Mocha Ice Cream with Marshmallow Cream Sauce
Luscious Mocha Ice Cream topped with a pillow of fluffy homemade marshmallow cream sauce makes for one dreamy sundae.
When the weather heats up, this Mocha Ice Cream Recipe is the answer!! Cool, creamy, and perfect for a quick, delicious dessert, this ice cream is terrific in a cone, or add some marshmallow cream sauce and make an excellent mocha ice cream sundae!
Why You Must Make
- Mocha Ice Cream with Marshmallow Sauce is a scrumptious pairing!
- If you like coffee ice cream, you’ll also love this ice cream.
- It’s the perfect treat on a toasty summer day!
Ingredient Notes
- Kitchen Staples – Sugar, Egg Yolks, Salt, Vanilla Extract
- Semisweet Chocolate – Chopped so it melts more easily. It contains 15-25% chocolate liquor.
- Coffee – Use leftover morning coffee or make some instant coffee.
- Heavy Cream – 36% Butterfat
- Half and Half – 10-12% Butterfat
- Instant Coffee – Adds a second source of coffee flavor to the ice cream base.
- Egg White – Used to give structure to the marshmallow sauce.
- Light Corn Syrup – I use the Karo brand.
- Powdered Sugar – Sift to remove small lumps.
I ♥ Coffee Desserts
I gave up coffee years ago after overdosing as a sleep-deprived new mom. A nap was the solution, not caffeine. So I now get my coffee fix with ice cream, gelato, and tiramisu. A good compromise, right? So when I discovered that this month’s Progressive Eats theme was an ice cream party, I decided to create a mocha ice cream.
I thought that maybe the coffee-avoiding hubby would focus on the chocolate flavor and not the coffee. Yeah, it didn’t fly, but I also enlisted the help of my trusted stand mixer and made some homemade marshmallow sauce. I knew he’d like that. Splendid on my mocha ice cream, it was just as delectable on chocolate.
Homemade Marshmallow Cream Sauce
My kids (and dogs) all love marshmallows. Me, not so much. But some marshmallow sauce on an ice cream sundae? Yes, please. Go ahead and drizzle on a little hot fudge, too, for good measure. I suppose you could throw a glob of that jarred marshmallow cream on your ice cream, but a pourable version is much more desirable.
Having a stand mixer is nice as the recipe involves a 5-minute beating period, but a hand mixer works, too. And it’s terrific on mocha ice cream. Really terrific.
Frequently Asked Questions
With the name originating in Mocha, Yemen, mocha started as an espresso-based drink with chocolate or even hot cocoa with a shot of espresso. The basic ingredients of mocha are espresso, milk, and chocolate. The chocolate can be milk, dark, or even white.
Alternative names for a “mocha” are caffè mocha, mocaccino, and mochaccino.
Since the instant coffee and semi-sweet chocolate in this recipe both contain caffeine, yes, there is caffeine in mocha desserts including this mocha ice cream. If you’re concerned about caffeine intake, use decaffeinated instant coffee instead. Then the caffeine amount will be similar to chocolate ice cream.
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Mocha Ice Cream with Homemade Marshmallow Cream Sauce
Luscious mocha ice cream topped by fluffy marshmallow sauce. Recipes adapted from Southern Living and Epicurious
Ingredients
For Ice Cream:
- 8 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
- ¼ cup coffee
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1 cup half and half
- ¾ cup sugar, divided
- 3 tablespoons instant coffee
- 4 egg yolks
For marshmallow cream:
- 1 egg white or 2 teaspoons of powdered egg whites mixed with 2 tablespoons warm water
- ⅔ cup light corn syrup
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- A pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Microwave chocolate in a 1-quart microwave-safe bowl at HIGH for 1 ½ minutes or until melted, stirring twice; stir in brewed coffee. Set the chocolate mixture aside.
- Bring whipping cream, half-and-half, ½ cup sugar, and coffee granules to a boil in a heavy saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar and coffee dissolve.
- Beat yolks and remaining 1¼ cup sugar at high speed with an electric mixer until thick and pale. With mixer at low speed, gradually pour hot cream mixture into yolk mixture; return to saucepan.
- Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, for 6 to 8 minutes or until the mixture thickens and coats a spoon. Remove from heat; stir in the chocolate mixture. Cover and chill for 2 hours.
- Pour the chilled mixture into a freezer container of a 5-quart hand-turned or electric freezer. Freeze according to the manufacturer's instructions.
- Pack freezer with additional ice and rock salt, and let stand for 1 hour. Serve ice cream with cookies, if desired.
