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No-Churn Caramel Ice Cream with Chocolate Chips

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Caramel ice cream made without an ice cream maker! If you love ice cream, and you want an easy homemade ice cream recipe, it doesn’t get any easier than this no-churn caramel ice cream.

This creamy ice cream is cold and refreshing, and perfect for a hot summer day! This no-churn ice cream recipe is the easiest way to make ice cream from scratch!! If you love ice cream as much as our family, you will want to check out my Guide to Gluten Free Ice Cream, which includes tons of recipes for ice cream and gluten free cones.

A hand holding a cone of No-Churn Caramel Chip Ice cream.

It is HOT outside and I am so excited to make some homemade ice cream.

Vitamix Ice Cream

A few weeks ago, I decided to do my first Facebook Live video. I am still learning how to do this. I mean, live means you can’t edit out the “bloopers”…like when the cream splashed all over me :-).

It was pretty nerve-wracking!! The good part about making an ice cream recipe video is that you can see how easy this Vitamix ice cream recipe is to make. It blended my ingredients in just 30 seconds!

Bloopers aside, I couldn’t believe how many comments I got from readers who didn’t know how easy it can be to make ice cream from scratch. (*Just see below, I included a video of my live experience for you.)

I dumped the caramel ice cream ingredients into my Vitamix and then froze everything. It was creamy and delicious; definitely as good as any store-bought ice cream :-). It is totally easy to make ice cream without an ice cream maker!!

A cone of homemade Caramel Ice Cream with chocolate chips on a tray

This easy vegetarian gluten free ice cream recipe is perfect for a crowd, or an ice cream bar. I plan to make a few flavors for our next pool party. This easy ice cream recipe is SO much better than store-bought ice cream. If you want, you can even add some flaked sea salt to make homemade salted caramel ice cream.

If you need a gluten free ice cream cone, those are also easy to make.

Check out how to make a gluten free waffle cone. You can also try this caramel ice cream in this yummy Ombre Milkshake recipe! Kids love it!

Once you watch the video, you will see how easy this ice cream is to make :-).

How to Make No-Churn Caramel Ice Cream:

glass bottle of Rodelle Vanilla Paste sitting on a cutting board

Vanilla Paste

I also need to say, I am loving Rodelle’s Vanilla Paste. I used it in this recipe and it really added a splash of sweet vanilla to this ice cream. It is different from vanilla because you get all of the taste from the vanilla beans, without any alcohol.

No-Churn Caramel Chip Ice Cream frozen into a loaf pan, with an ice cream scoop and cones next to it.

I used a bread loaf tin to freeze this ice cream in. You can also use plastic containers. (Don’t use glass!!)

Someone removing a scoop of chocolate chip caramel ice cream from a container

Scoop it out onto a cone or into a bowl…it tastes great both ways!

More Delicious No-Churn Ice Cream Recipes to Try:

An ice cream scoop of Caramel Chocolate Chip Ice Cream being put onto a cone.

Shopping List:

  • Heavy cream
  • La Lechara Dulce de Leche
  • Vanilla  paste
  • Chocolate Chips

Things You Need To Make This Caramel Ice Cream Recipe:

  1. I love to make ice cream in a loaf pan. It stays cold for a long time so your ice cream doesn’t melt as fast.
  2. Vitamix makes this so easy to make in one container.
  3. Nestle La Lachera Dulce le Leche makes this ice cream burst with caramel flavor!

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No-Churn Caramel Chip Ice Cream

No-Churn Caramel Chip Ice Cream

Yield: 6 people
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Additional Time: 3 hours
Total Time: 3 hours 5 minutes

Easy creamy Vitamix no-churn caramel chocolate chip ice cream

Ingredients

  • 4 cups heavy whipping cream
  • 1 can La Lachera Dulce le Leche
  • 1 teaspoon Rodelle Vanilla Paste
  • chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Add whipping cream, La Lachera and vanilla paste to a Vitamix or blender.
  2. Blend for 2 minutes.
  3. Pour into a freezer safe container.
  4. Top with chips.
  5. Put into the freezer for 3 hours.
  6. Scoop into a cone or bowl and enjoy 🙂
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 6 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 575 Total Fat: 59g Saturated Fat: 38g Trans Fat: 2g Unsaturated Fat: 18g Cholesterol: 179mg Sodium: 44mg Carbohydrates: 9g Fiber: 0g Sugar: 9g Protein: 5g
Please note this nutrition information is calculated by a recipe plugin and is an estimate based on the ingredients used in this recipe.
© Sandi Gaertner
Cuisine: American / Category: Gluten Free Dessert Recipes

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Comments

  1. Jackie David

    Oh this looks cool and looks so easy to make. I think i would love to try this weekend because it really is getting hot here in Philippines. Yummy!

