saucepan whisk together the milk, cream, half the sugar, vanilla and salt. Place over medium heat and bring just to a boil, stirring occasionally.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and remaining ½ cup sugar. Whisk until mixture is thick and a pale yellow. Whisk in chocolate. Mixture will be thick!
- Temper the Egg Yolks: Add ¼ cup of the boiling cream mixture slowly to the egg mixture while constantly whisking. Once that has been incorporated, add another ½ cup of the cream mixture in a steady stream while whisking. Add the egg yolk mixture to the sauce pan with the remaining cream mixture. Whisk constantly while pouring the chocolate mixture into the remaining cream; you don’t want burnt chocolate! Stir constantly with a wooden spoon until the mixture thickens and it coats the back of the spoon. This took approximately 5 minutes. Do not let the mixture boil.
- Pour into a large bowl, let cool several hours at room temperature or you could use an ice bath to speed it up, cover and refrigerate at least 5 hours or until cold. Overnight is best. The mixture will be thick like pudding.
- Place your container to hold the ice cream in the freezer. Turn on the ice cream maker and pour the cream mixture into the moving, frozen bowl. Churn 25-30 minutes or until the ice cream is soft and creamy but thick. It should be coming out the top of the freezer, churning bowl.
- Place the ice cream in the cold storage container, cover and refrigerate 2 hours or more.
I’m actually not a fan of chocolate ice cream UNLESS I get another scoop with it, so hey two scoops it is!
I like to combine it with pistachio!
That is quite the name, however, I believe it! I could go for a scoop or two right now!
Wow! I have no words for this ice cream, Lindsey! Such a classic flavor, and it looks amazing! Pinned!
Thanks, Gayle! You are so sweet! Thanks for the pin!
Now you’re talking…this ice cream looks delicious! Would it be wrong to admit that I prefer vanilla, though? Ok, maybe a little bit of chocolate is ok. 🙂
Lol! Not wrong but you can sit at the kids’ table with my brother who prefers fruit flavors 😉 jk. I love French vanilla with lots of other desserts. And my dad prefers vanilla with hot fudge sauce to any other kind…who are these men!?!? Next on the list…Vanilla!
I love the Mom comment. My mother corrects me in emails, so it’s “private” She’s 86. Great ice cream. Fabulous photos!
Lol! She emailed me too. Your comment about emails being “private” cracked me up. haha!
craving a scoop right now! you can never go wrong with a good chocolate ice cream!
too true! and I should know because I just had a scoop 😉
I am swooning already – this looks incredible!!!! So chocolatey and smooth – wow!
Thanks, Jessica!
This looks SO GOOD. I’m lacto intolerant and honestly I would probably sacrifice here…. 🙂 I’ve missed your recipes! Excited to be back in the blogging world!!
It would be so worth the sacrifice! 😉 So glad you’re back!!! You have definitely been missed 🙂