Milk Chocolate Goat Cheese Ice Cream with Ganache Fudge Chunks.
My adoration of goat cheese apparently knows no bounds.
I shoved it inside of ice cream.
It’s not weird, I swear.
It’s not like chunks of goat cheese. The goat cheese is melted into the cream base and we go from there. See? It’s not so bad.
OH. And it’s melted with tons of rich chocolate.
This makes me feel good about myself.
I’ve been inspired to make goat cheese ice cream for what seems like ever – after having a version of Jeni’s ages ago. Best ice cream on the planet, according to me. Have you been?
Okay. If not… you should probably have a pint delivered to your door. Because you can do that these days. Hello, 2014. I like you.
So here’s the deal.
This… tastes… like… CHEESECAKE. Chocolate cheesecake, to be exact. It’s super tangy yet sweet and wonderful. It reminds me of a chocolate cheesecake that my aunt used to make back in the day.
And it’s studded with fudgey chocolate ganache chunks. All I did was whip up some ganache, chill it until firm, scoop up mini “truffles” and throw them in the ice cream mid churn.
Freaking fabulous.
A milk chocolate ice cream with dark chocolate fudge.
Just
kill
me
now.
Ridiculously CREAMY.
This is just one of many in a long line of chocolate ice creams that Eddie deems abnormal and then starts shouting WHY CAN’T YOU JUST MAKE REGULAR CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM?!
Because I can’t. I just can’t. Because I say so. Because it’s too boring.
This is as close to boring as we’re going to get – plain old chocolate ice cream but stuffed with goat cheese and fudge chunks.
It’s as close to nontrashy as I come.
Chocolate Fudge Goat Cheese Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 8 ounces goat cheese, at room temperature
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 2 cups whole milk
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon corn syrup
- 2 ounces milk chocolate, chopped
- ganache fudge chunk
- 8 ounces semi-sweet chocolate
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
Instructions
- Allow the goat cheese to sit at room temperature for an hour or two so it softens. Once it’s soft, add it to a large bowl and whisk it until it’s somewhat creamy. This will take a few minutes.
- Add the heavy cream, milk, sugar, cocoa and corn syrup to a large saucepan and heat over medium heat. Whisk constantly until the sugar dissolves and the mixture comes to a boil, then reduce the heat to low, Whisk in the chopped chocolate and remove it from the heat. Pour it over the goat cheese while whisking. Stir and whisk until the goat cheese melts completely into the cream – this will take about 5 minutes or so, but no little white chunks should remain. Place the bowl in the fridge to chill for an hour or two.
- To make the ganache fudge, add the chocolate to a large bowl. Heat the heavy cream over medium-low heat in a saucepan until it’s just bubbling along the edges. Pour it over the chocolate and let it sit for 1 minutes, then whisk continuously until a thick ganache forms. Press a piece of plastic wrap directly on top of the surface and refrigerate until thick and chilled, about an hour.
- Remove the ice cream base from the fridge and churn according to your ice cream maker directions. I use the attachment on my kitchenaid and churn for about 25 minutes. The last 5 minutes, remove the ganache from the fridge and spoon chunks of it into the ice cream. Pour the ice cream into a freezer safe container and add a few more ganache spoonfuls where ever you wish. Cover the ice cream and freeze for 4 to 6 hours before serving.
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91 Comments on “Milk Chocolate Goat Cheese Ice Cream with Ganache Fudge Chunks.”
chocolate, ice cream and cheese cake! Friday is complete in my books.
I have been wanting to try alternative cheeses in my ice cream too. I did blue cheese in panna cotta for my blog; So i am super keen to get on with more cheese infused sweetness
You’re my hero.
This is heaven. I love this.
Woooah. If anyone was to come up with a recipe for decadent chocolate ice cream made with goat cheese, it would be you. Amazing!
OMG this looks AWESOME! Can’t wait to try it!
I love this!
Haven’t tried Jeni’s. Heard it’s fabulous though. Have you tried Greater’s (based in Cincinnati? Best ice cream I’ve ever tasted. THE CHOCOLATE CHUNKS.
Love everything about this! Goat cheese is the best! Well, and chocolate, too!