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  2. David Elliott

    This recipe looks like a lot of fun. And I love that you don’t have to churn this to get it right. I wish you had another recipe other than caramel. Unfortunately its not one of my daughters favorites. Maybe I could do something a little different and come out with a cookies and cream or a mint one. Anyway, it looks amazing.

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    • Sandi Gaertner

      Hi David, I have a few no-churn recipes on my site. Lemon, white chocolate raspberry, and even a sorbet if your daughter would like one of those. Thanks for stopping by 🙂

      Reply

  3. Jazmin Williams

    Now this sounds yummy! My stepdad is obsessed with ice cream and with his birthday coming up, maybe I should make some…

    Reply

  4. Daisy

    Wow this sounds absolutely delicious and looks totally amazing! My kiddos would absolutely love to make this fun treat with me!!

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  6. Rose

    I haven’t made much ice cream yet. This recipe looks easy to follow and and I even have cream in my fridge right now! I just need to pick up caramel!

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  7. Stephanie

    My husband keeps saying he wants to try to make ice cream at home, I didn’t realize it could be this easy! I’ve never heard of the vanilla paste, but I’ll have to check it out, we use vanilla a lot at our house!

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    • Sandi Gaertner

      You will love making ice cream for yourself Stephanie. You have so much control over the ingredients this way 🙂

      Reply

  10. Brian Jones

    That looks superb, I love live videos on the web, sadly my rural web connection means it is impossible for me to do… In all fairness my love of profanity means it would need to come with a parental guidance warning 😮 😉

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    • Sandi Gaertner

      Total bummer about the rural web connection, that must be hard. I hope you get a chance to try this ice cream out, you don’t have to watch the video tutorial to make it.

      Reply

  11. Claire

    This is my favourite caramel ice-cream recipe!!!
    SO EASY!
    I have made this with chocolate chips, white chocolate chips and caramel bits. SO YUM!

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    • Sandi Gaertner

      I am so glad you like this ice cream Claire!! With the weather starting to warm up, it will be summer before we know it.

      Reply

  13. Jacqueline Meldrum

    I’ve only made nice cream in my blender with frozen bananas. Never thought of whipping up the ice custard in it before freezing. Doh moment!

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  17. Elle @ Only Taste Matters

    I truly can’t believe you combined my two favorite things in one. I have no idea how I haven’t thought of this yet but I am considering you a genius!

    Reply

  19. Michelle @ Giraffes Can Bake

    I’m soooo in love with this ice cream, it looks so yummy! And I love easy it is with just a few ingredients.
    Totally loved your FB live video too!

    Reply

  20. Amanda

    I love no churn ice creams! They are my favorite, mostly because I don’t have an ice cream maker :). Loving this no church caramel ice cream!

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    • Sandi Gaertner

      I don’t have an ice cream maker either…maybe some day, but I am not sure they are even needed when no-churn can be this good.

      Reply

  24. Alisa

    I’d been looking for a good vanilla paste! And this ice cream looks even better than at a shop. So amazingly creamy for homemade.

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  25. NAina

    You know, Caramel icecream is what we have been bingeing on the last 3 weeks, though its all store-bought! I am gonna try this soon Sandi! Loved that video btw, you rock!!

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  27. Julie at Hostess At Heart

    This ice cream looks amazing, and you did a great job on your video! I picked up some amazing ice cream recipes from your give away too!

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  28. Kelly @ TastingPage

    This does looks so easy and I’ve never seen the vanilla paste. Love that it’s alcohol free. Need to look for it!

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  30. Amanda - RunToTheFinish

    I’d have to make my version with bananas to be dairy free, but super fun and yum for great vanilla!! I agree still learning all the crazy video tools 🙂

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    • Sandi Gaertner

      Hi Carole, I am going to test this out with coconut milk, but it wouldn’t be caramel since the caramel I am using has dairy. Stay tuned and I will create something dairy free and delicious. Do you have any requests? I am thinking fresh fruit of some sort….

      Reply

  33. jane @ littlesugarsnaps

    Oh my. If you knew how much my family loves their caramel and their ice-cream you’d understand that this is one recipe I could be making time and time again over the summer. The chocolate chips on top are a great idea.

    Reply

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