For whatever reason, I didn’t care for chocolate as a kid. My mom would buy chocolate bars that would remain untouched by me. As an adult, I could quite possible live on aforementioned food. I can also survive on ice cream. In fact, I eat at least one teeny tiny bowl of ice cream almost every day, to ensure I continue to survive.
So, I heard it’s ice cream week. In honor of this very important week, I made my family’s favorite flavor: Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream.
Mint chip ice cream, aka “peppermint bon bon”
Ooooh, gooood. Did you know mint chip ice cream is referred to as peppermint bon bon in the Midwest? I did not know. Until I stepped up to the window at an ice cream shop a year or two ago and asked to “see what the bon bon flavor looks like.” Oh. Isn’t that the same as mint chip? Why didn’t they write that on the chalkboard menu?
creamy ice cream, lots of chocolaty bits, and cool peppermint
When Hubby finally was able to sample (after the kids swooped in front of him to grab their minty bowls), he didn’t speak. Bite, swallow, bite. Yes, he affirms: His favorite frozen treat is just as good home-made as the ones he would stand in line to buy. Maybe even a tad better, because you can amp up the mint factor and chocolate bits as you wish.
Grab your spoon and go!
Just try, try to give the ice cream time to firm up in the freezer for a few hours before digging in. Of course, some of us don’t mind taking a few test bites of slightly melty ice cream.
RECIPE (approx 1.5 quarts)
INGREDIENTS
1 cup whole milk, well chilled
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 cups heavy cream, well chilled
1.5-2 tsp pure peppermint extract, or to taste
4 oz semi-sweet chocolate bar, chopped into tiny pieces
Special Equipment: Ice cream maker
DIRECTIONS
In bowl, use whisk to combine milk and sugar until dissolved. Stir in heavy cream and peppermint. Turn ice cream maker on and pour mixture in for about 25 min. During the last 5 minutes of churning, slowly put in chopped chocolate. Put ice cream in airtight container for a few hours before enjoying, if you can wait that long.
Source: Chew Out Loud
It’s when I read posts like these that my desire for an ice cream maker intensifies =[
The ice cream is very delicious but instead of adding chocolate I put in crushed Oreos!
Oh, that sounds yummy, Ellie! 🙂
How did you get the perfect mint green color just right?
Maybe food coloring?
I think I used 6 drops of green coloring.
I just got mine this year, and have made batches already. You get to control what goes into your ice cream 🙂
Peppermint bon bon? Where were you? I live in Cincinnati with family throughout the mid-west, mint chocolate chip has long been my favorite, and I’ve never in my life heard tbat. Lol! It must have just been that ice cream shop or that very specific area, but it’s definitely not a mid-western thing.
Funny! All around Minnesota (and Wisconsin?) it’s called peppermint bon-bon 😉 LOL! Either way, the ice cream is what it’s all about! 🙂 🙂
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Mint choco chip ice cream is my bf’s favorite, and I wanna try this recipe. I would need to buy an ice cream maker though. 😀
I got mine for $30 on amazon. Love it 🙂
I got an amazing one for Christmas and always keep the bowl in the freezer so I can use it whenever!
try using york peppermint patties too! they can be melted down and swirled into the ice cream or just left all chunky
Yum idea! Thanks, gapleb! 🙂
I need and want an ice-cream maker … Right now!
Looking at food makes us want to buy, right, Anita? 🙂
It’s true, I have recently bought a juicer, It’s fabulous!
I really want this. Right now. Like, I don’t think anything else has captivated me more than this mint chocolate chip ice cream… Or peppermint bon bon — I like that name much better 🙂 I am doing some serious mouth watering over here and your photographs capture the creamy texture and bits of chocolate beautifully!
WOW!!! This looks amazing!!! Mint Chip is my all-time favorite!! 🙂
oh my god–i LOVE mint chocolate chip ice cream! this is amazing…and thanks for visiting our blog 🙂
I really have to try this some time…looks and sounds perfect. My 2 favs – chocolate and ice cream.
Mmm…that looks delicious. Great photos!
must try! 🙂
Mint chocolate chip is my favorite kind of ice cream! This looks great!
There may be some people that don’t like chocolate much but no one can resist ice cream. Good post.
