You can make a delicious strawberry chocolate chunk ice cream with the kids to enjoy on a hot summer day.
Strawberry Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream
There is nothing better than adding fresh fruits of the season to homemade ice cream. This is the height of berry season and I like to use whatever berries I can get from the farmer’s market.
If you don’t have access to fresh berries or if they are too expensive you can definitely use frozen berries. I always keep frozen berries in the freezer and use them when I can’t get to the store and I need berries.
There are dozens of recipes for homemade ice cream. I often make our ice cream dairy free and refined sugar free. Today though we used a blend of coconut milk and half and half cream.
Actually, this was all I had in the pantry today. I’m always making a recipe on a whim, so I use what I have. Today this combination of the coconut milk and half and half cream worked well to make this delicious creamy strawberry chocolate chunk ice cream.
Making homemade ice cream is really a very easy process. Decide what flavor ice cream you want to make and gather together the ingredients in advance.
Call in the kids and get the party, I mean recipe, started.
PrintStrawberry Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream
Strawberry Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream is an easy homemade ice cream that is refined sugar free. This recipe is adapted from the Basic Vanilla Ice Cream recipe in the Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker Instruction Booklet. (*Post and photos were updated in 2018. I re-made this recipe when the temperature was 97 degrees. The ice cream just kept melting — note to self: try to take ice cream photos when temps are under 80 degrees.)
- Prep Time: 10-15 min.
- Total Time: 25-35 min. ice cream machine
- Yield: 4-6 servings
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 2 cups chopped strawberries
- 1-2 tbls. granulated Lakanto Monk Fruit
- 1 1/2 cups coconut milk (or your preferred milk)
- 1/2 cup honey (or maple syrup)
- 2 cups half and half
- 1 1/2 tbls. pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup chopped chocolate (milk or dark chocolate)
Instructions
- Chop the strawberries and sprinkle with 1-2 tablespoons of granulated Monk fruit, taste for sweetness before adding the full amount of sugar. Set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl combine the milk and sugar and use a hand mixer on low speed to dissolve the sugar, it takes a couple of minutes.
- Stir in the half and half and vanilla and place the bowl in the refrigerator to keep cold until the strawberries have released some of their juices.
- Take half of the strawberries and mash them with a fork and add that and the juice to the milk mixture.
- Pour the chilled mixture into the ice cream maker according to manufacturers directions.
- About 5 or 10 minutes before the ice cream is frozen add the remaining chopped strawberries and chopped chocolate and continue to churn for the remaining 10 minutes.
- It will be a soft serve consistency. You can serve it immediately. Or if you prefer, transfer the soft serve to another container, cover and place in the freezer for a couple of hours (at least 4 or 6 hours).
Keywords: homemade ice cream, strawberry ice cream, no refined sugar, ice cream machine
I’m a fan of making desserts from scratch. When you have young children, it’s sometimes time consuming. However, I’ve learned over the years that having the kids help can be more fun and worth the mess. We have made lots of fun memories in the kitchen over the years. Choose a rainy or snowy day or a hot rainy summer afternoon.
The surprise at the end of a messy project is that often times the kids will be more than willing to try a different food they would never have tried before.
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**POST AND PHOTOS UPDATED 2018
This sounds yummy. I love strawberry ice cream and making it with coconut milk sounds even better than the usual type.
Thanks so much Michelle. We like coconut so using it to make ice cream is a bonus for us.
G’day! Looks delish Joanne! if it was so cold here, would try right now!
Cheers! Joanne
So sorry you are having winter right now. We are ‘hot, hot, hot’ in the midst of summer.
Fantastic recipe for using the seasons freshest fruit ingredients ! I can’t wait to try this!
I’m always making ice cream and this happens to be one of our favorites. You can’t beat the fresh strawberries. Thanks so much Heidy for stopping by.
What an amazing combo of flavours! Love the use of coconut milk in this ice cream.
Thank you, it is very tasty!
Homemade ice cream and strawberries! It doesn’t get much better than that! ♥
I hope you will link up this wonderful recipe and others at my Foodie Friday Blog Hop at A Room for Two with a View. I know my readers would love it!
Have a fantastic Foodie Friday and a wonderful weekend!
Melissa
Thank you for stopping by Melissa and thanks so much for the invite to your Foodie Friday Blog Hop. I’m sorry I missed the party last week. I will try to link up this week before I leave town.
Hope to see you again soon.
Joanne
Strawberries, chocolate? What could be wrong about such deliciousness?
Thanks so much for sharing…
Thank you for stopping by Louise.