Chocolate Ice cream - with photo

[JulieO]

Good idea Peps! 

[Lellyj]

I "christened" my new icecream maker with this recipe, thanks Julie O.  Delicous and rich--I didn't think 1 scoop would ever be enough icecream for me, but you are right--one scoop definately satisfied me!  Not so, my big boys though, who happily finished the whole batch!  I stirred through crushed up peppermint crisp in the last few minutes of churning.  Next time, I will follow foodiepep's suggestion and double.  Thanks again!

[KerrynN]

This is the second ice-cream I have made with my new Ice Cream Maker. Fantastic texture and flavour, if a little bit too rich (I can't believe I'm saying it but...) perhaps next time I would use half the chocolate, or maybe not a 70% one.

[JulieO]

Kerryn, I agree.  You can only have one small scoop of this, it's not meant to have like normal ice cream IMO, just as a special treat.  Tenina's chocolate ice cream is really good and might suit you better when wanting a 'bowl' of ice cream. 

[Halex]

This is churning as I type, christening my machine with this as I had all the ingredients in the fridge, made with low fat, so see how it turns out.

H

[judydawn]

I have now made this the TMX way and the ice-cream maker version.  I did reduce the chocolate to 100g this time and it is still very rich but it's a lovely smooth ice-cream.  It works well in either machine.

[Halex]

Made this today with white chocolate.

I bought some really good white chocolate from a chocolatier cafe.

I am a huge white chocolate fan.

This was
D E V I N E

Very rich & a small scoop is enough.

Thoroughly recommend this recipe yet again

H

[JulieO]

Thanks Hally, the white choc version sounds very nice. 

[Littlemiss009]

I made this recipe, but added 50g of cocoa and used the technique in the edc rather than with an icecream maker. I stirred through some chocolate chips too, it was do rich and yummy!

I am trying a white chocolate version today to see what happens

[judydawn]

Hi Littlemiss009, welcome to the forum with your first posting.  Why not pop over to the Introduce Yourself thread on our Home Page and tell us a bit about yourself.

[jeninwa]

I have this churning away in my ice-cream maker, what I tasted was yum, cant wait to have some in a cone for desert tonight.

[lozzylooloo]

I made this earlier today using "double thick cream" (I'm vegetarian so can't eat thickened cream", and Cadbury dark chocolate chips as other posters have commented its very rich, and I wanted to tone that down slightly. I used the TMX freezer method.
It tastes lovely, and when scooped has the icecream look, but it doesn't seem quite right? It's more like a dense, chewy mousse almost. It doesn't have the coldness melting on my tongue sensation I am used to with icecream. Is this normal? Sorry, it's only my second attempt at icecream ever (my first, from the EDC, worked fine).  So either it is just a different texture/taste/concept for me to get used to, or it's a result of my variations.
Any insights gratefully received
(And it's definitely still delicious - I am testing*cough cough* very regularly to see if the texture is changing the longer it is in freezer )

[BeezeeBee]

JulieO, this icecream was

A M A Z I N G !!

Soooo smooth and creamy

I used 300g Pura thickened cream, 50g cream, 200g Whittakers Dairy Milk chocolate and the other bits as per recipe. The base tasted like Paddle Pop. Churned this morning and chucked the still-runny blend into the freezer.

Tasted the icecream just now. Went out to Woolies to buy more cream straightaway. Hehehe

[JulieO]

That's great BeezeeBee! 

I know it's rich but a little is very nice. Glad you liked it. 

[BeezeeBee]

This is now a firm favourite of the family. Ran low on thickened cream and chocolate. Had to make do with a bit of cocoa powder and cream. Still yum!

With cherry sauce