Chocolate Ice Cream

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I don't love it. It tastes like cold cake batter to me. It could be because the power went out in the last like 5 minutes on the stove so I quickly put it in the fridge to let it cool down. We left (because we are responsible adults the house to get dinner since I couldnt cook with the power out.

I am making homemade caramel sauce to put over it with sea salt so we will see how it turns out. I hope its better now that it sat than when i licked it off the spoon after it finished churning.

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I have been making my own ice cream for years and can honestly recommend this recipe. I used Hershey's Special Dark Cocoa and then added a cup of Ghirardelli premium baking chips as I was processing the ice cream. Yes, I love chocolate. I also prefer to use an ice bath to cool down the custard, stirring until cool; then I refrigerate the mixture for 24 hours before processing to ensure the custard had set thoroughly. I never have a bad product.

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I created an account on this website just to review this ice cream! I have been making ice cream for about a month, and my Ben and Jerry's book was making so-so Ice Cream, but not GREAT ice cream. I even Googled "Ice cream not creamy" only to find peoplpe saying premium store quality ice cream couldn't be made at home. Alton Brown put this to rest. I think using yolks only made a HUGE difference, as well as simmering the cream and half and half. I screwed up the recipe a little bit and tried to fix it --- it still came out WONDERFUL. 5 Stars, this is the recipe you are looking for.

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Unbelievably delicious!!! I have an old electric ice cream maker I received as a gift some years back, I've never used it before. I followed Alton's recipe and instructions carefully, only changing it by adding 1/4 tsp salt as recommended by some of you. It was all I could do not to DRINK the liquid form before chilling...mmmm!! I added the entire recipe to the ice cream maker and turned it on. After about 10 minutes, the mechanism jammed and turned itself off. As recommended by someone without and ice cream maker, I continued by scraping the sides with a plastic scraper every 5 minutes or so, and within 40 minutes it was done. Next time I will do 2 batches separately so the ice cream maker doesn't jam.

Anyhow, this was chocolate ice cream to die for, both my husband and I declared it the best we've ever had.

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Holy cow. First off, the first chocolate ice cream recipe i tried was from the manufacture of the machine that was given to us (yes, I know. I got lucky and it turned out dry and chalky. I figured I'd give this one more try. I have tried other recipes in the past from Mr. Brown and figured, also based on the reviews, that he knew what he was talking about. Sure enough, the bomb! It is so tasty, creamy and smooth. This is better than any store-bought ice cream I've ever had. Thanks FoodNetwork and thanks Alton Brown!

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Holy WOW! This is the best, silkiest, fudgiest chocolate ice cream you'll ever eat. Honestly, you don't need any other recipes for chocolate ice cream. Throw them all away. This is the only one you need. Go forth and make chocolate ice cream, people! Your paradigm will shift.

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I LOVE,LOVE,LOVE Alton Brown and all his nerdy goodness! I made this recipe with my kids when we were out of town at a friends' house. I didn't have all of my usual kitchen gadgets (like a food scale but this recipe still came out great. It's rich, velvety and totally blows away any store-bought ice cream! It's worth the time and effort. Thanks, Alton!!!! (P.S. I made a great white truffle quiche with all the left-over egg whites. Yumm!.

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I've owned an ice cream maker for several years, and I've tried any number of recipes, but I hadn't found a single one that I was satisfied with until now. This ice cream has the perfect smooth and creamy texture, and the taste is so delicious it's dangerous because I don't want to stop eating it. I like it much better than store-bought ice cream, even the really good stuff. I made the recipe exactly as written, weighing the sugar and cocoa. I used Ghirardelli cocoa powder in this because it has a scrumptious chocolate flavor that other brands can't match.

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Okay, so I made this ice cream for my daughter's slumber party. I used Hershey's Special Dark cocoa powder instead of regular cocoa powder. I have three words to describe the final product: Death By Chocolate! It's absolutely FABULOUS! I will never use another recipe for chocolate ice cream again! Next time I think I'm going to try adding some espresso powder, or marble peanut butter in it. I'm so excited! Good thing my Mom has chickens so I don't have to buy all those eggs!

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I watched the episode, followed the recipe out of the book, with the exception of one addition: 1 shot of espresso to enhance the chocolate flavor and it came out FANTASTIC. My husband said this was the best chocolate ice cream he's ever had: rich, dense, and perfect chocolate flavor. I can't wait to make it again with some salted caramel or mini peanut butter cups...droool. Alton is the man. Every recipe always works perfectly and I love him for that. And for the fact that I think he's smokin' hot despite his 16 or so years on me!