The Best Mint Chip Ice Cream

No mint leaves can match the charged blast of a slug of mint extract, but fresh mint ice cream has an unbeatable roundness of flavor you just can't find in a bottle. Add in lacy straciatella swirls that don't turn brittle like regular frozen chocolate for a mint chip ice cream that'll put all the others to bed.

Malted Milk Chocolate Ice Cream

Seek out high quality milk chocolate for this recipe; Valrhona and Callebaut have very good versions. Freezing the malted milk balls before adding them to the ice cream will keep the temperature down and prevent melting during the final minute of churning.

Fresh Mint Ice Cream Recipe | Cook the Book

I once took my friend to an ice cream shop that made mint ice cream from real mint, as opposed to the artificial stuff you find it most places. After taking one bite she alleged that it didn't taste...

Mint Oreo Ice Cream

Fresh mint takes this spin on Cookies n' Cream to the next level.

Bi-Rite Creamery's Smooth and Mellow Chocolate Ice Cream

This may be the best version of a milk chocolate ice cream that I've ever had. It's definitely chocolate-forward, and plenty rich, but it really lets the milkiness of lower cocoa chocolates shine. Should you want to branch out to peanut butter chocolate swirls, rocky roads, or chocolate brownie chunk ice creams, this should be your base.

The Darkest Dark Chocolate Ice Cream

This intense chocolate ice cream leverages high-quality bar chocolate and premium cocoa powder. Infusing the milk with cacao nibs adds another layer of complex, chocolaty flavor.

Spiked Thin Mint Milkshake

This is a Girl Scout Cookie-inspired milkshake for grownups only, but you can leave out the booze if you want to make a version for kids.

Scooped: White Chocolate Mint Ice Cream with Pomegranate Molasses

White chocolate, of course, isn't chocolate. It's comparisons to the dark stuff that so frequently disappoint tasters. So let's step past the unfortunate comparisons and consider white chocolate on its own terms. Once you get by the whole chocolate malapropism, white chocolate's flavor is pretty awesome: a buttery vanilla with strong hints of mint and other leafy herbs.

No-Churn Chocolate Ice Cream

Light and creamy custard-style chocolate ice cream, no ice cream machine required.

Spiced Dark Chocolate and Candy Cane Ice Cream

A surefire cure for flat-tasting chocolate ice cream. You can serve this right out of the freezer, but also feel comfortable leaving it out for upwards of half an hour without fear of melting.