Chocolate Red Wine Ice Cream
Chocolate Red Wine Ice Cream is a fun and romantic way to celebrate Valentine's Day with your special someone. The chocolate flavor is rich and creamy while the red wine adds a subtlety of depth to make the flavors pop! is a fun and romantic way to celebrate Valentine's Day with your special someone. The chocolate flavor is rich and creamy while the red wine adds a subtlety of depth to make the flavors pop!
Ingredients
- 2 cups of milk I used 2%
- 1 ½ - 2 cups of semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup of red wine I used Bogle cabernet
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon espresso powder optional
- ½ cup honey if you want the ice cream sweeter optional
Instructions
- READ YOUR ICE CREAM MAKERS INSTRUCTION BOOKLET. MINE SAYS THE ICE CREAM MAKER'S CANISTER MUST BE FROZEN FOR 24 HOURS BEFORE MAKING ICE CREAM.
- Start the recipe by pouring the milk and chocolate chips in a pot. Turn the heat to medium and stir occasionally until the chocolate melts and is fully incorporated into the milk. Set aside until the mixture is cool.
- Add all the ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth.
- Pour the mixture into a freezer safe bowl and freeze for 1-2 hours.
- Assemble the ice cream maker and take your chilled mixture out of the freezer.
- Pour the ice cream mixture into the ice cream maker and churn for 20-25 minutes or until the ice cream is thick and creamy.
- Transfer the ice cream into the same freezer safe bowl.
- The ice cream will be super soft, you can eat as is or freeze the ice cream up to 4-24 hours if you like firmer ice cream.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Freezing the mixture for 1-2 hours assists the ice cream maker in doing its job.
This recipe tastes amazing with strawberries too! I blended 1 cup of thawed (frozen) strawberries into the wine and chocolate milk mixture. The result tasted like a chocolate dipped strawberry in ice cream form!