Homemade Mocha Ice Cream

A friend of our youngest one, Mikayla, is allergic to eggs. Because of that, I was looking for a recipe for homemade ice cream that had no eggs.  Well, I came across a basic one online and tweaked it a bit coming up with this recipe for Mocha Flavored Ice Cream with Chocolate Covered Peanuts and I must say, YUMMMMMM!!!!! It's good. You can use the basic recipe and add the ingredients that you choose to make it your flavor. I just chose to make it a mocha flavor with chocolate covered peanut chunks.  Try it!  It's a winner!


Basic Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream

2 cups of whipping cream
4 cups half and half
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 tsp. vanilla extract

I added 1/3 cup Hills Bros. Instant Cappuccino Mix, Double Mocha flavor plus 1 1/2 cups of chopped chocolate covered peanuts. The easiest way to chop the pnuts is in a food processor.

Pour into ice cream freezer and freeze according to directions.

Add any extras to make the flavor you choose. 

Some Possibilities:

2 cups pureed strawberries
2 cups pureed peaches
2 cups Oreo cookie crumbs
1 - 6 count pkg. reg. sized Butterfinger Bars, crushed
1/3 cup Hills Bros. Instant Cappuccino Mix, Double Mocha flavor plus 1 1/2 cups of chopped chocolate covered peanuts
1/2 cup Nestle Quick Chocolate Milk Mix plus 1 1/2 cups finely chopped milk chocolate
and on...and on...and on...the possibilities are endless.