The final recipe in our ice cream play date, this Brownie Batter Ice Cream is ready to churn in just 2 minutes and tastes like you are licking the bowl of your favorite brownie batter but in ice cream form! With no egg and no time on the stove, you can throw this together faster than you could bake them into brownies! Want to take it over the top? Make brownies to go with it and add some Salted Caramel Sauce.
We enjoyed this ice cream at an ice cream play date with about a dozen little kids who were waiting patiently in line for ice cream with tiny 6 oz paper cups and face fulls of sprinkles. On the menu was this ice cream, Sprinkles Cake Batter Ice Cream and Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Dough Ice Cream with sprinkles. I would’ve brought more toppings but the kids were 4 and under. Showing them a bag of rainbow sprinkles and three kinds of ice cream already completely made their day!
Want a bit more ice cream inspiration? You can always head over to my business page where you can see all of the Ice Cream Flavors I make for my clients. I dare you to find most of those in your grocery store!
Add the heavy cream, milk, vanilla, cocoa powder and brownie mix into a bowl. 
Mix well. 
Put in ice cream maker and make to your machine’s specifications. 
In the last 30 seconds before you take the ice cream out, pour in the sprinkles so they can mix in. Freeze for at least 4 hours, preferably overnight.
Ingredients
- 2 cups half and half
- 1 cup 2% milk (This is what we have on hand for our toddler, use any milk you may have, even non-fat)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 3/4 cup brownie mix
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
Instructions
- Mix the heavy cream, milk, vanilla, cocoa powder and cake mix until combined.
- Put in ice cream maker and make to your machine's specifications.
- In the last 30 seconds before you take the ice cream out, pour in the sprinkles so they can mix in.
- Freeze for at least 4 hours, preferably overnight.
Notes
Nutrition
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Does this recipe call for heavy cream or half and half?!? The first ingredient in the list is half and half, but step 1 in the directions calls for heavy cream?? They aren’t the same thing! Please help because I’m dying to try this!
If this is supposed to be a homemade recipe, then where are the ingredients, as well as increments, to make the homemade brownie mix that goes into making the brownie batter ice cream? Anything homemade, should NOT have any shortcuts!
Some recipes are designed to be quick and easy using packaged foods. If you don’t care for it, don’t make it. Or, simply google a recipe for homemade brownie mix.
Im about to literally scream over this ice cream! OMG yummm I want ice cream now!
Haha, nice!
This sounds SO delicious! I might have to try it with all of the warm weather we have right now.
Awesome, hope you love it!
Oh that looks so good. Anything chocolate and I am down for that.
I feel the same way about chocolate!
I need this ice cream right now! This looks so delicious. Saving the recipe.
Awesome, hope you love it Tirralan!
My son would love you for this. he loves chocolate ice cream
Haha, I was the hit of the play date!
Now I want an ice cream maker. This looks so good.
Thanks Tess!
I love the idea of homemade ice cream. Yours looks delicious!
Thanks Stefanie!
I don’t have an ice cream maker, but now this is making me want one! I like how this is prepped so quick, without needing to cook.
Thanks!
I love brownies and ice cream! This looks so yummy. I don’t have an ice cream maker yet, but I am thinking of getting one just because the recipes you share on here! Thanks again!
Aww how sweet! Thanks!
I love brownie batter! Definitely want to give this one a try.
This looks delicious! I love ice cream during the summer!
Oh yes. I love chocolate ice cream, I will be trying those. Brownie batter? I need to come eat at your place.
Most of my friends feel the same way, haha.
My daughter saw the ice cream over my shoulder and requested this immediately. I have to oblige!
Smart girl!
Looks amazing. I’m going to have to pull out my ice cream maker and make some ice cream. I even pinned this.
Aww thanks for the pin Vanessa!
Seriously how many ways can you say, ‘yum?’ This sounds delicious to me. You totally had me at ‘double chocolate.’
Thanks Rosey!
Loving these egg-free recipes! It’s the only way my neighbors will allow me to “borrow” their ice cream maker and make ice cream “for them” (and for me!)
Haha, I find I am happy to lend out stuff when I get goodies back with it too!
