Chocolate Velvet Ice Cream
Chocolate Velvet Ice Cream is rich, creamy with a double dose of chocolate for an ultra chocolaty frozen treat!
This Dark Chocolate Ice Cream Recipe is the ultimate dessert for diehard chocoholics.
Why Make Chocolate Velvet Ice Cream
- It’s ultra chocolaty, silky, and decadent.
- Perfect for cooling off on a hot day!
- Use to make an ice cream sundae, ice cream pie, or a simple ice cream cone.
Frequently Asked Questions
What ingredients are in chocolate ice cream?
To make chocolate ice cream, there must be cocoa powder or melted chocolate to provide chocolate flavor. This recipe has both! To make a churned ice cream, there also needs to be eggs or egg yolks, heavy cream, plus sugar.
Why does chocolate ice cream taste good?
The simple answer is the fat content. Fat, which is found in cream, egg yolks, and chocolate, carries the flavor molecules. These molecules magnify the chocolate and vanilla flavoring in the ice cream.
Does chocolate ice cream have caffeine?
Yes. Chocolate contains caffeine, so this ice cream contains caffeine. The darker the chocolate, the higher the caffeine content.
Can dogs and cats have chocolate ice cream?
No, neither cats nor dogs should have chocolate ice cream. Chocolate contains theobromine which can be deadly for both dogs and cats. A cat’s digestive system does not process cow’s milk well, and that’s another reason cats should not be given ice cream. Cats can be considered lactose intolerant.
How to Make Chocolate Ice Cream
“Terrific” was mumbled more than once, but there was mostly silence as the bowls of glossy, chocolaty goodness were emptied. This chocolate velvet ice cream is one recipe that will be made again and again…and I’m thinking it would be a good filling for a few leftover cookies.
- Make the custard in a saucepan.
- Take care to temper the eggs before adding them to the custard mixture.
- Make sure the mixture reaches a temperature of 170º.
- Remove pan from heat and add chopped chocolate, whisking until melted.
- Pour liquid through a sieve into a clean bowl, cover with plastic, and chill for at least 3 hours.
- Beat the chilled mixture until thick and fluffy
- ice cream in the ice cream maker.
- Place in an airtight container and freeze until firm.
More Chocolate Desserts You’ll Love:
- Copycat Dairy Queen Ice Cream Cake from Life, Love and Sugar
- Chocolate Ice Cream Pie
- Sour Cream Bundt Cake
- Chocolate Pudding
- More Homemade Chocolate Desserts
Chocolate Velvet Ice Cream
A rich, luscious homemade ice cream with a double dose of chocolate.
Ingredients
- 6 ounces semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup Dutch-processed cocoa
- 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
- 1 cup milk
- 3 egg yolks
Instructions
- In a saucepan, combine sugar and cocoa. Whisk in cream and milk.
- Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Take off heat while preparing the yolks.
- In a bowl (or Pyrex measuring cup with a spout), whisk egg yolks till smooth. Slowly add a thin stream of the hot chocolate mixture to the eggs, whisking constantly so as not to cook the eggs.
- After a cup or so has been incorporated, add the egg liquid back to the pan and cook, stirring constantly till the liquid reaches a temperature of 170º (mine was there almost immediately).
- Remove pan from heat and add chopped chocolate, whisking until melted.
- Pour liquid through a sieve into a clean bowl, cover with plastic, and chill for at least 3 hours.
- After the custard has chilled, transfer it into an electric mixer and beat it till thick and fluffy.
- Freeze ice cream in the ice cream maker. The mixture will still be soft. Place in an airtight container and freeze until firm.
Notes
Recipe adapted from Gourmet magazine.
May substitute regular cocoa powder though the chocolate taste will be less intense.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
10Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 353Total Fat: 24gSaturated Fat: 14gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 98mgSodium: 29mgCarbohydrates: 30gFiber: 4gSugar: 21gProtein: 6g
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90 Comments on “Chocolate Velvet Ice Cream”
Anytime I’m having ice cream, I want CHOCOLATE! Haha this chocolate velvet ice cream sounds so creamy and delicious!
I’m adding this to my list to make this weekend. Looks fab and my family will love it after dinner.
I’d just wait till you see it steaming…since 212º is boiling, you want it below that temp…maybe just a few tiny bubbles around the edges… Hope that helps a bit (I think you want above 160 for egg safety…but not much higher to keep the custard creamy).
am so scared to make my first ice cream Lizzy. How do you know you’ve reached 170 degree. I don’t have anything to measure it with.
Thanks for noticing my omission, Marlyn! Thank you. I’ve updated my post. The chocolate is added after the custard reaches 170º…before you pass it through the sieve.
You left out the chopped chocolate. At what stage do you add it? Or it’s it for folding it at the end?
One word: DIVINE!
i was going to say the same thing – stuff that chocolatey goodness in those “mediocre” cookies!
