Name: Andes Mint Ice Cream
Prep time: 10 min
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups whole milk; 1 1/2 cups sugar; 1/4 tsp salt; 1 1/2 cups half and half; 1 Tbsp vanilla; 2 cups whipping cream; 6 Tbsp mint syrup or to taste (or mint extract to taste (1-2 tsp)); 1 box of Andes mints (chopped)

By: Leigh Anne WilkesPosted: 3/05/13Updated: 8/17/21

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This homemade mint chocolate chip ice cream is creamy, refreshing and delicious. Add in chocolate chips or your favorite chocolate mint candy.

Mint Chocolate Ice Cream

Our family is a divided camp when it comes to mint. Some of us love it, some of us don’t. I am absolutely camp mint and don’t mind that some family members don’t like it because that just means there is more for me!

There is something so refreshing about mint in ice cream and it is perfect when combined with chocolate. Growing up, my sister worked at Baskin Robbins so our freezer was always full of their ice cream and their mint chocolate chip was always my favorite.

Ice Cream Ingredients

Mint Flavor. For this recipe I have used mint syrup The Green Mint flavor can be difficult to find but you can get it on Amazon. If you can’t find it you can always use mint extract and some green food coloring.

Chocolate. I am a big fan of those little rectangular Andes Mints and they are my favorite thing to add into mint ice cream but you could use lots of other things too

Mint Chocolate Ice Cream Variations

For the chocolate part of this ice cream you can get creative. You can add in:

Chocolate chips
Andes Mint
Oreo Cookies
Chocolate Wafer Cookies
Thin Mint or Grasshopper Cookies

How to Make Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

Mix together sugar, pinch of salt, milk, whipping cream and half and half.
Add in mint syrup or mint extract to taste.
Pour into ice cream maker and process according to manufacturer’s directions.
Add in chopped candy or chocolate chips. If you are using chocolate cookies add those in when the ice cream is almost done processing so that they don’t totally dissolve into the ice cream.
After done processing, pour ice cream into an insulated container and freeze to allow it to harden.

Some of our other favorite ice cream flavors:

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