Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream is an easy homemade ice cream recipe. Rich and creamy classic with cool mint flavor and dark chocolate chunks.
If you’ve tried Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream or my Pistachio Ice Cream Recipe, then you already know how easy and delicious rich, creamy ice cream is to make at home. Mint Ice Cream is another classic Frozen Treat to keep in your freezer all summer, if it lasts that long!
Sabrina’s Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
Homemade ice cream takes the creamy, chilled treat to a whole other level. You can experiment with fun flavors or stick to the classics, like this mint and chocolate combo. Instead of running out to the store, make your family favorites in your own kitchen with a simple ice-cream maker. It’s a fun project to do with your kids during the Summer break!
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Ingredients
- 4 large egg yolks , lightly beaten
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3-4 drops green food coloring
- 6 ounces dark chocolate , chopped
Instructions
- In a medium bowl whisk eggs well.
- In a medium saucepan add the sugar, heavy cream, whole milk, vanilla, peppermint, and salt on medium heat.
- Whisk non-stop and bring to a simmer, then reduce heat to low.
- Add ½ cup peppermint mixture in a very slow, thin stream to the egg yolks while whisking quickly (do not stop whisking).
- Pour the egg/peppermint mixture back into the pot slowly while whisking constantly.
- Cook until mixture is thickened, about 8-10 minutes (do not let boil, or milk will taste scalded).
- Turn off heat and pour into a metal bowl or other heatproof bowl.
- Let cool completely, then refrigerate (covered) for 2 hours.
- Whisk food coloring into the custard.
- Stir in chocolate chunks.
- Add custard to your ice cream maker (per machine instructions) then freeze for at least 3 hours to harden before serving.
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About this Recipe
It’s hard to think of any other dessert quite as refreshing as Mint Chip Ice Cream. The peppermint extract adds a cooling flavor to the ice cream and the dark chocolate adds a deep, rich natural flavor of cocoa. Along with the chocolate and mint flavor, the Mint Ice Cream also gets a fun green color from food coloring. Just like a Shamrock Shake, the green color makes this dessert perfect for St. Patrick’s Day!
Chef’s Note: Delicious flavor combos
When you’re making this ice cream recipe, feel free to fold in your favorite mix-ins, but don’t overdo it. Stick to about ¾ cup total mix-ins. Serve with toppings to make this even more delicious without overloading the ice cream base. Try hot fudge, melted chocolate, crushed nuts, or whipped cream to make an ice cream shop worthy sundae.
How to Store
- Serve: Homemade Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream will melt quickly, so you shouldn’t leave it out for more than an hour or so.
- Store: Put the ice cream in an airtight container to keep in the freezer for about 2 months. Place a plastic wrap sheet between lid and container to collect moisture and keep your ice cream fresh!
Variations
- Flavor options: One of the great things about this recipe is that you can use the same simple base to make most of your favorite ice cream flavors. Just replace the mint extract with whatever flavor you want to make a variety of delicious recipes. You can add in almond extract, strawberry extract, espresso powder, raspberry, or lemon juice.
- Chocolate Mint Ice Cream: To make Mint Chocolate Ice Cream mix in 2 tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder at the same time you add in the mint extract.
- Chocolate Chips: Dark chocolate and cool mint pair wonderfully together, but you can use any kind of chocolate you want in the recipe. Try using semisweet chocolate chips, milk chocolate chips, or white chocolate chips instead.
- Mint Cookies n’ Cream: What makes every dessert a million times better? Oreos! Fold in a ½ cup quartered Oreo cookies for a Mint Cookies n’ Cream Chocolate Chip Ice Cream everyone will go wild over! Pro tip: Wait until the ice cream has set for about an hour before folding in the cookies so they don’t soak up too much liquid and fall to the bottom.
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You better believe we will be making this all summer!! We love mint ice cream! My kids love making it, so this will be a fun thing to make together!
This ice cream was better than my local ice cream shop! Thanks for the easy recipe!
Yay! So glad you enjoyed it.
It doesn’t get much more refreshing than this ice cream! I love that the chocolate can be finely chopped. I don’t like big frozen chocolate chips in my ice cream, so it was perfect!
You list vanilla extract in the ingredients but vanilla bean paste in the written instructions. Can you use either one?