….i’m beginning to think i should maybe get an ice cream maker.
chocolate? velvet? ice cream??? this is a MUST TRY!
Amanda
softandstiffpeaks.blogspot.com
Speechless! *sigh*
So simple … yet so amazingly delicious! I can’t wait to try this recipe!
I haven’t made ice cream for a year or so – time to make some very soon. Great pics, as usual!
What a beautifully creamy decadence! This looks amazing!
Oh this looks so good! I love home made ice cream. I just made some scrumptious cake mix cookies! You should come check em out
Lizzy, this ice cream is stunning! And I love that it’s made from scratch. I have featured your post in today’s Friday Food Fetish roundup. Let me know if you have any objections and thanks for the inspiration…
It is nice to see a delicious treat made with so many wholesome ingredients. Thank you for sharing your mouthwatering ice cream with the Hearth and Soul hop.
Ooooh my, If that doesn’t look way to rich and creamy! Kidn of like frozen chocolate mousse 🙂 I think I’ll have to change my resolve to “gain 60 pounds” and make your recipes eeeevery day and be happy! 😉
Yes yes and more yes to yummilicious ice cream!!
Velvet is the perfect name for this one. You captured every bit of that in the picture. Yum!!
Just when I think to myself no more chocolate control this pops up – you are making me go crazy for chocolate 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
I love that you can actually see how creamy it is in the photos. It is glossy and gorgeous!
I actually save the Gourmet magazine, if I’m not mistaken, from the late eighties, I believe. The magazine had a lot of different flavored ice cream on the cover!
Such a velvety creamy and decadent goodness.
I think you made Top 9 with that, Lizzy…Congratulations! I’m a few days late with the good wishes, but you are always on my top of the list…with or without Top 9, my dear friend!
xoxo
This looks like just the perfect chocolate dessert!
Lizzy, Kim and I have decided that we are starting a foodie commune and you are going to come cook for us… things like this…five times a day…
You’re cool with that right?
Oh Yum! You’ve just made me crave your chocolate velvet ice cream… before breakfast! Love all that dark chocolate!
This looks like heaven…velvety smooth chocolate ice cream! Yum!
All yout desserts are so amazing and this one is killer. Smooth and creamy and chocolate. I don’t suppose this can be made without the ice cream maker.
If you have a moment, would you share the ice cream on My Meatless Mondays. Ice cream is the best dessert, especially when this smooth and creamy.
http://sweetsav.blogspot.com/2012/01/my-meatless-mondays-blueberry-crumbless.html
Wow! I have to save this recipe for my mother. She would just love this.
This looks so incredibly rich and decadent! I just finally got an ice cream machine for x-mas and I need more recipes for it! Thanks for sharing!
Delicious chocolate velvet ice cream, looks so yummy n creamy.Well presented too….
Wow what a lovely ice-cream 🙂 It looks so smooth and silky 🙂
How long would you have to freeze them so their a bit more solid? I know Theresa prefers her ice cream a bit firmer.
That does indeed look velvety and delicious. We actually made Dorie’s chocolate ice cream for the first time this past summer and were VERY impressed. Maybe it was because I splurged and used the good chocolate in it, but whatever it was, it was delicious!
Nice! I must haul out the ice cream maker. I’ll bet the Nutella cookies would go well with it.. 😉
These are such delectable little treats,Lizzy!Good that they managed to mumble ‘Terrific’ – if it had been me,I would have been unashamedly busy in just polishing off my plate;)Delish creation with chocolate!
This looks just divine! I shouldn’t be looking at pictures of gorgeous velvetty ice cream at this hour…mmm. Getting hungry! Thanks bunches for linking up over at Mop it Up Mondays!!
{HUGS},
kristi
Oh Liz….there is no other word to describe how this ice cream looks than LUSH! So creamy..and what a deep chocolate color! Hmm…sprinkle this lusciousness with a few hazelnuts and I can ALMOST forgive you for not posting the nutella cookies! (Hope we see those in the not too distant future!)
Wow. I’m stunned speechless – this is really ….wow! Honestly, Liz, I’m at a loss!
I keep trying to explain to my in-laws that real ice cream is not made with whipped topping and skimmed milk. I am totally giving them this recipe!!!!
Just how you make everything so mouth watering is just the reason to come back to visit and nit miss a post amazing!
YUMMY! Truly a perfect post to start the week, Lizzy! I love ice cream regardless of the season!
Oh you’re killing me here! Now I have a serious craving for chocolate ice cream.
Pure deliciousness this ice cream is! I can imagine how wonderful the texture must be and how intense the chocolate flavor :)!
Liz, your chocolate ice cream sure looks so creamy…I can almost taste it.
Beautiful pictures.
Hope you havea a wonderful week ahead 🙂
holy cow…can I just say I stumbled upon your blog (love your header and title…it throws that saying “never trust a skinny chef” right out the window! haha) and my mouth is literally watering!
