Burnt Almond and Cherry Chocolate Ice Cream recipe

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Ingredients

3 tablespoons butter
2 cups almonds
1 quart heavy whipping cream
1 quart half-and-half
2 cups white sugar
3 (1 ounce) envelopes instant hot cocoa mix (such as Swiss Miss®)
2 tablespoons vanilla extract
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 ½ cups dried cherries

Nutrition Info

673 calories
carbohydrate: 60.3 g
cholesterol: 109.5 mg
fat: 46.6 g
fiber: 4.7 g
protein: 8.8 g
saturatedFat: 23.9 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 93.6 mg
sugar: 47.5 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Melt butter in a skillet over medium-low heat, cook and stir almonds in melted butter until toasted or slightly burnt, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat and cool.

  2. Mix cream, half-and-half, sugar, cocoa mix, and vanilla extract together in a bowl, transfer cream mixture to an ice cream maker. Follow manufacturer's instructions for freezing. Add almonds, chocolate chips, and cherries once ice cream is almost stiffened and continue freezing until ice cream is completely stiffened.

Recipe Yield

16 servings

Recipe Note

I was making ice cream one day for the people at work and I accidentally burnt some of the almonds while toasting them and just threw them in anyway. My co-workers loved it.

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