And, yes….JENI’S!!!
This looks perfect! Love the mini ganache truffles inside–I have yet to try Jeni’s goat cheese ice cream, but I’ve been so tempted since I got the cookbook. I do love her recipe for cardamom lime yogurt–you have to make that one if you haven’t!
Yes!!!!
Have you ever made a goat cheese cheesecake? It is super good. I made a plain vanilla one once and topped it with a fresh fruit compote; divine!
Can you deliver a pint to my door. Like now? Seriously, this looks and sounds amazing, I only can imagine how it tastes.
~Ana
This is perfection!! Love the goat cheese and the ganache chunks!!
OH! I am allllll over this. Love goat cheese ice cream! Awesome combo to mix it with chocolate.
Holy cow. I neeeeed this.
Woo! This looks like a perfect treat for today because it’s my birthday! Thanks Jess!
Oh my, this looks so dreamy! :)
This looks absolutely amazing!!
Omg its literally my favorite foods all in one (Ice cream + chocolate + goat cheese). This looks SO GOOD I wish I could eat it through the computer screen.. maybe that will actually be able to happen some day :)
I love you so hard for this!! I love the chocolate-goats cheese mix!
I’ll take a scoop of that. I just love ice cream.
This looks absolutely amazing. Goat cheese is by far my favorite cheese, and I can’t even imagine what it would taste like mixed with milk chocolate fudge!! I wish I had an ice cream maker!
Sooooooooooo amazing. Jeni’s Ice Cream is the absolute best. Her black coffee ice cream? Can’t handle it. I’ve made a few of her recipes too and they never disappoint. I once adapted one into a Horchata ice cream and that was pretty freaking fantastic.
Ok, when did you break into my head? It’s like everything I love in one delicious bowl.
Ummm, goat cheese ice cream, where have you been all my life?? Can’t even deal with all this deliciousness.
I’m not a huge chocolate ice cream person (i know, I know….rip my woman card just a little), can i leave out the cocoa powder and just made goat cheese ice cream, but maybe throw some berries or other fruit in? do you think it would be too cheesey tasting?
This recipe is so intriguing!!!
Jeni’s goat cheese with cherry ice cream is definitely one the best I’ve ever had, and now I can’t stop thinking about this chocolate-y version!! Super awesome idea!
this looks so amazing. i am a goat cheese fanatic and need this in my life.
I’m starting to see a pattern in your Friday recipes, and it’s making me love Friday even more! I’m seriously planning a trip to the grocery store so I can make this today. Chocolate Ganache Balls = Amaze Balls in my book.
This looks amazinggg. Also, those blue chevron bowls are adorable!! Want.
I wish I was having this for breakfast :) It looks incredible and so fabulously creative! pinned
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This looks so delicious and very much like a rich chocolate cheesecake! Love it…thanks for sharing!
and those chevron blue bowls :)
I looooooove goat cheese so I’d totally be on board with this ice cream.
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Fantastic!! I love using goat cheese in ice cream. So tasty.
I am TOTALLY ON BOARD with this. My husband hates goat cheese, so maybe this will make it so I actually get some of the ice cream… muahaha. Thanks for the recipe!
Do you deliver? No, really, do you?
I am SO into this. I once made a goat cheese ice cream that no one liked…except me. I can get with this weirdo ice cream concoction, for sure.
Oh good gravy this looks so goooood! I love using goat cheese in sweets! I can imagine how this would taste, and I’m lovin’ it!
head. just. EXPLODED. neeeeeeed!
Oh my god. Where do you live, because I need to come to your house and eat all your ice cream. This sounds amazing.
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I Iove this recipe! I bet people ask you this all the time, but how does goat cheese differ from regular cheese that comes from cows taste-wise?
Holy – pardon my french – shit!!!!!! This is seriously out of control amazing looking!
Just shove my face in it. I’ll find my way out. kthanksbye
I can’t even, either!! This looks so perfect.
This is a goat cheese lovers dream!
I have been dreaming up a goat cheese ice cream recipe too! But I am thinking with lemon….chocolate sounds delicious! Especially if it tastes like cheesecake, talk about HEAVEN!