John Myers
Creamy, wonderfully chocolatey – and simply delicious: for many, chocolate ice cream is by far the tastiest type of ice cream. You can easily make chocolate ice cream yourself – even without an ice cream maker. We reveal a simple recipe plus a variant without egg.
The dream of all chocolate fans: chocolate ice cream. Chocolate ice cream is not only a pleasure in summer. You don’t have to buy chocolate ice cream with lots of unnecessary ingredients (more on this in our chocolate ice cream test) in the supermarket, nor do you have to go to the ice cream parlor: you can easily make chocolate ice cream yourself. It’s amazingly simple and you only need a few ingredients.
Make chocolate ice cream yourself: simple recipe
The better the quality of the ingredients, the tastier the result tastes. This is particularly important when it comes to the quality of the chocolate and the freshness of the eggs. Use good chocolate, preferably with at least 70 percent cocoa, organic and fair trade.
Cream is also important for delicious chocolate ice cream. Due to its high fat content, it ensures that the homemade ice cream is creamy. The eggs, which you can easily omit, serve as a binding agent and also ensure a creamy consistency.
The most important thing for the ice cream to be really creamy: stir, stir and stir again.
Homemade chocolate ice cream – that’s how it works
Ingredients:
150 g dark chocolate, preferably with 70 or 80% cocoa
350 ml milk, preferably full-fat
200 ml cream
2 egg yolks
100 g sugar (less if you like)
Preparation:
Heat the milk, roughly chop the chocolate and add.
Melt the chocolate while stirring.
Cream together the sugar and egg yolk.
Carefully stir the sugar-egg mixture into the warm chocolate milk.
Leave to cool to room temperature.
Whip the cream until stiff and stir into the mixture.
Now it goes into the freezer. If you have an ice cream machine, you can of course prepare the mass with the machine. If you don’t have one: no problem! During the first hour of cooling, stir the ice cream mixture well several times with a fork. This will prevent large ice crystals from forming. In total, you should freeze the ice cream for at least three to four hours. Let the ice cream thaw a few minutes before eating.
Extra tips:
If you want, you can add a few pieces of chocolate at the end for extra crunchy ice cream enjoyment.
You can refine chocolate ice cream with a touch of chili. Coarsely chopped nuts, eggnog and fresh berries also go well with chocolate ice cream.
Ice cream contains a lot of sugar. A 75 gram scoop of store-bought chocolate ice cream contains an average of 17 grams of sugar, according to our chocolate ice cream test. When you make your own ice cream, you have control over how much sugar you add.
Regardless of whether you prepare the ice cream in the machine or stir it with a mixer and freeze it: the ice cream tastes best fresh.
Make chocolate ice cream yourself without eggs
Ingredients:
350 ml cream
150ml milk
150 g dark chocolate
90 grams of sugar
Preparation:
Warm the milk.
Then roughly chop the chocolate and add to the hot milk. Stir until the chocolate has dissolved.
Add sugar and let the chocolate milk cool down.
Whip the cream and fold in.
Place in a freezer-safe bowl and freeze for at least 3 to 4 hours.
During the first hour, stir the ice cream mixture well several times with a fork. This will prevent large ice crystals from forming.
Allow to thaw for ten minutes before eating.
Make your own vegan chocolate ice cream
If you have to do without milk, cream and eggs, you can of course also make a vegan version of chocolate ice cream:
Ingredients:
1 packet of vanilla sugar
150 g almond milk (unsweetened)
150 g coconut milk
25 g baking cocoa
100 g dates (pitted)
Preparation:
Put all the ingredients in the blender and blend until creamy until there are no bits of the dates left.
Place in a freezer-safe bowl and freeze for at least 3 to 4 hours.
During the first hour, stir the ice cream mixture well several times with a fork. This will prevent large ice crystals from forming.
Allow to thaw for ten minutes before eating.
