Homemade Brown Sugar Pop Tart Ice Cream Recipe
A creamy brown sugar ice cream base with chunks of homemade brown sugar pop tarts throughout!
Equipment
- 1 Ice Cream Maker
Ingredients
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1 cup whole milk
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 5 large egg yolks
- chopped brown sugar pop-tarts store-bought or homemade (see notes)
Instructions
Brown Sugar Ice Cream
- In a medium saucepan, whisk together heavy cream, milk, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt
- Bring it to a simmer, stir, and remove from heat
- Stir in the vanilla extract
- In a medium bowl, whisk the egg yolks
- Stirring continuously, add in 1/2 cup of the hot liquid to the egg yolks
- Add in another 1/2 cup and whisk until fully mixed
- Pour the egg mixture into the saucepan and cook over medium heat until the mixture is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon
- Pour the hot mixture through a strainer and into a bowl (discard any chunks)
- Leave the mixture out and stir occasionally until it's room temperature
- Cover the bowl and chill in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours or overnight
Churning the Ice Cream
- Pour your ice cream into the frozen bowl of your ice cream maker
- Add your chopped Pop-Tarts to the freezer to firm up before adding
- Once the ice cream starts to really thicken (about 15-20 minutes) add in the pop-tart pieces and churn for a few more minutes until distributed
- The ice cream can be eaten as is (soft-serve consistency) or you can put it a freezer safe container and freeze for a few more hours then enjoy!
Notes
For homemade brown sugar pop-tarts, I used this recipe