Homemade Chocolate Ice Cream

We tried making our own chocolate ice cream last night, it was delicious.

We used our Cuisinart ice cream maker, which is so easy to use.

I made a simple chocolate ice cream recipe, but using the cocoa powder made it so rich and chocolatey; more so then normal chocolate ice cream you would buy.

I reversed the heavy cream and milk measurements to make it less fattening. However, if you would like it more creamy (although mine was super creamy) then reverse the measurements I have below and put 1-1/2  cups of milk and 3-1/4 cup of heavy cream

What you'll need:

1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (Dutch process preferred)
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3-1/4  cups milk
1-1/2 cups heavy cream
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract 

(Your freezer bowl from the ice cream maker needs to be in the freezer prior to you making the ice cream at least overnight)

Place the cocoa and sugars in a medium bowl; stir to combine. Add the whole milk and use a hand mixer on low speed or whisk to combine until the cocoa and sugars are dissolved, about 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in the heavy cream and vanilla.

Pour into frozen freezer bowl and put in machine and turn on. Let churn in the machine for 30 minutes. Take out bowl and put saran wrap over the top but touching the ice cream (this prevents it from getting icy) Let freeze for at least 2 hours or so and then it is ready to eat. YUM!

 

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