Chocolate Swirled Raspberry Ice Cream

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Creamy homemade raspberry ice cream is soft and smooth. Tart raspberries and cream make this ice cream rich and delicious.

Melted chocolate is swirled into the cold ice cream as it churns which ensures that specks of chocolate are found in each bite!

The color in this raspberry ice cream is beautiful; the texture is smooth, and the taste is exquisite. This is celebratory, consoling, distracting, bribe-worthing ice cream for sure! Chocolate raspberry swirl ice cream is a homemade raspberry ice cream with a nice chocolate swirl throughout. We make this raspberry ice cream recipe with ice cream maker and your blender and no cooking is required!

Chocolate Raspberry Ice Cream

This raspberry ice cream recipe does not require using raw eggs. Instead, I used an egg product, like EggBeaters, but I actually used the Kroger store brand. The store brand is JUST as good and costs much less. In fact, this entire recipe was made with Kroger brand products. I add sugar and vanilla to a blender along with half and half and heavy cream. I think the heavy cream makes ice cream especially luscious, but you could cut the fat by using all half and half or milk if in a pinch. Thawed frozen raspberries get combined with a little lemon juice and sugar in a food processor then are strained through a fine strainer to extract solids. The juice that remains is mixed in with your cream mixture.

I melted semi-sweet chocolate then carefully swirled in the chocolate while my ice cream is churning. This is one summer ice cream recipe to snack on all season long. Everyone will love this raspberry chocolate ice cream recipe and you’ll love how easy it is to make.

Ingredients

For the raspberry puree, you will need:

Frozen raspberries
Granulated sugar
Lemon juice

For the ice cream, you will need:

Egg product
Granulated sugar
Vanilla
Heavy cream
Half and Half
Semi-Sweet chocolate chips

For the exact amounts needed, please see the recipe card below.

Photo collage - simple raspberry ice cream topped with fresh strawberries.

How to Make Chocolate Swirled Raspberry Ice Cream

Place the raspberries, sugar, and lemon juice in a food processor. Blend until combined.
Pour the raspberry puree through a fine-mesh strainer and use the back of a wooden spoon to press out the juice. Set the raspberry juice aside and discard the seeds and pulp.
In a blender combine the egg product, sugar, and vanilla until smooth.
Slowly pour in the heavy cream and half and half and blend until combined.
Add in the raspberry mixture.
Place the mixture into the fridge to chill for an hour or up to 24 hours.
When ready, churn the ice cream according to the manufacturer’s directions.
Melt your chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl.
After the ice cream has been churning for 3 minutes, slowly stream in the melted chocolate.
Pour the ice cream into a freezer-safe container and freeze until set.

FAQs

Can I use dark chocolate?

Yes, I used semi-sweet chocolate chips but feel free to use any other chocolate variety including dark chocolate for a nice dark chocolate raspberry ice cream that sounds almost sinfully delicious.

How do you make ice cream soft and fluffy?

I find the best way to get ultra-creamy raspberry ice cream is to refrigerate your mixture for at least 1 hour. To place it into the fridge for several hours or even overnight is ideal.

How should homemade ice cream be stored?

Keep your homemade ice cream stored in a well-covered airtight container or a covered bread pan in the freezer for up to a few weeks. Homemade ice cream will last indefinitely in the freezer, like most ice creams, but you really want to enjoy it sooner rather than later to avoid the freezer burn which is when the ice cream gets ice crystals and starts to experience some flavor being lost.

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