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Chocolate Ice Cream with Ninja Creami

Indulge in creamy, homemade chocolate ice cream with this easy Ninja Creami recipe! Made with cocoa powder, sugar, and vanilla bean paste, it’s a rich dessert ready in minutes. Perfect for summer treats!
Prep Time 30 minutes
Freezing 1 day
Total Time 1 day 30 minutes
Serving Size 6 servings

Equipment

  • 1 Ninja Creami Machine and Freezer Containers
  • 1 Medium Size Pot

Ingredients

  • ½ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup cocoa powder I use a heaping ¼ cup to make it a richer chocolate
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste vanilla extract works also
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 3 large eggs
  • 3 ½ cups half-and-half

Instructions

  • In a medium saucepan, add the sugar, cocoa powder, vanilla bean paste, salt, and eggs. Whisk together.
    whisking ingredients
  • Add the half and half. Whisk slowly for a few seconds. Turn the heat to medium. Slowly whisk for about 10 seconds.
    Adding half and half
  • Whisk about every 30 seconds for 5-10 seconds, making sure to get the edges and bottom on the pot.
    Cooking chocolate ice cream base
  • After 5-6 minutes, the mixture should be the color of a deep chocolate milk, there should be small bubbles starting to form on the edges on the pan, and the cocoa powder should be mixed in completely or only a few dots remaining.
  • Turn the heat off and remove from pot from the burner. Let the mixture sit in the pot for 20-30 minutes to cool a little.
  • After cooling time, pour the mixture into the Creami Deluxe containers. This mixture will fill two containers. Only fill up to the marked line.
    pour chocolate ice cream mixture into ninja creami containers
  • Place lids on top and place in your freezer, on a flat surface, for at least 24 hours.
  • After 24 hours, remove from freezer and take off the lid. Place the container in the Ninja Creami sleeve, attach the lid, and load into the Ninja Creami machine. Power on, select "FULL" and twist to "GELATO" setting. Press button to start.
    frozen chocolate ice cream before blended
  • After the 2 minutes on the Gelato setting, release the container, reload and select Full, then the "ICE CREAM" setting. It will run for two more minutes.
    chocolate ice cream after it's blended in ninja creami
  • Serve immediately. If you have leftovers, push the rest of the ice cream down and make the top as smooth as possible. Place lid back on and place in your freezer.

Notes

You can keep the ice cream in the freezer about 3 weeks, although they've never lasted that long in my house!