Salted Caramel Ice Cream
An amazingly decadent and creamy ice cream made with a salted caramel base and with candy bar pieces mixed in. You won't be able to stop with just one bowl!
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Servings: 6 cups
Calories: 402kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 3/4 cups heavy cream
- 3/4 cup milk
- 8 egg yolks
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 3/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 6 fun size candy bars
Instructions
- Freeze your candy bars.
- In a heavy saucepan, add sugar and water. At medium high heat, bring to a boil, swirling to get the sugar to melt1 cup sugar, 1/4 cup water
- While it boils, get cream and milk ready. As soon as the caramel turns a light golden color, start pouring in the cream while whisking briskly.1 3/4 cups heavy cream, 3/4 cup milk
- Whisk periodically on medium heat to prevent the bottom from scorching. Heat until the milk and cream are just starting to steam and is scalded but not boiling.
- While the milk is heating, whisk egg yolks, salt, and vanilla in a separate heat safe bowl.8 egg yolks, 3/4 teaspoon sea salt, 2 teaspoons vanilla
- As soon as your milk is scalded, carefully and very slowly pour the cream into your egg yolks, whisking constantly to temper them.
- Return mixture to heavy saucepan. Over medium heat, whisk regularly until your custard base is up to 160 degrees, then remove from the heat and pour into a heat safe bowl.
- Cool custard fully, then refrigerate for an hour.
- Strain into your ice cream maker. Follow your manufacturer's instructions to make your ice cream.
- While it is processing, remove the six candy bars from the freezer. Unwrap them and use a sharp knife to cut them into eight pieces each. Once ice cream has set up a bit but isn't yet ready to place in the freezer, add your chopped candy bar pieces and continue with the freezing process.6 fun size candy bars
- Once ice cream has finished its cycle, pour into a storage container and place in the freezer. Freeze for at least four to six hours before serving.
Notes
- This will keep in your freezer for up to a month, but don't count on it lasting that long!
- Feel free to use any fun-size candy bars you like or omit them, if you prefer.
- For more tips and tricks, be sure to read the full article above.
Nutrition
Serving: 1/2 cup | Calories: 402kcal | Carbohydrates: 42g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 167mg | Sodium: 242mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 37g
This site uses an online source to provide nutrition estimates as a courtesy. If you need exact values, please calculate yourself.