Since it’s Cherries for Charity week, I picked up a 3 pound bag of cherries for a $1.99 a pound. The grocery store donates .25 of every pound of cherries sold to a local charity here in town. That is the best deal ever for cherries. Lately, they’ve been 3.99 a pound. Trust me, I’ll be back for about 2 or 3 more bags of cherries by the end of the week. I’ll be looking for more cherry recipes to make too.
My favorite Ben and Jerry’s ice cream flavor is Cherry Garcia. It has chunks of chocolate and cherries in there, and oh man it is my favorite ice cream to eat on a Summer day. It really hits the spot. This ice cream you don’t need an ice cream maker to make it. The whipped cream gets beat until stiff peaks form, and you can do that with your own hands. I’ve never tried whisking my own whipping cream, but I’ve seen the chefs on tv shows like Chopped do that. Then you fold in all the ingredients. I seem to have an ingredient problem whenever I make ice cream. Either I don’t put in enough add-ins or I’ll put in too much!
Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia Ice Cream (Copy Cat)
Ingredients
- 1 pint of heavy whipping cream
- 1 15 ounce can of sweetened condensed milk
- 1 cup of chocolate chunks
- 1 1/2 cups of fresh cherries, pitted and cut in half
- 1 tsp of vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a stand mixer, beat the heavy cream until stiff peak forms.
- When the stiff peaks have formed, fold in the sweetened condensed milk, chocolate chunks, cherries, and vanilla.
- Freeze in a bread loaf pan until the ice cream has set.
Notes
Smart Points: 31
Makes 8 servings
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 615
- Sugar: 60
- Fat: 36
- Saturated Fat: 23
- Unsaturated Fat: 8
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 65
- Fiber: 3
- Protein: 9
Susan Sieg says
i HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS RECIPE!!!!
Jill says
Can you put it in an ice cream maker
June @ How to Philosophize with Cake says
Oooh, I used to love cherry garcia! Love this ice cream flavor, I bet the homemade version is fantastic 🙂
Katherine says
I think that is the most beautiful ice cream I’ve ever seen, the giant cherry chunks look amazing and scream summer!
Susan | LunaCafe says
Wow, what a fantastic flavor combo. And so easy too. Now if I just had a bowl of it here RIGHT NOW. 🙂
Jenna says
Oh I know! I love their caramel sutra flavor!
Jenna says
Levan you literally just made me laugh out of at my desk at work. 🙂
Julie @ Texan New Yorker says
I love this!! Ben & Jerry’s is so creative with their flavor profiles and I love ripping them off at home. This looks amazing!!
Levan @ MyWifeMakes.com says
I don’t care what this recipe is named. Cherry Garcia Ice Cream. Cherry Joseph Ice Cream. Cherry Jamie Ice Cream. Cherry Stuart Ice Cream.
A CHERRY ICE CREAM BY ANY OTHER NAME… IS… STILL… AMAZING!
Brilliant stuff Jenna! Oh, yes, let’s call this a Cherry Jenna Ice Cream — because you made it your own! Amazing stuff 🙂
Sara says
OMG, cherry garcia is one of my favorite flavors of all time! And I have to say, I think yours looks better than the original. Pinned!