Malted Milk Ice Cream
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A couple of months ago I was on a serious malt kick. I had ordered some malted milk powder from King Arthur Flour and went on a malt bender; most notable were the Chocolate Malted Whopper Cookies and Malted Vanilla Milkshake. Seriously delicious. The malted milk powder takes just about everything to another level. Chocolate, vanilla, and of course… ice cream. If malt powder makes milkshakes dream-a-licious, then just imagine a milkshake made with malted milk ice cream… Whoppers and all!
I tasted the ice cream before I stirred in the Whoppers candy and can honestly say that it is equally as good with or without. The ice cream itself is packed full of that wonderful malt flavor, and it is only intensified once the Whoppers are stirred in. Some of the candy stayed crunchy and some softened a bit in the ice cream, so there is a nice mix of textures.
On a related note, I just remembered that July in National Ice Cream month! How fun is that?! What’s the best ice cream you’ve had so far this month?
One year ago: S’mores Whoopie Pies
Two years ago: Snickerdoodles
Three years ago: Fresh Blueberry Pie
Four years ago: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip
Malted Milk Ice Cream
Yield: 1½ quarts
Prep Time: 1 hour
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Ingredients:
1 cup half-and-half
¾ cup granulated sugar
Pinch of salt
2 cups heavy cream
¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
2/3 cup malt powder
6 egg yolks
2 cups malted milk balls (Whoppers), coarsely choppedDirections:
1. Warm the half-and-half, sugar and salt in a medium saucepan. In a large bowl, whisk together the heavy cream, vanilla and malt powder and set a mesh strainer on top.
2. In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the egg yolks. Slowly pour the warm mixture in the egg yolks, whisking constantly, then scrape the warmed egg yolks back into the saucepan.
3. Stir the mixture constantly over medium heat with a heatproof spatula, scraping the bottom as you stir, until the mixture thickens and coats the spatula. Pour the custard through the strainer and whisk it into the malted milk mixture. Stir until cool over an ice bath.
4. Chill the mixture thoroughly in the refrigerator, then freeze it in your ice cream maker according to the manufacturer's instructions. As you remove the ice cream from the machine, fold in the chopped malted milk balls.
(Recipe from The Perfect Scoop)
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This looks so delicious!! I LOVE malted milk balls
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This sounds amazing. I love adding a bit of malt to milkshakes, so I know I’d like this. Yum!
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I love your ice cream recipes! Now I have another one to add to the “to make” pile!!
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I can practically taste this ice cream by looking at the picture…it looks so good! I’ve totally been on a malted milk ball kick lately and am trying to stop….but now I think I might be craving them again!
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Ok, that’s it! I officially need an ice cream machine!
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Lisa @ Sunny Seed Stories on July 15th, 2011 at 1:46 am
What kind do you use?
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Michelle on July 15th, 2011 at 10:53 am
I use the KitchenAid Ice Cream Maker attachment: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002IES80/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=broeyebak-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=B0002IES80
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I love sprinkling malt on buttered toast or bread spread with condensed milk. And when there’s no more bread, I eat it just like that. Yum!
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My dad loves malt balls, he would go crazy for this ice cream!
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this is the creamiest ice cream i think i’ve seen all summer…so beautiful!
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I am addicted to malt! Love Love Love!
This is such a great recipe
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So funny that you post this, we have just this kind of ice cream in the freezer right now, only it’s Breyer’s. Yours looks better and I can so taste it on the spoon right now!
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This looks delicious! I love Malts, and Whoppers – this is like the best of both worlds. I lent my ice cream maker to a friend, I need to get it back while there is still time in Ice Cream Month!
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I’d choose to overmalt it and add in the malt balls. Love malt so much. Gotta make this one!
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ooh this looks so amazing, my favorite part of eating ice cream is the chunks!
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I tried Ciao Bella’s Malted Milk Ball Gelato and was really let down, the base was just off. I’ve been looking for something to do the flavor justice.
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making this NOW!
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So rich and decadent. I wish I had some for myself of this hot day… great post!
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I love the flavor and texture of malt! This looks great!
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Oh my god, are you kidding? I LOVE (really really love) Whoppers!! This looks truly amazing!!
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I think it’s about time I invest in an ice cream maker. This recipe is awesome!
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I saw a recipe several months ago calling for malted milk powder so it was on my mind when I saw the powder at the store. Uh oh…I think I’ve even put it into cream before putting the cream into coffee. So, yes, I love the whole malted thing a lot.
And then you add Whoppers? Don’t tell my first love Heath Bars but Whoppers are also a love of mine. I guess you wouldn’t HAVE to make this ice cream with them, but why on earth would you want to do that?
