The chocolate marshmallow ice cream recipe is a flavorful, creamy, and fluffy chocolate ice cream, swished with sweet marshmallow fluff and dark chocolate chunks. This ice cream is a French-style ice cream made with egg yolks and it is also gluten-free and nut-free. If you love marshmallows, then this is a super satisfying ice cream recipe for you!
What is Chocolate Marshmallow Ice Cream?
It’s a homemade ice cream with double marshmallow fun. Its rich, creamy, sweet, chewy, and delicious flavor is amazing. It’s full of gummy marshmallow fluff and several mini marshmallows. Basically, it’s a nut-free version of classic flavor ice cream. If you like Rocky Road ice cream, then you will love this recipe.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe?
- It has an amazing texture with fluffy marshmallow cream and chopped chunks of dark chocolate.
- It’s a traditional ice cream recipe with rich flavor and creamy texture.
- Other French-style ice cream recipes are complicated but this is a very easy-to-make recipe.
Ingredients for Chocolate Marshmallow Ice Cream Recipe
This recipe can be made with simple ingredients that you already have in your fridge. You just need:
- Heavy Cream
- Whole Milk
- Granulated Sugar
- Vanilla Extract
- Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- Mini Marshmallows (for garnish)
- Marshmallow Cream
How to Use an Ice Cream Maker?
Place the canister of the ice cream maker in the freezer 24 hours before you use it for churn.
Instructions
Prepare the Chocolate Ice Cream Base
Add milk, cream, vanilla extract, and sugar in a medium-sized bowl and mix them to make an ice cream base.
Add cocoa powder when the sugar is dissolved. Whisk it briskly for two minutes and ensure that it’s incorporated into the mixture.
Put the mixture’s bowl in the freezer for just 30 minutes. Your mixture should be very cold before you add it to the ice cream maker. When the base is cold, whisk it again to bring all the ingredients back because some cocoa powder may have settled to the bottom.
Churn the Chocolate Ice Cream
When the mixture is cold, it’s time to add it to the ice cream maker. Assemble your machine as per the instructions given in the manual. Turn it on and gradually pour the chocolate base into the machine.
Microwave the Marshmallow Cream
Add half of the marshmallow cream to a microwave-safe bowl.
Microwave for 10-20 seconds or until it becomes a thick liquid.
Add Marshmallow Mix-ins
Once the churning process is completed, take out half of the ice cream in a freezer-safe container.
Pour half of the warm marshmallow cream over this ice cream, top it with a mini marshmallow, and swirl it using a butter knife.
Repeat this procedure with the other half of the ice cream, marshmallow cream, and mini marshmallows.
Cover the ice cream container with a lid or plastic wrap and place it in the freezer for 3-4 hours.
Serve when the ice cream is scoopable and solid.
How to store Chocolate Marshmallow Ice Cream?
You can keep this ice cream in an airtight container in the freezer for up to three months. However, it’s a best practice to finish it in 7 days.
Additional Tips for Making This Recipe
Use quality ingredients for the best results.
Use high-fat milk and creams while making this recipe.
Use a crispy sugar cone or a hot fudge sundae with graham crackers on top.
Suggested Toppings
- Nuts
- Fudge Sauce
- Chopped candy bars
- Sweetened flaked coconut
- White chocolate shavings
Nutritional Facts
- Calories: 300
- Total Fat: 12.8g
- Saturated Fat: 7.9g
- Cholesterol: 44mg
- Sodium: 49mg
- Total Carbohydrate: 48.1g
- Dietary Fiber: 1.8g
- Total Sugars: 39.2g
- Protein: 3.3g
- Vitamin D: 28mcg
- Calcium: 61mg
- Iron: 1mg
- Potassium: 151mg
Chocolate Marshmallow Ice Cream Recipe
Description
It’s a homemade ice cream with double marshmallow fun. Its rich, creamy, sweet, chewy, and delicious flavor is amazing. It’s full of gummy marshmallow fluff and several mini marshmallows. Basically, it’s a nut-free version of classic flavor ice cream. If you like Rocky Road ice cream, then you will love this recipe.
Ingredients
Prepare the Chocolate Ice Cream Base
- Add milk, cream, vanilla extract, and sugar in a medium-sized bowl and mix them to make an ice cream base.
- Add cocoa powder when the sugar is dissolved. Whisk it briskly for two minutes and ensure that it’s incorporated into the mixture.
- Put the mixture’s bowl in the freezer for just 30 minutes. Your mixture should be very cold before you add it to the ice cream maker. When the base is cold, whisk it again to bring all the ingredients back because some cocoa powder may have settled to the bottom.
- When the mixture is cold, it’s time to add it to the ice cream maker. Assemble your machine as per the instructions given in the manual. Turn it on and gradually pour the chocolate base into the machine.
- Add half of the marshmallow cream to a microwave-safe bowl.
- Microwave for 10-20 seconds or until it becomes a thick liquid.
- Once the churning process is completed, take out half of the ice cream in a freezer-safe container.
- Pour half of the warm marshmallow cream over this ice cream, top it with a mini marshmallow, and swirl it using a butter knife.
- Repeat this procedure with the other half of the ice cream, marshmallow cream, and mini marshmallows.
- Cover the ice cream container with a lid or plastic wrap and place it in the freezer for 3-4 hours.
Serve when the ice cream is scoopable and solid.
Churn the Chocolate Ice Cream
Microwave the Marshmallow Cream
Add Marshmallow Mix-ins
Notes
- Use quality ingredients for the best results.
- Use high-fat milk and creams while making this recipe.
- Use a crispy sugar cone or a hot fudge sundae with graham crackers on top.
Servings 8
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories 300
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat 12.8g20%
- Saturated Fat 7.9<strong class="dr-nut-label dr-nut-measurement">g</strong>40%
- Cholesterol 44mg15%
- Sodium 49mg3%
- Potassium 151mg5%
- Total Carbohydrate 48.1g17%
- Dietary Fiber 1.8<strong class="dr-nut-label dr-nut-measurement">g</strong>8%
- Sugars 39.2<strong class="dr-nut-label dr-nut-measurement">g</strong>
- Protein 3.3g7%
- Calcium 5 mg
- Iron 4 mg
- Vitamin D 139 IU
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Recipe FAQs
Is an Ice Cream Maker necessary to make it?
Yes, an ice cream maker is essential for making this recipe because it has not been tried or tested as a no-churn recipe.
Can we make it with melted chocolate instead of cocoa powder?
Homemade chocolate ice cream can be made with any of them. But unsweetened cocoa powder is easy to use for this recipe.
Does Marshmallow Fluff Freeze in Ice Cream?
Marshmallow fluff will never really freeze completely.
What is the difference between Marshmallow Fluff and Marshmallow Cream?
They are almost similar.
Can I omit the mini marshmallows and use only fluff or vice versa?
Yes, you can do that. You can use one of these ingredients and skip the other.
