Easy Cherry Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream
This ice cream will keep in the freezer for up to one week.
Ingredients
- 1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, halved, well drained reserve juice
- 2/3 cup chopped semi sweet chocolate bar, pieces about 1/4-inch square
- 2 tablespoons reserved cherry juice
- 2 tablespoons Amaretto liqueur or 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/2 gallon vanilla ice cream
Instructions
- Place cherries, chocolate, reserved juice and Amaretto in large mixing bowl.
- Soften ice cream in microwave. Microwave on defrost 1 to 2 minutes. (Ice cream should be soft, but not runny.)
- Spoon ice cream into bowl. Quickly mix until all ingredients are well combined.
- Place ice cream in container with tight fitting lid.
- Freeze for at least 4 hours.
- Scoop into bowls to serve.
Yield: 1/2 gallon ice cream
Recipe and photo used with permission from: National Cherry Growers Foundation