This No Churn Peppermint Chip Ice Cream includes just 4 ingredients and yields the creamiest ice cream that tastes just like your favorite classic!

 

Ice Cream Classics

When you think about classic ice cream flavors…what comes to mind?

For me, there’s traditional chocolate, cookie dough, Neapolitan, and the humble vanilla. But there’s one more that I would argue tops many of your lists, too: peppermint bon bon.

You know the one! Cool, creamy, and green with perfect shards of chocolate that somehow melt the second you take your first lick. Arguably on just about every ice cream shop’s menu and in every freezer aisle of the grocery store, this flavor is a universal language amongst ice cream lovers.

Making Your Own Ice Cream

I know, I know. Not everyone has the desire to make their own ice cream. There’s multiple ingredients, special equipment you need to use, and need I mention the TIME IT TAKES to wait for the ice cream to meet that perfect consistency? I know: it’s not for everyone.

However, what if I were to tell you that you could make the creamiest, slow-meltiest, most delicious Peppermint Chip Ice Cream using just 4 ingredients, and needing no special equipment whatsoever?!

You in? Let’s go!

The Ingredients

You’ll need just 4 ingredients to make this truly remarkable ice cream:

• Sweetened Condensed Milk
• Heavy Whipping Cream
• Culinary Grade Peppermint Oil (yes, I have substitutions!)
• Chocolate Chips

That. Is. It. You guys, this ice cream is undeniably SIMPLE! As I mention, I used a culinary grade peppermint oil (be sure you research your version to ensure it’s edible!), but you can easily substitute with peppermint extract or even Creme de Menthe – YUM! I note the substitution amounts in the recipe below.

The Technique

As I’ve mentioned, no special equipment is needed to make delicious ice cream right in your own kitchen. A hand (or stand!) mixer will whip your heavy cream, but you could easily whip it by hand: it just may take a little longer and a little extra muscle!

Here’s what you’ll do:

1. Mix the sweetened condensed milk and peppermint oil in a large bowl. Feel free to add green food coloring if you like!
2. Whip the heavy cream to stiff peaks.
3. Fold whipped cream in to sweetened condensed milk, thoroughly incorporating but making sure to not overtax, which will deflate the whipped cream.
4. Gently fold in chocolate chips (which are blitzed in the food processor!).
5. Do your best to wait for it to freeze before diving in!

       

Cone or Bowl?

When one loves ice cream as much as I do, after deciding WHICH ice cream to enjoy, the second biggest question is how: cone or cup?

I’m truly torn. I like the purity that comes with enjoying my ice cream straight out of a bowl or cup, but sometimes…only a cone will do.

Which do you prefer?

 

Craving More Ice Cream Recipes? Check out my post celebrating National Ice Cream Month (July), and National Ice Cream Day, which falls on Sunday, July 19th, 2020!

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