Old-Fashioned Homemade Chocolate Ice Cream
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Old-Fashioned Homemade Chocolate Ice Cream dessert for a hot summer night of gathering! NO sweetened condensed milk in this recipe! Perfect for Mother’s Day and summer entertaining!
“Lazy days of summer” really don’t exist in our home this year! Everyone is either working or enjoying the outdoors, and then coming together in the evening for a delicious summer meal. Ending with this Old-Fashioned Homemade Chocolate Ice Cream recipe is always a summer fave! And it’s even better served with this Basic Texas Sheet Cake Recipe!
Serve with these BEST Chocolate Hazelnut Brownies or make your own BEST Homemade Chocolate Sauce!
What are the ingredients to make homemade ice cream?
Gather these simple ingredients:
- Eggs, half and half, and whipping cream
- Brown sugar (which makes it so good), adn regular white sugar
- Salt
- Cocoa
- Vanilla
- Rock salt
What makes the ice cream it’s best is the ice/salt mixture and fat content of ice cream!
Right away I will tell you, there is no sweetened condensed milk in this recipe!
Homemade Ice Cream
Today … spending time with my own family.
The things we long for when our babies are so tiny definitely change over time. I remember wanting a “break,” for things to be “clean,” for my kids to “stay clean,” to get a good night’s sleep, for my kids to act like angels (ha!), always getting along. Yeah, right! Those things seem so simplistic to me now.
I find myself now savoring the sweet affection our kids have toward each other, delicious conversations, great dinners together (with THIS yummy Old-Fashioned Homemade Chocolate Ice Cream), and seeing and hearing their stories, thoughts, opinions, experiences, through their eyes!
Old-Fashioned Homemade Chocolate Ice Cream
My mom’s recipe, this time with cocoa, it’s a delicious creamy chocolate-y dessert. For summer, there’s nothing quite like homemade ice cream (made with ice and rock salt).
It’s been a fantastic summer, one that I never want to forget. So many sweet memories, I can’t help but think back to my kids being little people. I always thought, these are the moments. And they were! (photo 1998)
But now, as we sit around the table at night, life is even sweeter now than it was then.
How can that be? We all grow, mature, and learn to love each other more.
My 55th Birthday today
Being my birthday today, here’s my hospital picture 55 years ago! Wow, have baby pictures ever changed over the years! Now newborn shots are staged and beautiful, where 55 years ago, a quick … SNAPOO!
I’m so grateful for my mother and father. I had the best role-model-parents. My mom (remember infant seats–above), and my dad was always the family photographer!
Old Fashioned Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream
Over the 4th holiday, my Old-Fashioned Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream recipe went bonkers on Pinterest! In fact, this comment on my blog yesterday, which made me smile!
Just wanted to let you know what a success your recipe was at my church get together last night. There were 3 of us ladies making homemade ice cream, all vanilla, and the one I made, your recipe, won, hands down. It wasn’t a contest, so to speak, but mine was almost completely gone, and the other 2 were barely touched! The brown sugar really makes a difference. Thanks again.
How long does it take for the ice cream to be set?
It takes about 30 minutes up to an hour for the ice cream to be “set.”
If my mom was alive today, I think she’d love this post today :)
Happy 55th Birthday to me, Mom & Dad!
More treats: Banana Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Bites [Baker Mama], White Chocoalte Brownies [Two Peas and Their Pod].
Old-Fashioned Homemade Chocolate Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 1 quart half and half
- 1 quart whipping cream
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1 tsp. salt
- 2 1/2 Tbsp. vanilla
- Ice
- Rock salt
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl; beat together on medium with a hand mixer or stand mixer for 1-2 minutes.
- Fill the ice cream freezer and make according to appliance directions, layering a lot of ice and rock salt, until the machine shuts off.
- Immediately remove the paddle; place the lid back on. Cover with more ice and a heavy towel until ready to eat (so ice cream continues to freeze and set).
Video
Reposted from August 2017.
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29 Comments on “Old-Fashioned Homemade Chocolate Ice Cream”
Does the brown sugar blend in with the rest of the ingredients? I have a recipe for Butter Pecan Ice Cream that uses brown sugar but it never seems to blend in. The taste is good but it’s gritty from the sugar.
I’ve never had a problem! Yes, it blends in perfectly.
Can this be made in an old fashioned freezer (electric) that uses rock salt and ice??
Yes, I use an old fahsioned ice cream maker with rock salt and ice. So good!
I really like this recipe and made it for July 4 fun. I used dark chocolate powder and it was a real hit.
Did you warm the milk and temper the eggs or just mix them in with the other ingredients???
Just follow the directions and mix all together! Enjoy!
I made this ice cream and we fell in love . It’s so easy to make and delicious too .it is a favorite go to meal. I will definitely be making it my go to recipe for ice cream. 5+ stars.
I modified my ice cream alittle. Instead of using a quart of half and half and a quart of heavy cream, I used 16 ounces of each, and filled up to the line on my ice cream maker with milk. It turned out really good.
I have a four quart electric freezer. I plan on making this next weekend for a family reunion. I would like to have a full freezer of ice creamer. I think my freezer is maybe four quart. Will this make that full? I know you said do not add more milk. Just wondering.
Right, do not add more milk. You’ll probably be about 3/4 full. ENJOY!
I would love to try this recipe, because it’s the first one where you don’t have to temper the eggs. My question is, can this recipe be made using an electric ice cream machine. Thank you.
Yes! For sure! ENJOY!
What if I wanted to add candy pieces or chocolate chips? Before mixing or after ice cream is finished?
I would add after :)
Can I put this in a container and put it in the freezer I was just making it for my son and his wife and 3 kids and me won’t it keep in the freezer
After it’s made? Yes, it freezes beautifully!
Is this a 4 qt recipe ? And do I need to finish filling the container with milk to the line. ?
Hi Frances, follow the recipe exactly. Do not add anything extra (do not add extra milk). ENJOY!
I want to try this recipe, but was wondering if you have to heat the eggs and cream beforehand, like other ice cream recipes with eggs.
No, we’ve had this recipe in our family for 50 years, we do not cook the eggs. Enjoy!
Hello , I was wondering when you say eggs do you mean the whole egg or just the egg yolks?? First time I seen where it says eggs beaten and not egg yolks. That would be be so much more easier..
Hi, Amy. Yes, the whole egg (not just the egg yolk). Thanks for asking!
Happy Birthday! This would go great with your cookie bars from yesterday! I turn the big 5-0 this year! My parents were stationed in England when I was born and they lived with a family…their space was so small, my bed was a pulled out drawer that they put a pillow in.
Is this recipe for 4 qts or 1? It look’s yummy
This recipe serves 8-10 :)
Oh my! This ice cream looks perfect! Reminds me of Italian gelato! Love the biscuit story :)
Thanks for the share. Chocolate is my fav too
What a beautiful memory about your parents and burned biscuits. It reminds me that Grandpa Earl always asked for the cookies with the burned edges. He said they were the best! Such sweet memories.