Vanilla Ice Cream with Nutella Chunks
Posted on 27 July 2010
I’d like to pretend that the waning days of National Ice Cream Month were the inspiration for this recipe. But they’re not.
It all started when I found some Nutella in the pantry. I went through a Nutella period earlier in the year, but this jar was untouched. Coupled with that bottle of ground vanilla that appeared a few weeks ago, this was clearly an entreaty — from the universe — for baked goods.
Alas, the oven was (still) broken. So, baked goods were not an option.
But the ice cream maker was not broken. Hooray for small appliances! What about vanilla ice cream? With Nutella? Sounded heavenly — perhaps even transcendent.
Here’s the thing about Nutella: it’s thick. I mean, really thick. Those twirly swirls I envisioned rendered as chunky hunks. Mighty tasty hunks, but hunks nonetheless.
Next time (because there will be a next time), I may try melting the Nutella a bit to achieve the right viscosity.
Don’t get me wrong — I devoured three scoops in 30 seconds flat. Definitely a result worthy of National Ice Cream Month.
Ingredients
Instructions
Adapted from Cuisinart recipe booklet
10 responses to Vanilla Ice Cream with Nutella Chunks
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yum! 🙂 gotta try this now!
When I first saw your title, I thought, “How did she get her Nutella into chunks??” Hah. Now, I see. The Nutella did that on its own. How sneaky of that hazelnut spread. Well, be it chunks or swirls, I can’t ever resist anything with Nutella. I’d easily eat a double-scoop of this. 😉
Carolyn, I wish that I were that clever! Next time, I am going to substitute Nutella into a peanut butter ice cream recipe — I hope that the results will be as delicious.
I wish they had some at the corner store. I would make this, but I refuse to buy an ice cream maker because I need to be super selective about kitchen space. Also, I would gain 20 pounds.
Rebecca, I think that you can try swirling Nutella into softened vanilla bean ice cream and end up with a similar — maybe even tastier — result.
Where do you find ground Vanilla? I have not heard of such a thing.
Ginger, I found the ground vanilla in my pantry; I think Matt picked it up by accident at the grocery store. You can substitute the same amount of vanilla extract.
This looks delicious. I must say, I am a little disappointed because I wanted to invent and ice cream called nutella vanilla swirl, but that’s okay. 🙂
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