Cookie Monster Ice Cream
This homemade Cookie Monster Ice Cream recipe features a blue-hued, creamy vanilla base that's stuffed with cookie dough and Oreos. It's a super fun and delicious treat for kids and adults alike!
Ingredients
for the chocolate chip cookie dough:
- ¼ cup unsalted butter softened
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
for the ice cream base:
- 1 cup whole milk
- ¾ cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- seeds scraped from 1 vanilla bean
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 2 cups heavy cream
- blue food coloring - I use Americolor gel #103 Sky Blue
- 1 cup roughly chopped Double Stuf Oreo cookies
- chocolate chip cookie dough bites
Instructions
- For the chocolate chip cookie dough: Using a stand mixer or hand mixer, cream together butter and sugar.
- Add flour and salt, and mix to combine.
- Mix in vanilla, and then the chocolate chips.
- Pinch off small pieces of dough, aiming for ¼" to ½" pieces. Place dough bites on a parchment paper-lined pan and chill until ice cream base is ready.
- For the ice cream base: In a small saucepan, warm milk to 170° F, stirring occasionally. Do not let milk boil.
- While the milk is warming, whisk sugar, eggs, vanilla bean seeds, and vanilla in a medium bowl.
- Very slowly and gradually drizzle the warmed milk into the egg mixture, whisking continuously to prevent the egg from cooking from the heat.
- Whisk in heavy cream, and then food coloring to your preference. I add a few drops of color, but prefer to keep the blue on the lighter side.
- Chill for an hour in the fridge, or until cool to the touch. You can also chill it overnight if desired, and then make the ice cream the following day.
- Pour chilled cream mixture into prepared ice cream maker and churn according to the manufacturer’s directions. Once the ice cream has reached a soft-serve consistency, add the chopped Oreos and cookie dough bites. Fold in by hand if necessary.
- Transfer ice cream to a freezer-safe container and place in freezer until thoroughly frozen.
Notes
Nutrition Information:
Serving: 1 Calories: 468kcal Carbohydrates: 41g Protein: 6g Fat: 32g Saturated Fat: 20g Polyunsaturated Fat: 10g Trans Fat: 1g Cholesterol: 132mg Sodium: 102mg Fiber: 1g Sugar: 33g
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