I warned you that this was coming…
I basically broke out my ice cream maker this spring as soon as it stopped snowing. I think that may have been around the first week of April, and in the nearly two months that have passed since then I have churned three or four different ice cream recipes. And I have a list of at least five more I want to make this summer. It’s lucky for me that Shane has the metabolism of a teenager because someone needs to eat all this ice cream I have my heart set on trying.
I’m sure I’ve probably mentioned this before, but when it comes to chocolate, milk chocolate is as good as it gets for me. Oh, and white chocolate, but that’s another story entirely. Notice a trend here? I’m definitely all about the super sweet. Maybe my palate just isn’t sophisticated enough but I find dark chocolate too bitter and rich. As a cookie mix-in I’ll eat it, but that’s about the only way.
So of course you won’t be surprised to learn that I couldn’t resist trying a milk chocolate-based ice cream recipe. The interesting thing about this recipe is that there’s no added sugar. All of the sweetness comes from the milk chocolate itself, as well as the addition of malted milk powder, which by now we know has me seriously addicted. The ice cream is super creamy with a mild chocolate flavor, which I amped up a little bit by adding mini M&Ms. The original recipe called for chopped bittersweet chocolate rather than the M&Ms and you could definitely go that route instead if you really wanted to infuse more intense chocolate flavor.
Even if milk chocolate isn’t your favorite, I think you’ll dig this ice cream. It’s not overly sweet, and the malted milk powder keeps it from being one-dimensional in flavor. I’m thinking it would also be really good sandwiched in between chocolate chip cookies, so I’m adding that to my agenda for this summer too!
Malted Milk Chocolate M&M Ice Cream
barely adapted from Sweet Cream and Sugar Cones by Kris Hoogergyde, Anne Walker, and Dabney Gough
1 3/4 cups heavy cream
1 cup 1% milk
3/4 cup malted milk powder
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
6 large egg yolks
6 oz milk chocolate, finely chopped
3/4 cup mini M&Ms
To make the ice cream: Add the heavy cream, milk, malted milk powder, and the salt to a medium saucepan and set over medium heat. Allow the mixture to come to a simmer.
Meanwhile, whisk the egg yolks in a heatproof bowl until pale in color. Add the chopped milk chocolate to a second heatproof bowl and set aside. Slowly add the warm cream mixture to the egg yolks, whisking constantly. Pour back into the saucepan and set over medium-low heat. Stir constantly until the mixture thickens enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon (about 170-175 F on an instant read thermometer). Pour the custard into the bowl containing the chopped chocolate and whisk until the chocolate is melted and the mixture is smooth. Strain this mixture through a fine-mesh strainer into another bowl. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled (overnight is good).
Freeze in your ice cream maker according to the manufacturer’s instructions. In the last minute of churning add the mini M&Ms, letting them distribute throughout the ice cream (you could also do this by hand if you don’t want to risk breaking them up in the machine). Transfer the ice cream to an airtight container and freeze until firm, at least 4 hours.
Makes about 1 quart
I’m all about the super sweet too. This ice cream looks awesome!! Love that it’s malted milk. Man, I need an ice cream maker.
This looks so creamy and delicious! You’ve inspired me to make some ice cream this week! π
I did the very same thing! I have been churning ice cream like no other! I can’t stop, I am addicted! Hehe
I love this malted milk chocolate ice cream and there is M&m’s! OMG, I needs some!
Is it wrong to be craving ice cream before 9am? π
Ymm! This looks so incredible! I really need to make ice cream some point in my life.
I’ve got a cookie with malted milk powder coming up tomorrow – it would go great with this ice cream! I’ll take 2 scoops!
Now that is some serious looking ice cream! I love malt flavor.
This was really tasty, thanks for making it!
I’m with you on chocolate! It aggravates me that all the fun chocolate (like with sea salt and chili peppers) only come in dark chocolate. Give me some of that in milk or white, please!
Definitely making this soon!
Oh, this looks wonderful!! (Love that you tossed in some malted milk powder!) Now that the weather has finally strolled it’s way into the 70’s (seriously, winter – take a hint!), maybe I can start in on some ice cream action. π
Isn’t malt in ice cream amazing!?!
Oh my word. I’m warning YOU…I’m heading your way for ice cream π
Is it bad that I want a big bowl for lunch?! I can’t wait until after my race Saturday so I can try this!
My boy hates dark chocolate also and will only eat milk chocolate! He also has the metabolism of a raging bull…so this is definitely being made!
Such gorgeous pictures Tracey! This looks delicious! I’ve got to get myself an ice cream maker-stat!
I think I’ve said this a million times but I really need to invest in an ice cream maker!
Beautiful pictures Tracey!! And I need to buy myself an ice cream maker no kidding.
This is incredible, Audra! I love malt flavor…great idea to put it in ice cream!
I seriously need to invest in a new ice cream machine! This looks too good not to try!
Man I need to get an ice cream maker! This looks awesome!
Tracey, I made that same ice cream over the weekend! Josh had tried a malted chocolate ice cream at an ice cream shop recently so I was excited to find a recipe and try to recreate it (I recently got Sweet Cream and Sugar Cones).
I also made the Biscoff crispy treats and they were delicious!
I have seriously been craving ice cream. I’m open to all sorts of chocolate…including milk! I love the mini M&M’s. I’m sure they give a nice crunch.
One of my favorite moments of spring is finally breaking out the ice cream maker. This looks to die for.
Looks amazing! I really want to taste it))
Malted milk. You had me at malted milk. I would love to make a sandwich with Pionners Woman famous choc chip cookies.
Eric loves malt and M&Ms, so he is going to go crazy when I make this for him. I don’t think I can wait until his birthday, so this is going to be his Father’s Day surprise.
This looks fantastic!
Tracey, I feel like we’re on the same wavelength, I’ve been pinning all your recipes lately! This one looks fantastic, love the malted flavor and m & m’s!
I am in love with this! The malt with the M&M’s – yum!
I’m a fan of milk chocolate as well. This ice cream sounds fantastic.
Oh wow, this looks incredible π I am so in the mood for some delicious ice cream!
I think it’s ice cream season around here!!! mmmmmmm and I have a few malt powders to play with as well. this is calling me π