A creamy vanilla ice cream kissed with brown sugar and loaded with homemade cookie dough chunks, this is a dessert that’s hard to top. Give that ice cream maker a workout and make some today!
Chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream is a perennial favorite for good reason. Of course that reason is it’s delicious! This homemade version is super creamy and extra good. Make a batch to see for yourself!
MiMi originally shared this ice cream recipe with us in the summer of 2015. She was on one heck of a roll making great frozen desserts.
She adapted her classic old fashioned vanilla ice cream recipe and used brown sugar as the sweetener. That helped to give those richer flavor notes throughout and really complimented the cookie dough bits.
Now that I have an ice cream maker, I have been going back and remaking some of our favorites.
My ice cream loving husband ranks this and her blackberry ice cream among his favorites. After his first bite of this batch he declared I needed to make more.
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He liked it that much, he knew however big the batch was, it wasn’t big enough. Fair, I suppose.
But we have a lot more ice cream variations to try first! Like s’mores ice cream and chocolate peanut butter ice cream too!
As the weather warms up it will be handy to have all of our favorite recipes refreshed with printable recipe cards. So pin your favorites now so you’re ready!
More Cookie Dough Inspired Treats:
MiMi also developed a chocolate chip cookie dough Texas sheet cake. It also features brown sugar and chocolate chips for a delicious one of a kind treat.
Chocolate chip cookie dough dip is another favorite. It tastes just like cookie dough and is fabulous with graham crackers, pretzels, or apple slices.
For another cookie dough inspired ice cream, try monster cookie dough ice cream. It has peanut butter and oats in it just like our favorite monster cookies.
Homemade Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream
Equipment
Ingredients
Cookie Dough Bites
- ½ cup butter softened
- ½ cup light brown sugar packed
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup whole milk
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup miniature chocolate chips
Ice Cream
- ¾ cup light brown sugar packed
- 1⅔ cups whole milk
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups heavy cream
Instructions
Cookie Dough Bites
- Beat the butter and sugars together.½ cup butter, ½ cup light brown sugar, ¼ cup granulated sugar
- Mix together the vanilla and milk.1 Tablespoon vanilla extract, ¼ cup whole milk
- Stir together the flour and salt.½ teaspoon salt, 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- Alternately add the flour and milk mixtures to the butter. Stir in the chocolate chips.¾ cup miniature chocolate chips
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or waxed paper. Press the cookie dough onto cookie sheet to a depth of about 1/4 inch. Place in freezer while making the ice cream base.
Ice Cream
- Mix brown sugar and vanilla into the milk until the brown sugar is dissolved.¾ cup light brown sugar, 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract, 1⅔ cups whole milk
- Gently stir in the cream.3 cups heavy cream
- Pour into your ice cream maker and make according to your maker’s directions.
- Remove cookie dough from freezer and cut or break off bits of cookie dough the size you would like them in your ice cream.
- Stir cookie dough bits into the ice cream as soon as it is done churning.
- Store in the freezer until frozen.
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I have never tried making ice cream before, because I've always assumed it would be super difficult but this recipe sounds like something I could definitely make myself! Thank you for sharing with us, I love cookie dough xo
It really is easy! Enjoy!
This looks soooo yummy and refreshing….yep, it’s going to get made very soon. My boys will go crazy, Mr. Nine too. xo
I hope they all love it!
ohhh this is my son's fav ice cream so what a surprise when I make it for him 🙂 Thanks for sharing this homemade cookie dough ice cream recipe!
It is a fun one to do homemade and the brown sugar gives it that great cookie dough flavor! I hope he loves it!
Oh that brown sugar flavor is so good!
It really changes the flavor of the vanilla ice cream! Thanks for stopping by!
It is soooo delicious. A great way to send summer out with a bang!
I love ice cream and these recipe doesn't look like it disappoints. Thanks for sharing it at the #AnythingGoes Link Party.
This is sooo good. The brown sugar in the base makes all of the difference!