I think I just might add these ingredients to my grocery list! hehe…
xoxo
Aarean
colorissue.blogpsot.com
Look at the sheen on this ice cream!! I’d like to live in that bowl and eat my way out :$ lol
This is perfectly simple. Some days there is nothing better than a bowl of chocolate ice cream 🙂
Those photos are spectacular! Love the colour of that ice cream against that white plate. Lovely! Just got a new ice cream maker attachment – can’t wait for the weather to warm up so I can use it! Thanks for the decadent recipe!
What a wonderful chocolatey treat, have you ever noticed how hard it is to talk and eat ice cream at the same time?!
What a great ice cream to make for Valentine’s Day. It looks and sounds very yummy:)
This looks sinful!! Will have to try this one out.
I am crazy about ice cream and love discovering f=great recipes to make, this one looks like a luscious winner.
Dutch process cocoa makes everything better. YUM!
Oh wow! As good as nutella cookies sound, this ice cream looks amaaaazing!
woow..yummy..droollling mee….
OMG, Lizzy! The title was screaming my name but the pics and description – I am sold! Bookmarked!
Your chocolate ice cream looks decadent! I hate when it isn’t fake tasting and not rich. This one looks the exact opposite!
goodness silky ice cream?? and my ice cream maker is not yet inaugurated. and i’ve loads of chocolate in the pantry! dont be surprised if you see a replica of your awesome click and recipe in my blog. i’ll try and credit it ;p
You’re killing me with this recipe! Those scoops of ice cream look like truffles!!!
This look so smooth and decadent. I love making ice creams.Made chocolate one awhile back and never posted it maybe it is time?! Yours looks great!
Oh, goodness! My mouth is watering and I’ve got twenty more minutes to go until lunch!
I made ginger cookies last week for a blog post and never wrote about them because they were “meh.” Hate when that happens!
I never add eggs in my ice cream but your recipe has caught my attention and I am reconsidering my opinion.
Glory be, that’s phenomenal. Even if it’s chocolate. Wow.
Ooohh this looks so delicious! I love a decadent velvetty ice cream. And I also love those moments of silence where everyone is too busy enjoying eating that no one talks! I need to buy an ice cream maker & try this out stat!
This ice cream looks so rich and decadent! wow! I could go for one big bowl of it – even though it is winter!
Yum! It’s hard to make ice cream look sophisticated, but your pictures just yell ‘dinner-party dessert’!
Delectably terrific ?! Definitely ;D One of the gorgeous looking choco ice cream I’ve seen this winter hahaha
A Nutella cookie that’s boring? Heaven forbid! When you but velvet next to the word chocolate – you instantly get my attention – and this does look richly smooth, inviting, gorgeous, may I have some?
I know that skinny girl cook and bake amazing (lol) but always surprise me, these look awesome and delicious Lizzy:))
In this season I become chocoholic!! It’s very cold here, anyway I would eat these delicious ice cream scoops! Beautiful pics 🙂
Nutella Cookie and chocolate ice cream sandwiches? I link you just won at Ice Cream Social.
TERRIFIC! I love chocolate ice cream and this looks sooo yummy 🙂
Preso la ricetta immediatamente!!!
Potessi averlo subito!! Sono golosissima a certe cose non resisto!!
Un bacio!!!!
mmmmm…. the ice cream looks velvety… I bet hubs was happy 🙂
ok, first, I love that you used the word “gander”! lol It’s a favorite between my sister and I 🙂 and this ice cream?! looks fantastic!! I’m a sucker for chocolate ice cream 🙂
Ice cream is SO difficult to photograph! I tried once, it melted into a soupy mess which I used as creamer in my coffee, called it a wash, and haven’t tried since! This does sound delicious, and chocolate is my favorite.
that seems easy enough and so beautiful and tempting that I must give it a try soon.I am a sucker for good ice cream and I have an ice cream maker just calling my name!
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!! ice-cream will certainly make me drool, love that chocolate flavor.
Velvet is right, the texture of this is really calling my name. I will have to try this silky smooth chocolate ice cream when I get the chocolate craving. Delicious pictures!
This ice cream looks absolutely rich and decadent. I mean the richness of those beautiful scoops just jumps off the screen!! I still need to master my ice cream maker (I know what’s wrong with me). Wonderful recipe and pictures!! Have a great week! ~ Ramona
This recipe sounds amazing – has chocolate and cocoa. Intense. Flavourful.
This just LOOKS like velvet. It should be in my mouth right now. Delicious! Thanks for sharing.
That looks like the ultimate in decadence! Yum!
very decadent!
yummy its so creamy and delicious.
I love chocolate every time of the year!!!!
Yummy. A chocolate velvet ice cream. A delicious winter treat.
I wish I had an ice-cream maker… And a bigger freezer… I think I will buy both in the Spring only to enjoy the home-made ice-creams.
Chocolate ice-creams have always been among my favourite ones and these look amazingly rich and soft and chocolatey.
Nutella is always extraordinary…and these are too!