- To make the marshmallow sauce, whisk together powdered egg whites and 2 tablespoons of warm water in the bowl of a stand mixer until the powder is dissolved. Add corn syrup, confectioners' sugar, and salt, and beat on high speed until thick and white, 5 minutes. Beat in vanilla.
- Thin marshmallow to a sauce by beating in the remaining tablespoon of warm water, or to taste.
Notes
Additional chilling and freezing times required.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
10Serving Size:
1/2 cupAmount Per Serving: Calories: 471Total Fat: 28gSaturated Fat: 17gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 136mgSodium: 73mgCarbohydrates: 55gFiber: 1gSugar: 53gProtein: 5g
29 Comments on “Mocha Ice Cream with Marshmallow Cream Sauce”
So, this mocha ice cream sounds to die for but the marshmellow topping sounds equally fabulous – I love the idea of a soft, pourable marshmellow topping sauce, what a wonderful combination of desserts flavors!
Seriously hit the spot!!! A delish homemade ice cream that I need to stock my freezer with!
A perfect recipe to include in our homemade ice cream social coming up! Can’t beat the chocolate and coffee flavor combo.
LIZ – this ice-cream with this marshmallow sauce – looks absolutely AMAZING !!
I’m not joking – my mouth is watering just looking at these photos
Love the idea of your pourable marshmellow topping. I’ve always been stuck with the glob out of the jar. Will try this. I’ve learned to believe in you. I’ve got ice cream on my mind…this weekend I made Toasted Almond and Candied Cherry ice cream. Being not as creative as you, I used David Lebovitz’s recipe from The Perfect Scoop. It was fantastic although I only got one “scoop”. Two bellman from The Gant saw me photographing it and stopped to remind me how hungry they always are. So, down to the front office it went!!! See you in one month, Liz. The Rockies are drop-dear gorgeous this year.
Lizzy,
You’re so sweet to help out your blog friends. My Mom and sisters would love this ice cream. I can’t wait to make it for them.
Annamaria
I love your concept of progressive dinner and this coffee ice-cream is just perfect ! It’s one of my favourite’s flavour !
I should probably switch my caffeine intake to treats like this with the coffee in the dessert! Boy does this look good! Love the marshmallow sauce too!
I must stock my freezer with this ice cream immediately! Anything mocha is my favorite :).
Yes puh-lease! Oh, yum. Marshmallow is not generally my go-to but your sauce does indeed look irresistible, Liz! P.s. Oh, so sensible and grown-up of you to forsake coffee in a cup…And smart too to keep your taste buds happy with the ice cream / gelato version =)
Oh this is my favorite flavor of icecream! But your marshmallow cream takes it to the top!! Great combo!
I would never have thought of marshmallow sauce for mocha ice cream. This is a great idea!
It was lovely to meet you at EWR this weekend; hopefully next time we will have more opportunity to chat!
I love coffee desserts! 😀
I recognize this ice cream bowl!! I have white ones and also some in teal. Do you too? And mocha is probably my favorite ice cream flavor! Definitely making this one!!
I love mocha and your ice cream looks so dreamily delicious!
I could eat this mocha ice cream with the marshmallow cream everyday, it looks that yummy. I have to get an ice cream maker, so I can make this too.
Sounds and looks fantastic Liz. And that marshmallow sauce would be amazing on so many desserts! Or right from the spoon…
I absolutely love this Liz, what a beautiful combination of flavors and textures. In my book marshmallow is the greatest treat and when combined with the mocha ice cream, you’ve perfectly balanced the sweet and slight bitterness of the coffee. Brilliant!
What a great idea to add marshmallow topping to your mocha ice cream. A perfect addition to our ice cream party.
I love coffee treats, this sounds great:@)
That sounds like a delicious ice cream flavor! Especially with marshmallow cream, I used to love that stuff 🙂
This is perfect timing! I recently purchased an ice cream maker! Happy summer to me! Definitely pinning this recipe!!
dessert looks fabulous lovely pictures
This ice cream + this sauce = heaven! I’ve been wanting to make a mocha-style ice cream…now I have no excuse. And that marshmallow sauce definitely looks dreamy.
Delicious! I love coffee flavoured sweets!
Love this Lizzy!
I love ice cream around thd year! This look awesome!
Would love some scoops of this delicious mocha ice cream. I can almost taste it
Yum! I haven’t had coffee ice cream in a while. One person in my family who would most appreciate this is my dad. It’s his favorite! The marshmallow cream looks awesome! I would definitely pile it on!
Interesting idea of enjoying coffee plus ice cream 🙂
Thank you for the recipe. And thanks for making me drool over your pictures 🙂