Rocky Street Ice Cream – Barefeet within the Kitchen

Do-it-yourself Rocky Street Ice Cream is creamy chocolate and almond-flavored ice cream loaded with chewy marshmallows, crunchy almonds, and flecks of chocolate.

Do-it-yourself Rocky Street Ice Cream

Do you know that Rocky Street was one of many first ice cream flavors that blended in further components? I’m so glad that turned a factor as a result of I’m hooked on fully loaded ice creams.

Rocky Street has been considered one of my high 5 favourite ice cream flavors ever since I used to be a child. Though, that might not be saying a lot as a result of I additionally adored gumball ice cream and the very considered it now makes me cringe.

In all seriousness although, who doesn’t love an ice cream loaded with marshmallows? I can take or depart marshmallows in lots of different recipes, however in creamy chocolate? They’re chewy candy perfection.

In case you’re a fan of rocky highway flavors, you’ll wish to attempt Rocky Road Fudge and Rocky Road Chocolate Bark too!

Ice cream is the proper approach to have a good time the approaching hotter days of summer time. (In direct distinction to the truth that after we lived within the desert, the tip of summer time was the extra thrilling motive to have a good time.) Regardless, can we even want an excuse to convey out the ice cream maker and churn one thing new?

The most well-liked query I get is whether or not it’s potential to make ice cream with out a machine. The reply is YES. You may make ice cream with out a machine. Find the full directions here!

In case you’re new to selfmade ice cream and all the deliciousness that awaits you, I like to recommend beginning with The Best and Easiest Ice Cream recipe. It’s good each for ice cream makers and for making ice cream with out a machine.

What’s in Rocky Street Ice Cream?

Are you an ice cream nerd like me? Need a enjoyable story? Rocky highway ice cream was created virtually 100 years in the past when William Dreyer, of Dreyer’s ice cream (aka Edy’s should you’re east of the Rocky Mountains), used a pair of scissors and minimize up marshmallows and walnuts and added them to a bowl of chocolate ice cream.

Because the story goes, he appreciated it a lot, it turned a taste for his ice cream model. Ultimately, the flavour was named Rocky Street, shortly after the Wall Avenue Crash of 1929, “to provide people one thing to smile about within the midst of the Nice Melancholy.”

Questioning what occurred to the walnuts? They had been changed with almonds shortly after the flavour was formally named. I’ve made this with each walnuts and almonds and the almonds win out for me personally, as nicely.

Whereas there’s some dispute in regards to the origins, (isn’t there with nearly every part?) that is the story I’ve heard most frequently and it nonetheless makes me smile.

Rocky Street Ice Cream Components

You’ll want the next components to make this recipe:

• sugar
• unsweetened cocoa powder
• salt
• heavy cream
• milk
• vanilla extract
• almond extract
• semi-sweet chocolate chips
• sliced almonds
• miniature marshmallows

Rocky Street Ice Cream Recipe

1. Whisk collectively the sugar, cocoa, and salt in a medium-sized saucepan. Add the cream and milk, stir, and produce to a boil over medium-high warmth whereas stirring continuously. Decrease the warmth and simmer for two minutes.
2. Take away from the warmth and add the chocolate chips, vanilla, and almond extract. Stir to dissolve the chocolate. Let cool after which refrigerate for not less than 6 hours, till chilly.
3. Pour the chilled combination into your ice cream machine and freeze based on the producer’s directions.
4. When it has completed churning, switch it to an hermetic container, add the marshmallows and almonds, and stir to mix. Cowl and freeze till able to serve. 

Do-it-yourself Rocky Street Ice Cream

This recipe for rocky highway might be made with common, dutch-processed, or further darkish cocoa powder. Be at liberty to make use of semi-sweet or darkish chocolate chips.

I make this ice cream with a mix of no matter candies I’ve readily available on the time or no matter I occur to be craving. I’m an enormous fan of additional darkish chocolate, so the darkish cocoa powder with darkish chocolate chips mixture makes me grin.

My youngsters want the semi-sweet and extra conventional rocky highway taste. All of us agree although that the almond extract right here makes it further particular. (And each time we purchase a carton of rocky highway now, it appears like it’s lacking one thing!)

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initially printed 8/20/15 – recipe notes and photographs up to date 4/28/23