Cherry Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream is a vanilla base ice cream churned until silky smooth and blended with fresh cherries and chocolate. Best Dessert EVER.
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time10 minutesmins
Total Time3 hourshrs25 minutesmins
Course: Dessert, Ice Cream
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream
Servings: 12
Calories: 321kcal
Author: Kellie
Ingredients
2cupswhole milk
2cupsheavy cream
1cupgranulated sugar
5large egg yolks
1 1/2cupspitted cherriescut in half
3/4cupdark chocolate chunks
Instructions
In a large saucepan, add the milk, cream and 3/4 cup of sugar. Bring the mixture to a simmer over med-low heat, whisking until the sugar dissolves. Turn off the heat.
In a medium bowl, whisk the remaining sugar and egg yolks until the mixture is slightly thickened and light in color. Slowly, add 1/4 cup of the milk mixture to the eggs while whisking constantly. Continue adding the milk to the egg mixture 1/4 cup at a time until all the ingredients are combined.
Prepare and ice bath in a large bowl and place a medium bowl in the ice bath. Place a fine mesh stainer over the bowl.
Transfer the cream mixture to a large saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly and scraping the bottom and sides with a heatproof spatula until the custard thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon. Strain the custard into the bowl and allow to cool.
Refrigerate the custard until cold or overnight.
Pour the custard into the freezer can of an electric ice cream maker and freeze according to the manufacturer's instructions. When the ice cream is the consistency of soft serve, add the cherries and chocolate chunks. Allow to blend. Transfer to an airtight storage container and freeze.