Oh, I need to try this! My favorite ice cream shop in town makes pie and cookie flavors that are dead on, but I haven’t seen a brownie flavor yet – and it would be so much cheaper (and way more dangerous…!) to make it at home anyway 🙂
Oh you will love it and be so surprised how amazing it tastes with so little effort!
I love the fact that you don’t have to cook the custard I have the hardest time with that part and love that I can just mix and throw into my ice cream maker! I am going to go check out your other flavors!
Me too! I love not worrying about scrambling the eggs in the custard!
Me too! I love not worrying about scrambling the eggs in the custard!
That looks so yummy. I could use this.
This looks and sounds delicious. Our kids are gone camping but we might have to borrow our daughters ice cream maker and give this recipe a try!
What a great surprise for when they get home?
Sabrina, you’re killin’ me here. Who can resist this? 🙂
No one did! Haha.
Oooooo….. my husband would go nuts for this ice cream. I can’t have dairy but this looks so delectable I might risk having a bite.
I would totally take one of those lactaid pills for this if I still had dairy issues like I did in college!
I cannot type right now… I”m running out the door for ingredients! But really, this sounds SO good! I cannot wait to make some!
Haha, I think you will love it. My husband was like “wait, why does this chocolate taste so much better than normal chocolate ice cream?” I told him why and he pointed at my head and said “Not just a hat rack my friend!” (Inside joke from Friends when Joey has a brilliant thought and points to his own head and says that) Haha.
Can’t go wrong with double chocolate!!! I definitely want to make this ice cream soon!
So much of me wishes I threw chocolate chips in there too to make it Triple chocolate but that is just because I always want to add one more thing. lol.
I NEVER would have thought to dump a mix into an ice cream base–what a great idea. This looks great.
Oh my you are missing out. I’m going to post another one soon, but I totally do it with strawberry cake mix and add extra vanilla and white chocolate chips and strawberry chunks. You would die happy eating that ice cream, I swear it.
Yum! This flavor sounds amazing. I am so amazed how easy this recipe looks, must try it!
Thanks! I hope you do get to try it, you won’t regret it!
WOW that looks good! You made that? That’s it I am coming there next time you make that! Chocolate and homemade ice cream win/win!
Oh Jeanette, you should see the link to the list of flavors I make. I love making unique flavors 🙂
Wow this looks like it could be my new favorite ice cream. This looks way to good!
Thanks!
Now you know how to do chocolate! I’m totally craving this and am going to have to make this over the weekend.
Awesome! I hope you love it Daisy!
Yum! This sounds so good. You have combined two of my favorite sweets into the perfect dessert.
Serve it with a warm fresh baked brownie and it will knock your socks off.
Looks awesome! Pinned!
Yay! Thanks for the pin Mira!
This looks so good! I never thought of adding brownie mix to ice cream but I’m definitely going to try this!
Molly and Stacie
It is shocking how much better it makes the flavor. Its like adding malt to chocolate, it deepens the flavor SO much!
This sounds delicious. I have seen so many tasty ice cream recipes lately! My ice cream machine is getting a workout.
I know, I just couldn’t wait to post them all! We had such a fun time at the play date 🙂
This sounds delicious. I have seen so many tasty ice cream recipes lately! My ice cream machine is getting a workout.
Ice cream and chocolate! Brilliant combination! It looks so refreshing and mouthwatering!
I dont have an ice cream maker but for this recipe I think I need to get one. This sounds and looks so delicious and refreshing!
I feel so honored!
I would have never thought to put brownie mix in my homemade ice cream! This sounds like a yummy recipe.
Thanks Kelly!
Yum! You had me at brownie. It is my weakness so this must taste amazing! I’ve never made homemade ice cream but I think you just pushed me to the edge!
I hope so! It is so good you’ll never look back!
I love a brownie with ice cream on top. This is the best of both of those delicious worlds!
Wowza! That ice cream sounds amazing! Brownie batter is my favorite!
Meeeee too. Somehow in my head I convinced myself this is healthier!
My parents made homemade ice cream all the time when I was a kid. It was SO good.
I wish mine did that!