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Oh my!! I am crazy about malt flavor in anything. This ice cream looks just amazing! It would be great with a piece of yummy chocolate cake!
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I recently made malted cupcakes and they were divine. I cannot wait to try your recipe for the malted ice cream! Amazing!
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Glad you’ve had such fun with the malted milk powder! I may have to pull out the ice cream maker this weekend – my husband would love this!
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Love malted milk. Must make this ice cream. My kids will thoroughly enjoy this.
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Fantastic! My husband loves malted anything – so if I made this for him – I think he’d mop the floors! ….THERE’S an idea!
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Yummy! This looks soo delicious!
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Assuming since you bought malted powder online you also had trouble finding it in the store. What’s up with that? Carnation used to make it and stores sold it with the Chocolate syrups. I have not been able to find it in years!
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SLURP!
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I have so been on a homemade ice cream kick. Can’t wait to try this one.
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I just made some chocolate malted ice cream last week! (it’s to go with the malted chocolate chip cookies I made!)
I didn’t have any whoppers on hand, but I did have a bag of those Easter Robins Eggs in the freezer that I added in. YUM!
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I’ve been seeing lots of ice cream lately, especially today, i really like yours! Looks tasty.
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This ice cream looks fantastic! I just tried out a Strawberry-Ban-Oreo frozen yogurt that was pretty excellent, but I have my heart set on a white chocolate-blueberry flavor before the month’s out.
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Alright. It was divine fate that Foodbuzz brought me to your site, because I am officially a convert & in love with you. I’m not going to bother with any other foodie blogs. Your recipes have won me over! You go girl. Stay sweet. xo
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This recipe sounds like the perfect summertime treat. You are the ice cream queen, Michelle!
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Everyone has been posting such delicious ice cream recipes, I’ll have to add yours to the list!
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I thought these recipes were your own b ut now I see they have been ‘adapted’ from others’ cook books.
just sayin’
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this sounds like a stellar ice cream flavor!
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Oh. My. Goodness. This looks incredible!!!! I love the addition of the whoppers, it really brings the ice cream to that “I need this ice cream in my life” level. Now I just need an ice cream maker…..
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Another good, cool recipe for this month’s national fun food holiday.
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I haven’t had whoppers in YEARS! What a great ice cream!
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Yes, please, this looks incredible. I love that you added the whoppers for some crunch. Fantastic
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You guys have to try ‘Maltesers’ – they are malt chocolate coated balls, made by Cadburys. They are available in the UK, but perhaps not widely available in the US. The malt and the milk chocolate is a great flavour combination – I crush them and put them over icecream. Yum !
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I think I’m going to make this tomorrow. Yum.
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you should be able to get chocolate covered Whoppers in the US. Maltesers are easily available in the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands, and probably some other countries in Europe as well
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This recipe sounds delicious! Even when I was a young girl, my mom always made us kids Malts as a treat. I made them for my son while he was growing up. Now, when my husband’s son comes to visit from Germany, he always asks for a Chocolate Malt. It’s so easy, I use my electric mixer, put vanilla ice cream, a little milk, and I always have on hand chocolate malt powder. Yummy!!
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This sounds absolutely AMAZING. I can’t wait to give it a try.
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Literally made this minutes ago. Tastes amazing! I’m wondering how you “coarsely chopped” your malt balls, because I had to chop them in half one by one which took forever. Tips please!
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Michelle on July 29th, 2011 at 8:47 am
Hi Trish, I just used a big chef’s knife and started chopping away. A few slid away and I had to wrangle them back, but for the most part they chopped up just fine.
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I love this site!!! I wandered in from a search for PB&J bars and drooled thru the list of recipies. I’m here to stay. I’ve been looking at the ice cream machine my son bought me and trying to figure out what kind to try first. This is it. My favorite is dark chocolate ice cream…the darker the better and I’ll figure out a way to make this dark choc. super malted. I’m like on of the reviewers, if all else fails, eat the malt with a spoon. Imagine this in an ice cream pie with or without the whoppers and maybe marshmallow cream in the meringue…I’m off to find malt powder…Silver
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I love this site and LOVED this malt ice cream. I just purchased that kitchenaid ice cream bowl attachement and was wondering the web for recipes. I made the pistacio one and it was awesome, so i tried this malt one next. I ran out of whoppers to chop and so I used Halloween candy such as twix and snickers to supplement the whoppers for the candy chunks. HOLY MOLY! Best ice cream i have ever tasted….and i am a novice with making home made ice cream. I have to say the recipe should get the credit.
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