This Homemade Nutella Ice Cream without an Ice Cream Maker is easy and simple to make. All you need is sweetened condensed milk, and heavy whipping cream. What you don't need is an ice cream machine. Using your favorite chocolate hazelnut spread you will love this ice cream, kids not required.
This has been the summer for ice cream. Don't stop at chocolate hazelnut ice cream, try one of these summer favorite's too:
- Cookies and Cream Ice cream
- Lemon Meringue Ice Cream
- Biscoff Ice Cream
- Reese Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice cream
- Torrone Ice Cream
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What is Nutella?
Nutella is a hazelnut spread that originated in Italy. The brand Nutella is a Ferraro company, the same brand that makes Ferraro Rocher chocolates. Nutella contains the ingredients: Sugar, palm oil, skimmed MILK powder, fat-reduced cocoa, hazelnuts, lecithins (SOYA), vanillin.
Recently Kraft has come out with a similar spread made with Hazelnuts, but using cocoa butter as a substitute for palm oil, making it slightly healthier for you. Kraft's chocolate spread includes ingredients: Sugar, Modified sunflower oil, Hazelnuts, Cocoa, Skim milk powder, Cocoa butter, Whey powder, Sunflower lecithin, Artificial flavour, Citric acid.
Can you Make Nutella Ice Cream?
Yes and Yes. Use a base of sweetened condensed milk and heavy cream you can add your favorite hazelnut spread to make homemade Nutella Hazelnut Ice Cream.
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Ingredients
You need few ingredients to make this 3 ingredient Homemade Nutella ice cream, the last ingredient is 100% optional:
- Heavy Whipping Cream
- Nutella
- Sweetened Condensed Milk
- Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies (optional)
See recipe card for quantities.
Try Cashew Butter with Chocolate if you are a chocolate fanatic. It's the perfect spread to put on morning toast or a vanilla muffin.
How to Make Homemade Nutella Ice Cream
Put the hazelnut wafers in a ziploc bag and smash them using a plate or glass.
Mix the Nutella and the condensed milk with ½ cup of heavy cream until combined. Place the 2 cups of heavy cream in a bowl and whip until stiff peaks form.
Add the condensed milk and Nutella mixture into the bowl with the whipped cream. Let the condensed milk run down the edges and mix on low until you have poured all the condensed milk in and it is mixed in with the whipped cream.
Pour half of the mixture into a loaf pan and top with the crushed wafers. Pour remaining chocolate mixture on top and layer more crushed wafers on top. Place in freezer to chill for 10 hours.
Top tip
I've tested making no churn ice cream with bowls and whisks that were freezer cold versus using them as they are in the kitchen.
Based on the results of making no churn ice cream, it doesn't make a difference. So, don't waste your time if you are not using an ice cream maker. Just ensure that you place your finished ice cream in the freezer right away and let it chill.
For a dense ice cream, let it freeze for 24 hours.
For soft serve, let it freeze for up to 6 hours.
Make sure that you are choosing a container that is large enough to hold your homemade ice cream securely and that the container is freezer safe.
Substitutions and Variations
Here are a few ideas on variations and substitutions for this ice cream recipe:
- Peanut Butter - substitute hazelnut spread with peanut butter
- Hazelnut Spread - use your favorite hazelnut spread, it doesn't need to be Nutella.
- Brownies - Nutella and ice cream go together, but adding brownie and Nutella in ice cream is magical
- Nutella Sundae - the next best thing after Nutella Ice cream with a Nutella Sundae so why not make a Nutella sundae with the ice cream.
You can make this Nutella ice cream with a machine although it simply is not necessary. We can all agree that this homemade Nutella ice cream recipe will make you feel like a kid again.
Equipment
You've made your ice cream, it's now time to pour it into a non stick loaf pan or a glass loaf pan and store it in the freezer.
You can also store it using recycled ice cream containers if you have them leftover from store bought ice cream or buy your own air tight containers.
Storage
Store this ice cream immediately in the freezer and let cool for at least 10 hours. Return unused portions of the ice cream to the freezer in an airtight container. Store in the freezer for not longer than 3 weeks. After all, you won't like ice cream that has freezer burn, right?
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Recipe Details
Nutella Ice Cream without an Ice Cream Maker
https://easyhomemaderecipes.caIngredients
- 2 cups and ½ cup of Heavy Cream separated
- 10 oz Condensed Milk 1 small can
- 1 cup Nutella Hazelnut Spread
- 1 package Loacker Gardena Hazelnut Wafers 200g, Optional
Instructions
- Place your Loacker wafers in a ziploc bag and smash them using a plate or glass. You can also place them in a food processor and pulse them coarsely. Set aside.1 package Loacker Gardena Hazelnut Wafers
- Mix the Nutella and the condensed milk with ½ cup of heavy cream until combined.1 cup Nutella Hazelnut Spread, 10 oz Condensed Milk
- Place the 2 cups of heavy cream in a bowl and whip until stiff peaks form.2 cups and ½ cup of Heavy Cream
- Add the condensed milk and Nutella mixture into the bowl with the whipped cream. Let the condensed milk run down the edges and mix on low until you have poured all the condensed milk in and it is mixed in with the whipped cream.
- Pour half of the mixture into a loaf pan and top with the crushed wafers
- Pour remaining chocolate mixture on top and layer more crushed wafers on top.
- Place in freezer to chill for 10 hours.
Notes
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Food Safety
Note that the storage guidelines provided on this page and site are estimates from personal experiences. We are all adults and as an adult you are responsible to ensure that the food you eat is safe to eat. Since, I'm not a food safety expert, you are responsible to review your local guidelines on food storage prior to storing any food left-overs.
Remember to:
- Not use the same utensils on cooked food, that previously touched raw meat
- Wash hands after touching raw meat
- Don't leave food sitting out at room temperature for extended periods
- Never leave cooking food unattended
- Use oils with high smoking point to avoid harmful compounds
- Always have good ventilation when using a gas stove
For Canadian Guidelines check the Government of Canada Food Safety Guidelines or see more guidelines at USDA.gov.
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