3-Ingredient Chocolate Ice Cream (No Machine)

In this Instructable, learn how to make chocolate ice cream with just 3 ingredients! This homemade chocolate ice cream recipe is so yummy and super easy to make. If you love ice cream, give this easy recipe a try!

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Follow the easy steps below or watch the video tutorial or do both!

Supplies

Ingredients:

2 cups of heavy whipping cream (16oz or 473ml)
1 - 14 oz can of sweetened condensed milk (396g)
1/2 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder (50g)

Tools/Equipment:

Bowls
Mixer
Spatula
Container for ice cream, with lid if possible
Plastic wrap

Step 1: Whip That Cream!

Add all the heavy whipping cream to a large bowl. Mix for several minutes until you have light fluffy whipped cream with stiff peaks. The little peaks created when you pull the beaters out of the cream will not curl over.

Step 2: Mix That Cocoa Powder

Now add all of the sweetened condensed milk into a separate bowl along with the cocoa powder. Mix until well combined. It will resemble thick chocolate.

NOTE: If you add the cocoa powder a little at a time, it will mix in without spraying a cloud of cocoa powder, haha. I am a little impatient so I usually just dump it all in. A larger bowl also helps so dust of cocoa powder doesn't fly out of the bowl while mixing.

Step 3: Fold and Fold

Now pour the chocolate condensed milk mixture over the whipped cream and use a spatula and fold them together. Don't use the mixer and don't use a whisk or stir like crazy, that will ruin the fluffy air you got into the whipped cream. Keep folding until there are no streaks of white from the whipped cream.

And just like that, the chocolate ice cream base is done and ready.

Step 4: Freeze!

Pour the ice cream into a container that has a lid. Place plastic wrap on top making sure it touches the top of the ice cream, this will help prevent freezer burn and ice crystals from forming. Then add the lid. If you don't have a lid you can use use the plastic wrap by itself.

Freeze for 4 to 6 hours or overnight. If you like it more soft serve consistency, you can remove it a little sooner.

Step 5: Serve!

Now time to eat that ice cream! Remove the lid and plastic wrap and then scoop out the ice cream. You may need to set it out for 10 to 15 minutes first to soften it before scooping. You can also dip your scoop in hot water.

Enjoy!

This makes about 32 ounces of ice cream.

**Print the homemade 3-ingredient chocolate ice cream recipe here if you like.