what is coffee crumble ice cream

This creamy no churn coffee crumble ice cream is the perfect summertime treat! Filled with intense coffee flavor, and loaded with bits of graham cracker, chopped cashews, and chocolate chips. Best part? No ice cream maker needed!

How to Make This Recipe

Step One: Start off by warming your milk. I like to add it to a big bowl and stick it in the microwave for 1 minute.

Step Two: Add your instant coffee granules to the warm milk.

Step Three: Mix everything together super well, and then place it in the refrigerator until cooled completely.

Step Four: Add your heavy cream to the bowl of a stand mixer, OR a mixing bowl if you’re using an electric hand mixer.

Step Five: Whip your cream for 3 minutes, or until stiff peaks begin to form.

Step Six: Combine your chilled coffee and milk mixture with the sweetened condensed milk and vanilla extract. Mix until well blended.

Step Seven: Add the whipped cream to your coffee and condensed milk mixture.

Step Eight: Fold it in until completely uniform and smooth. This should take around 2-3 minutes at most. Just go slowly and gently so you don’t deflate the whipped cream too much!

Step Nine: Add your graham crackers, cashews, and chocolate chips to the bowl. Fold them in until everything is all mixed together and evenly distributed.

Step Ten: Pour your coffee crumble ice cream mixture into a container that holds at least 6 cups. I like to use a standard loaf pan, since I find that it freezes the most evenly that way!

Step Eleven: Top with additional crushed graham crackers, chopped cashews, and chocolate chips. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and place in the freezer to chill.

Step Twelve: Once your no churn coffee crumble ice cream has chilled for a minimum of 8 hours, you’re ready to enjoy it! I like to let my ice cream sit at room temperature for ~5 minutes to make sure it softens a bit to scoop easily!

The biggest difference is that churned ice cream uses an ice cream maker (or ice cream churn) to blend the ice cream together, while no churn does not. When you prepare a churned ice cream, you often just mix together the base and pour into the ice cream maker, while a no churn ice cream requires you to whip the heavy cream. Otherwise, both are delicious!

You may have added too much milk, or did not cover your ice cream tightly enough when freezing. For the best results, wrap several layers of plastic wrap around your freezing container, and wrap with an additional sheet of aluminum foil if you’ll be storing your ice cream for longer than 1 week.

Absolutely! If you have an ice cream maker, just ensure that you have frozen the inner bowl for long enough. Then, once you’re ready, stir together the ingredients (do not whip the heavy cream) and add them to your ice cream maker. Keep an eye on the consistency as the ice cream churns, as you may need to add a little more sweetened condensed milk to get a smooth texture.

While coffee ice cream has a tiny bit of caffeine, it shouldn’t be enough to keep you awake! If you’re very sensitive to caffeine, you might want to opt for using a decaf coffee when preparing your coffee ice cream.

• When you crush your graham crackers, make sure to not break them down too much! You aren’t looking for them to be totally crushed into crumbs, but rather bite sized chunks!
• For the most amazing coffee crumble ice cream experience, use up to 1 cup total of each of the mix-ins! I like to reserve about 1/3 cup of each of the goodies to sprinkle on top of the ice cream.
• Homemade ice cream can be a little bit more difficult to scoop, but that’s an easy work around! All you have to do is let your ice cream soften on the counter ~5 minutes and it will be so much easier to scoop!
• For the best, most creamy results, be sure to eat your ice cream within 2 weeks and keep it tightly wrapped and covered in the freezer. After the 2 week mark, you’ll notice it will form more ice crystals and might be a tad grainy. Still totally fine to eat though!

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Why This Recipe Works

If you’re anything like me, you probably absolutely love ice cream! Creamy, sweet, and perfectly cold. Ice cream is a delicious and satisfying dessert any time of year, but it’s especially amazing in those super hot summer months!

This no-churn recipe for coffee crumble ice cream checks all the boxes when it comes to ice cream. But there is one thing that brings this recipe to the next level: up to 3 cups of delicious mix-ins!

This coffee crumble ice cream is loaded with bite sized pieces of graham crackers, chopped cashews, and adorable mini chocolate chips. Every bite is an adventure, and so many common cravings are satisfied at once: salty, sweet, creamy, crunchy, and cold.

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• Heavy cream: This makes your ice cream ultra creamy and reduces the ice crystals that can form in recipes made with too much milk.
• Instant coffee: Hello! Coffee time! Instant coffee granules add the perfect intense coffee flavor with zero bitterness. You can use decaf coffee if you’re sensitive to caffeine.
• Sweetened condensed milk: This is the secret ingredient to all of my favorite no churn ice creams! Not only does it add a delicious creamy texture, but it adds just the right amount of sweetness!
• Milk: A little bit of milk helps give this coffee ice cream the perfect consistency!
• Vanilla extract: Everything is better with a touch of vanilla!

Then, for that authentic “loaded” coffee crumble ice cream experience, we add some goodies into the mix. You’ll need:

• Crushed graham crackers
• Chopped cashews
• Mini chocolate chips

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