A mere four ingredients makes this No Churn Nutella Ice Cream. No churning or machine needed for this quick treat. I have made a Double Chocolate No Machine Ice Cream on this blog when I was on TV. The one thing I didn’t like was how hard it froze. It was literally rock hard and difficult to dip. But a little trick has solved that problem.
This summer has turned unexpectedly busy and blogging has had to take a back seat to everything else going on. Still, I wanted to keep in touch and bring you something easy, fun and delicious.
This Nutella Ice Cream takes literally minutes to make. It is best frozen overnight to set up. The big trick to keep the texture great and make it easy to scoop is the addition of a bit of alcohol. I used vodka since I wanted to make sure the Nutella came through. But anything will do. I don’t usually use vodka in baking and not wanting to be stuck with a huge bottle, I got a little airline bottle. It was just enough for the recipe.
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However, if you are alcohol adverse, just omit it.
Remember, four ingredients and twenty minutes and you have an unbelievable treat
No Churn Nutella Ice Cream
1 cup Nutella
½ cup condensed milk
¼ cup vodka or other liquor, optional
1 ¼ cup heavy or 40% cream
Combine the Nutella, condensed milk and vodka. 
Stir together at first, then switch to a whisk and whisk until smooth. At first, it will be very thick but it will come together after whisking.
Beat the cream to the soft peak or soft set stage. Stir ⅓ of the cream into to Nutella mixture to loosen it. 
Fold in the remainder. 
Pour into a freezer proof container and freeze overnight.
Yield: 1 quart of scrumptious Nutella Ice Cream
Diane G Perris says
I've had great success with Helen's other no-churn ice cream recipes (the peach swirl is my absolute favorite-- I add fresh peach pieces and toasted pecans), so I was excited to try this different technique. Unfortunately for me the addition of the vodka made the ice cream too "boozy" in both taste and effect, so I will stick with the alcohol-free options.
Helen S Fletcher says
Hi Diane - just leave it out. It's only in there to soften the ice cream so it doesn't freeze rock hard. Vodka has no flavor on it's own, but the alcohol may exaggerate the sharpness when it's frozen. I added a note about omitting it and also put it in the recipe.
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hfletcher says
Dear Jessica, How very generous of you. I have an editor I am working with now but thank you so much for your offer. I appreciate it.
Eileen Murphy says
I think this just might take care of my chocolate craving! I am so looking forward to your Cookie Book, Helen.
hfletcher says
And so easy!! I can hardly wait either Eileen. It is the biggest project I have ever done. I'm about 40% finished with the writing and photography. Lots more to do though. It will feature a lot of European cookies as well as American.
Jan Rutledge says
Hope your recipes use metric as well as cups for your followers in the UK. I find cups very confusing and every conversion chart I check is different.
hfletcher says
The recipes are written as they are on the blog if that is any help. I find metrics very confusing so I suppose we are equal there. I agree that conversion charts are often different and it maddening.