Chocolate Ice cream

Cuisine: American

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Serves: 2

Feeling lazy and don't feel like going out on a sunny afternoon to beat the heat? No worries at all, for here is a recipe to show you how to make the most delicious and creamy homemade chocolate ice cream. You can also use this easy recipe as the perfect base to give your twist to this ice cream.

List of ingredients:

One tin Condensed Milk
2 cups Heavy or Whipped Cream
Two teaspoon Vanilla Extract
½ cup Cocoa Powder

A Quick and Easy Chocolate Treat for a Hot Summer Day!

Before starting, chill the ice cream bowls, cream, and beaters for at least 24 hours.
Whisk together condensed milk, vanilla, and cocoa powder until everything is dissolved completely.
Beat heavy cream in a large bowl until it is fluffy and makes stiff peaks.
Transfer the cocoa mixture to the cream and fold gently.
Make sure that the cream does not deflate. Cover the mix fully with a cling wrap. Freeze the ice cream for 15 hours.
Use an airtight container to store the ice cream, or dive right into it!

Chef Tip: To get the best out of this delicious chocolate ice cream recipe, buy good quality cocoa powder and make the milk-sugar-cocoa mixture smooth and lump-free. If you want to add a fun twist to the ice cream, throw in marshmallows, caramel, dried fruits, or nuts, but do so only after the ice cream is fully prepared.

Now, wasn't that one of the easiest and quickest recipes you have tried? Share it with your loved ones and comment on how you made your chocolate ice cream!

Quick Bites

Fun Fact

• Legend has it that the Roman emperor Nero ordered ice to be brought from the mountains and combined with suit toppings first invented what is today known as ice cream.

Historical Fact

• The earliest documented frozen chocolate recipes were published in Naples, Italy in 1693 in Antonio Latini’s “The Modern Steward”.

• Chocolate was the first ice cream flavor, created even before vanilla. This is because common drinks such as hot chocolate, coffee, and tea were the first food items to be turned into frozen counterparts. Hot chocolate had become a popular drink in seventeenth-century Europe and was used to make a dozen desserts.

Nutrition Fact

• Chocolates with high cocoa content are very nutritious and contain a high amount of soluble fiber and are loaded with minerals. Dark chocolate is loaded with organic compounds that act as antioxidants such as polyphenols, flavonols, and catechins.

• A serving of 100g of chocolate ice cream contains 216 calories of which 60 is from fat. It contains 11g of total fat, 34mg of cholesterol, 76mg of sodium, 249mg of potassium, and 28g of carbohydrates.