Easy Italian-Inspired Dark Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream
This recipe is similar to Italian Stracciatella without all of the work of making your own vanilla, melting chocolate and drizzling it into the cold ice cream until it cracks. It is an excellent chocolate chunk ice cream, perfect for those who love Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream.
With just a few simple ingredients—milk, sugar, heavy cream, vanilla, and chocolate chunks—you can whip up this dreamy dessert in no time. A Cuisinart ice cream maker does all the work, churning everything into a silky, luscious gelato that tastes like an Italian vacation in a bowl. If you’re looking for one, this is the Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker I use from Williams Sonoma. This machine is ideal for making your favorite Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream at home.
If you’re serious about gelato making, why not take it a step further? The last time I visited San Gimignano, I discovered a gelato shop offering classes. Check out the Dondoli Gelato Class if you want to learn from the masters! They even teach you how to perfect your Ice Cream.
Storing your ice cream after you make it is also important. I like the containers that go in the freezer like these available at Amazon CLICK HERE. They even come with sticker labels. You can also make this recipe with chocolate chips instead of chocolate chunks.
Vanilla Chocolate Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream
Equipment
- 1 Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Whole Milk
- 3/4 Cup Granulated Sugar
- 2 Cups Heavy Cream
- 2 Tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1 Cup Dark Chocolate Chunks (chopped)
Instructions
- Place milk and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Mix with a hand mixer for two minutes on low speed.
- Stir in heavy cream and vanilla
- At this point store chilled in refrigerator until ready to make ice cream, or go ahead and add mixture to chilled Cuisinart ice cream maker and start mixing
- Slowly add chopped chocolate chunks as ice cream is mixing, let continue mixing to desired consistency
- put ice cream in a freezer ice cream container and store until ready to serve
Read More
Read about our Italian Nutella Ice cream/gelato HERE