Salted Caramel Crunchie Ice Cream is lush dairy salted caramel ice cream studded with honeycomb and chocolate from the Crunchie bars. This ice cream is simply heavenly!
Faced with a carton of double cream that was fast approaching its use-by date I knew the best way of preserving it was to make ice cream.
That way we could eat it at our leisure rather than making a creamy dessert that would need to be finished the same day!
Then came the dilemma of which flavour of ice cream to make.
Having been to three food fairs recently, the one that sprang to mind was ‘salted caramel’, it’s in everything these days and deservedly so.
Then wanting a bit of texture in there I decided that chopped-up Cadbury’s Crunchie bars (chocolate-coated honeycomb) would be the perfect flavour combination and I wasn’t wrong.
As the Salted Caramel Crunchie Ice Cream was coming out of the ice cream machine it was tough to resist diving straight in for a portion!
My daughter had helped me so I rewarded her with being allowed to scrape the bowl clean whilst I took the spoon – there was no talking we were just swept away in a moment of culinary euphoria.
So by dinner time, everyone was champing at the bit to have a portion of ice cream for dessert even though I’d wanted to let it freeze fully overnight.
Bowing to family pressure I served it a bit before it had fully set and as I was about to take my photos my camera decided after a couple of shots to stop working.
Ordinarily, this wouldn’t phase me but this was ice cream and it was melting fast so I ran up to find another battery as I didn’t know what else to do with a frozen flashing camera.
So please excuse the photographs for the slightly melted look but rest assured that it is delicious.
The Crunchie pieces aren’t that visible in my shots but they worked so well as a contrast to the smooth dairy salted caramel ice cream and when you hit them it’s just pure pleasure!
My hubby said my ice cream was better than Haagen Daaz and my children said it was out of this world too.
This Salted Caramel Crunchie Ice Cream would be the most wonderful treat for a bonfire night party or Christmas for those who don’t like Christmas pudding or serve it with the Christmas pudding – ooh yum!
More Ice Cream Recipes
Here are some more ice cream recipes you should try!
- Strawberry & Vanilla Ice Milk – Fab Food 4 all
- Caramel Ice Cream with Easter Eggs – Fab Food 4 All
- Burnt Apple and Bourbon Ice Cream – Kavey Eats
- Pina Colada No Churn Ice Cream – Lovely Appetite
- Banana Blueberry Ripple Ice Cream – Family Food Friends
- Easy Baileys Marbled Chocolate Ice Cream – Tin and Thyme
- Chai Latte Ice Cream – Munchies & Munchkins
- No Churn Oreo Ice Cream – Emily’s Recipes & Reviews
- Rhubarb and Raspberry Ice Cream – Supergolden Bakes
- Stem Ginger Ice Cream – Gingey Bites
- Maple Walnut Ice Cream – It’s not easy being greedy
Fun fact
Salted caramel originates from French and American chefs and Haagan Dazs introduced their Salted Caramel Ice Cream in the US in 2008 then six months later Starbucks started selling their Salted Caramel Hot chocolate over there.
The rest is history as they say!
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Salted Caramel Crunchie Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 90 g Light brown Muscovado sugar
- 50 g unsualted butter
- 300 ml warm semi skimmed milk
- 2 eggs
- 65 g caster sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla paste
- 300 ml double cream
- ½ tsp Maldon salt flakes
- 2 Cadbury’s Crunchie bars chocolate covered honeycomb
Instructions
- Place the Muscovado sugar and butter in a pan and heat until melted.
- Allow to bubble for 1 minute.
- Add the warm milk, stirring until gently heated through.
- Beat the eggs and sugar until thoroughly mixed then stir in the warm milk mixture and vanilla paste.
- Use a sieve to strain the mixture back into the pan.
- Stir over a low heat until the custard thickens slightly (it mustn’t boil or simmer or will curdle). It should just coat the back of a spoon.
- Cool the custard by pouring it into a bowl and place it in a larger bowl, a third full of iced water – this takes about 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile whisk the double cream lightly (until forms floppy peaks, you don’t want stiff cream). Place in the fridge until custard has cooled.
- Once the custard has cooled mix in the cream and salt flakes and put in the fridge for at least 10 minutes.
- Chop up the Crunchie bars into small nuggets (if you do this any earlier they just start to melt).
- Pour the ice cream mixture into an ice cream maker, switch on and then pour the Crunchie pieces down the shoot in order to mix them in.
- Once the ice cream is ready, spoon it into a suitable container (if you can wait) and allow it to freeze fully for a few hours before serving.
North East Family Fun
Oh this looks like such a treat!! We don’t have an ice cream maker but may have to invest. Would be lovely to have homemade ice cream after a pizza party x
Camilla
Thanks Samantha, I got mine reduced to a tenner from Aldi, so I’m sure you don’t need to spend too much:-)
Codie
“swept away in a moment of culinary euphoria” really made me laugh! I love when food has that effect. I’m a big fan of Crunchies and this sounds amazing, I only wish I had an ice cream maker. x
Camilla
You could always do it the old fashioned way of churning it up as it freezes, just a bit more bother. Or find a cheap one, mine’s just a very basic one where the bowl sits in the freezer and a motor clips on top. Was reduced to a tenner in Aldi a couple of years ago.
Michelle @ A Dish of Daily Life
This looks absolutely scrumptious! I could definitely go for a bowl of it right now!!
Camilla
Thanks Michelle:-)
Emma
This looks fantastic. If I wasn’t trying so very hard to actually start a diet I would so try it. x
Camilla
Thanks Emma. I don’t believe in diet as they’re all about guilt and deprivation. A little bit of everything in moderation I say:-)
Serena
Ooo this looks yummy! I wasn’t really a fan of salted caramel at first, but it’s kind of grown on me, and I love Crunchie bars!
Camilla
Thanks Serena, the world seems to have gone salted caramel crazy:-)
Stella Kashmoney
I lov everything Caramel and this looks right up my street.
Camilla
Thanks Stella:-)
Jenni - Odd Socks and Lollipops
Oh my this looks and sounds delicious, – it sounds like my ideal ice cream flavour!
Camilla
Thanks Jenni – I’m sure you’d love it:-)
Renna
I’ve never used an ice cream making machine …… But for this recipe, I’m getting one! This sounds so dam amazing, I wish I could eat it out of the screen!
Camilla
Aah Renna, so glad you’re going to be able to make it:-)
Daniella
Oh my goodness this looks so delicious! My children love ice-cream and I know they would devour this one.
Camilla
Thanks Daniella, yes I’m sure they’d love it:)
Tori Gabriel
That ice cream looks amazing and I’m so intrigued by some of the other flavours too. I particularly like the sound of the coconut, chilli and basil. Not your normal combination.
Camilla
Thanks Tori:-)