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Homemade Honeycomb & White Chocolate Ice cream!

25 Minutes + 6 hours freezing + 1hour cooling

6 Servings

Marble Surface

Introduction

Happy July, the month to celebrate all things ice-cream, the shop bought, craft or homemade! There are so many possibilities and as quick to think up, few ingredients required and you have yourself a masterpiece. Since I started to make my ice creams about 2 years ago, see my salted caramel recipe for the full story. I actually look forward to making new or favourite recipes every year, trouble is having them all and not becoming a ball of ice cream myself! As always I start with a simple but classic vanilla base and then add whatever flavours I want to incorporate into this and make super luxurious creations I can't find in the supermarket and do not cost me a fortune either! Why don't you try this out and let me know how it goes in the comments or on IG!

Homemade Honeycomb & White Chocolate Ice cream!

Steps

  • Whisk the sugar and syrup in a pan and disolve over high heat

  • Take off the heat and add in the baking soda

  • Carefully transfer to a baking sheet and allow to cool

  • Whip Double cream,Condensed milk and extract into soft peaks

  • Add the honeycomb chunks and white chocolate chips 

  • Pour into a airtight container or cake pan

  • Seal and allow to freeze for minimum of 6 hours

  • Allow to sit on the kitchen counter for up to 5mins and serve with an ice cream scoop!

Blog

It's been a while since I posted a new recipe, that's because summer is in full swing and tend to be outside more. Even more so this year - I have been on holiday and to visit family and friends in the UK so all my usual free time has been spent in the sun! can't complain about that, we went on an amazing holiday to Spain which involved going to the F1 races which was a completely new experience for me. I got a good tan out there all day for 6 days! 1 thing missing was definitely a good ice-cream on the track days but was never far from specialist ice cream shops back in the town we stayed Lloret de Mar and in Barcelona itself.

But here back to normal routine, I like to have a specialist ice cream (a la me) in the freezer ready to go for a sunny day. Oh yes, I generally only want an ice cream it I am hot and/or its sunny so you won't catch me having one in colder months! Saying that, its been pretty wet and cloudy the past few days here in Ireland. So here's me hoping writing about lovely ice cream brings back the sunnier days!

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How to make

Firstly, you need to make the honeycomb, I'm pretty sure this could be bought, but I wanted to make this from scratch! It turned out to be super easy and made lots which I used as topping and for other recipes which I might share later on. Get your sheet pan lined prior to making the honeycomb and it is a swift process. Also noted you need to make this in advance to add into the ice-cream, alternately you can use as toppings but you will be missing on the the full goodness of this ice-cream.
In a small saucepan, pour the sugar and syrup and whisk together ensuring it does not burn on low heat. Then increase slightly to bobble and for it to turn golden amber in colour. Take off the heat and add in the 1 ½ tsp of baking soda, stir quickly. This will foam, quickly transfer to a lined sheet pan and allow to cool for 1 - 1 ½ hours.

Next for the ice cream, if you have followed any of my recipes in the past, this process will be very familiar to you at this point. I basically keep the base the same and make beautiful creations with the flavourings. You'll need a stand or hand mixer to whip the double cream and condensed milk into soft peaks for about 5mins on high speed for 3 mins and about 2 mins on medium. On my Kenwood stand mixer this is a 5 and then 3 setting. Once this is in soft peaks gently combine the white chocolate chips gently and honeycomb. It’s okay to not be totally combined as you do not want to stir out the air in the peaks through the ice cream.

Then pour into an airtight container or cake pan anything that is freezer proof is fine and can be sealed tight. This is to make sure it doesn't have any icicles forming though the ice cream. For extra decoration, scatter chocolate or honeycomb shavings - this can be achieved by grating. Seal and allow to freeze for minimum of 6 hours, making sure the bowl touches the bottom of the drawer.

Once it is ready, allow to sit on the kitchen counter for up to 5mins and serve with an ice cream scoop!

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    Honeycomb:
    Golden Caster Sugar - 150g
    Golden syrup 4 tsp
    Baking soda 1 ½ tsp
    Ice cream:
    Can condensed milk - 170ml
    Double cream - 250ml
    Vanilla & caramel extract - ½ tsp each
    Smashed honeycomb
    White Chocolate chips - 50g
    Optional - More smashed honeycomb for toppings
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