Movie Night Ice Cream
Take all your favorite movie night snacks and turn it into a decadent ice cream! Butter popcorn ice cream with chocolates, candies, and peanuts.Yield: about 1 quart
Ingredients
Butter Popcorn Ice Cream:
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup + 2 Tablespoon granulated sugar, divided
- 1 1/2 cup freshly popped butter popcorn
- 7 large egg yolks
- large pinch of fine sea salt
Mix-ins:
- Kit Kat bar, chopped
- M&Ms
- Milk Duds, chopped
- Salted peanuts
- Heath Bar, chopped
Instructions
- In a medium pot, bring milk, cream and 2 tablespoons sugar to a boil. Once mixture has come to a boil, remove from heat. Add popcorn and stir. Cover pot and let steep for 20 minutes.
- Strain mixture and discard popcorn. Place pot over medium heat and bring to a boil, once again.
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl, whisk together egg yolks and remaining 1/2 cup of sugar. Once milk begins to boil, lower heat.
- Temper hot milk into sugar yolk mixture. Slowly add hot milk into yolks about 1/4 cup at a time, whisking to distribute heat. Continue to add milk into the yolk. Once all the milk has been added, transfer everything back into the pot.
- Stir over medium-low heat until mixture reaches nappe consistency, or 180 degrees F on a kitchen thermometer. Let sit at 180-185 degrees F for 3 minutes to pasteurize eggs.
- Transfer mixture to an airtight container and let mature in the fridge overnight.
- Freeze mixture in ice cream maker according to your unit's instructions. Once the volume has increased by half and mixture has reached a soft serve consistency, add in about a hand full of each desired mix-ins.
- Transfer ice cream to an airtight container and let rest in the freezer for at least 30 minutes before serving.
Notes
I used about a handful of each mix-in. Feel free to add as much or as little of the mix-ins as you'd like. Pick and choose your favorite candies and chocolates to mix in.