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Salted Caramel Popcorn Ice Cream made in a Ninja CREAMi, served
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Salted Caramel Popcorn

Light caramel ice cream that tastes of buttery popcorn, with salted caramel and crunchy caramel popcorn in every spoonful. Movie night in a tubpint.

Hands-on
35 min
Cooling
1 h
Freeze
24 h
Program
Ice Cream
Makes
4 servings6 servings

Good forFallBirthday & partyKids’ favoritesWild flavors

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Nutrition

Per 100 g, estimatedPer serving (¼ of a 473 ml16 oz tubpint, about 127 g), estimated

231kcal
2.7 gProtein
14 gFat
26 gCarbs
19 gSugar
293kcal
3 gProtein
17 gFat
33 gCarbs
25 gSugar

Whole tubpint: 1173 kcal, 14 g protein1760 kcal, 21 g protein (709 ml24 oz). Contains: Milk.

Ingredients

6 ingredients
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heavy creamwhole milkthick caramel saucefine salt max fill
heavy creamwhole milkthick caramel saucefine salt max fill

451 of 473 ml676 of 709 ml

In the tubpintScale reads

Mix-ins

Mix-ins go in at the end, after spinning, so they are not in the tubpint drawing.

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Remix in the Pint Builder

Steps

  1. Heat 160 ml whipping cream160 ml whipping cream⅔ cup heavy cream240 ml whipping cream240 ml whipping cream1 cup heavy cream and 200 ml whole milk200 ml whole milk⅔ cup + 3 tbsp whole milk300 ml whole milk300 ml whole milk1¼ cups whole milk in a saucepan until steaming. Take the pan off the heat.
  2. Stir in 20 g plain popped popcorn570 ml plain popped popcorn2⅓ cups plain popped popcorn30 g plain popped popcorn860 ml plain popped popcorn3⅔ cups plain popped popcorn, pushing it under the cream. Cover and steep for 20 minutes.
  3. Strain into a bowl, pressing hard on the soggy popcorn to squeeze out all the cream. Discard the popcorn.
  4. Whisk in 90 ml thick caramel sauce90 ml thick caramel sauce¼ cup + 2 tbsp thick caramel sauce135 ml thick caramel sauce140 ml thick caramel sauce½ cup + 1 tbsp thick caramel sauce and ¼ tsp fine salt¼ tsp fine salt¼ tsp fine salt¼ tsp fine salt¼ tsp fine salt¼ tsp fine salt until smooth.
  5. Pour into the tubpint, cool to room temperature, then put the lid on.
  6. Once it is completely cool, freeze the tubpint on a level shelf for 24 hours.
  7. Take the lid off, set the tubpint in the outer bowl and lock it into the machine. Run Ice Cream.
  8. If it looks very powdery, add 15 ml whole milk1 tbsp whole milk1 tbsp whole milk25 ml whole milk1½ tbsp whole milk1½ tbsp whole milk and run Re-spin. Otherwise skip it: Mix-in smooths the tubpint too.
  9. With a spoon, dig a hole about 4 cm1½ in wide down to the bottom of the tubpint. Add 30 g caramel popcorn200 ml caramel popcorn⅔ cup + 3 tbsp caramel popcorn45 g caramel popcorn300 ml caramel popcorn1¼ cups caramel popcorn, then run Mix-in.

To serve: Pile a little extra caramel popcorn on top.

My notes

Tips

  • Plain microwave popcorn works for steeping, but skip the extra-butter kinds, which can taste artificial. No caramel popcorn? Chopped hard toffee gives the same caramel crunch.
  • For a stronger popcorn flavor, steep for 30 minutes. If your caramel sauce is already salted, use only a pinch of salt.
  • Caramel popcorn turns chewy after a day in the freezer, so plan to finish the tubpint the day you add it.

Why it works

Warm cream pulls the toasty corn flavor out of the popcorn, and straining leaves a smooth base. Caramel sauce sweetens and adds body in one step, and the hard caramel coating keeps the popcorn crisp after Mix-in.

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