Rocky Road Ice Cream

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 36
• 3 cups milk
• 3 cups half-and-half cream
• 9 (1 ounce) semi-sweet chocolate baking squares
• 2 3/4 cups sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 6 cups heavy whipping cream
• 3 cups miniature marshmallows
• 2 1/4 cups miniature semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
• 6 teaspoons vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 in a large saucepan, combine milk and half-and-half; heat to 175°. add chocolate, sugar and salt; stir until chocolate is melted and sugar is dissolved.
• 2 remove from the heat. cool quickly by placing pan in a bowl of ice water; stir for 2 minutes. cool completely. transfer to a large bowl; stir in the remaining ingredients. cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• 3 fill cylinder of ice cream freezer two-thirds full; freeze according to the manufacturers directions. refrigerate remaining mixture until ready to freeze, stirring before freezing each batch.
• 4 allow to ripen in ice cream freezer or firm up in the refrigerator freezer for 2-4 hours before serving.