Description
This Salted Caramel Corn Ice Cream Recipe is infused with the delicious and fresh sweet corn flavor and the added flavor of caramel corn!
Ingredients
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- Caramel Corn Recipe:
- ½ c. unsalted butter (1 stick)
- 1 c. light brown sugar, packed
- ½ tbsp. Kosher salt
- ¼ c. light corn syrup
- ½ tsp. Baking soda
- 4 c. popped corn
- Ice Cream Recipe:
- 2 c. half and half
- 1 c. heavy cream
- 1 c. sugar
- 2 ears Florida corn, shucked
- 2 c. caramel corn
Instructions
- Instructions:
- Caramel Corn Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees Fahrenheit. Over medium heat bring the butter, brown sugar, salt and corn syrup to a boil. Continue boiling for 5 minutes. Place popcorn in a baking dish, set aside. Remove sugar mixture form the heat and stir in baking soda. Pour directly over the popcorn and stir to coat evenly. Bake from 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Spread popcorn on a non-stick baking pan and dry.
- Ice Cream Instructions:
- In a saucepan, combine half and half, heavy cream, sugar and shucked corn. Over medium-low heat simmer for 10 minutes until corn is cooked through and very tender. Place the mixture in a blender in small batches and blend until smooth then strain through a fine mesh strainer, cool. Place mixture in ice cream machine and follow instructions to freeze the ice cream until soft serve consistency, then fold in the caramel corn. Transfer to a freezable container and freeze overnight.
- Prep Time: 8 hours
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Category: Desserts