Chocolate Brownie Chunk Ice Cream With Caramel

One of my favorites (along with many of my friends') thus far.  An ultimate chocoholic's fix.  Unfortunately, I forgot to take pictures of this one :(

I used No Pudge! Brownie mix for the brownies.  I usually make everything homemade, but this brownie mix has all great ingredients and you only add yogurt. The caramel sauce is homemade and very easy.

Chocolate Ice Cream

8 oz. bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
2 cups heavy cream, divided
1 cup whole milk
3/4 cup sugar
6 large egg yolks
Pinch of salt
1 teaspoon vailla extract
2 cups frozen brownie chunks (mine were not frozen, but next time I will do that so that they keep their form better)

1. Place the chocolate in a medium bowl. In a medium saucepan, bring 1 cup of the cream to a gentle boil. Remove from heat and whisk in the chopped chocolate until completely melted. Whisk in the remaining 1 cup of cream. Scrape the mixture into a large bowl and set aside.

2. In the same saucepan, heat the milk and sugar over medium heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Heat until bubbles begin to form around the edge of the pan. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, whisk together the yolks and salt until well blended. Pour the hot milk into the yolk mixture, then return the entire mixture to the saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until the custard thickens and coats the back of the spoon. Pour the custard through a fine-mesh sieve into the melted chocolate mixture. Whisk to combine. Whisk in the vanilla extract. Place the bowl in an ice bath and stir until cool.

3. Cover the bowl and refrigerate until well chilled, at least 3 hours. While the base is chilling, make the Caramel.

Caramel 

4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into tablespoons
1/2 cup sugar
2/3 cup heavy cream
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

In a medium, heavy saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the sugar and cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until the sugar becomes dark golden brown. Remove the pan from the heat and very carefully add the heavy cream. Stir until smooth (if there are lumps, you may need to heat the mixture over low heat until they dissolve). Stir in the salt and vanilla. Cool completely. 

Putting it all together

Process the base in an ice cream machine according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Transfer the ice cream to a large bowl and mix in the brownie chunks with a rubber spatula.

 

Scrape ice cream into an airtight container. Drizzle Caramel on top. Repeat layering, and then top with remaining ice cream.