My ice cream maker will arrive either today or tomorrow (30 on amazon) and I can’t wait to try out this recipe!
Awesome, Laruen! You’ll be so happy you did that :). I got mine from Amazon, too, and have made such good use of it. Homemade ice creams are the best! No long ingredient list, no high fructose corn syrup, and no preservatives!
Looks delicious!!! 🙂
see my recent post, homemade Vanilla Bean Ice Cream; http://michaelswoodcraft.wordpress.com/2014/07/29/vanilla-ice-cream-2/
Michael
All these ice creams look good, and I’m planning on trying this recipe for mint ice cream, but would like
to know the fat content and calories in them.
Also, I used Andy’s Candies chocolate mint in the ice cream, which made it perfect for flavor and just
the right amount of chips throughout. Also, I added a few drops of green food coloring for color. Turned
out great, but I want to try one next. The problem I have with these recipe’s, is, there’s no calorie info on them, which I need to know how much I’m eating. I know this has a lot of calories, but each interpentation is different. So could you let us know the amount of fat and calories that are in these recipes?
Thanks.
Tina, so glad you liked the ice cream! 🙂 Yippee!! As for a calorie counter, here is a site that will help you, I think. http://www.caloriecount.com/cc/recipe_analysis.php
Do you need to add green food coloring? Looks sooo delicious!
Tammy, you don’t need to add food coloring at all. It’s purely vanity 🙂 I often leave it natural colored and it tastes exactly the same 🙂
Sorry….one more question…..what brand of chocolate did you use?
Tammy, this one was awhile ago, and I can’t remember the exact brand of chocolate I chose. That said, you can use any favorite chocolate bar (solid) and chop into yummy bits 🙂 Enjoy and thanks for being here today!
Can anyone tell me if I need to heat the cream and sugar and stuff so the sugar dissolves, sorry for the silly question I have never made ice-cream before but this looks like a really nice one to attempt
Hi, Melissa! You do not need to heat anything; as long as you follow recipe instructions it should work nicely. Enjoy!
Delicious and perfect! Thank you!
YAY, Rose! I’m so glad you enjoyed it! 🙂 Never too cold outside to still have ice cream, right?
This is the most amazing ice cream I have ever had! I have been having so much fun making my ice cream in my new ice cream maker but this recipe by far takes the cake! I took a Ghirardelli chocolate bar and shaved it with a knife then rough cut some of the pieces and this recipe beat any mint chip ice cream I have ever had! Pure and simple really are the best.
Yay, Lisa, soooo happy to hear you loved this having an ice cream maker is SO worth the natural, real ice cream
Amy,thank you for your wonderful ice cream recipe.
I have used this recipe several times using different ingredients.The mint is one of our families favourite.
I have made maple walnut by adding maple flavouring and walnuts ,strawberry by adding a small jar of strawberry freezer jam and Oreo by adding crushed Oreo cookie thins…you could also add mint flavour to the Oreo ice cream.love,love,love this recipe because it is eggless and oh so good.
Fantastic! I’m so glad you like it so much 🙂 Oooh, strawberry jam sounds delish!
Hi Amy
I baked a rum cake for our Sunday family dinner tomorrow and decided it would need a scoop of ice cream to go with it.
I was going to make vanilla ice cream but thought why not make rum and raisin,so added rum flavouring and folded in raisins before putting it on the freezer.
This recipe is so easy to adapt to our favourite flavour.
Yummy!! Sounds amazing 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Have you ever doubled your mint chocolate chip ice cream recipe?
Rusha, I have not doubled the recipe because my ice cream maker only holds the amount as written. You can always make a second batch after your maker is re-frozen. Enjoy!!
You are the only other person I know of that eats ice cream every day! I eat a wee bit every day before I go to bed!
Totally, a little every day is the way to go! 🙂 🙂 🙂 Ice cream kindred spirits!
This looks so good! Do you use this base for any other ice cream recipes?
Suzanne, I do use it as a base for other yummy and natural flavors: https://www.chewoutloud.com/2019/06/28/favorite-ice-cream-recipes/ .Enjoy! 🙂
Thanks for sharing! Des it keep long?
I am making this for our Culinary Club’s Ice Cream Social. I will add in additional Andes Mints chopped up. Thanks for sharing this!
You’re so welcome, Susan 🙂