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Chocolate Soft Serve, served
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Chocolate Soft Serve

Deep cocoa flavor in a smooth, tall swirl. Lighter than scoop ice cream but rich enough to taste like real chocolate.

Hands-on
10 min
Freeze
24 h
Program
Soft Serve
Makes
4 servings6 servings

Ingredients

8 ingredients
Measure in
TubPint size

Tap an ingredient when it is in the bowl

cream cheeseunsweetened cocoa powdergranulated sugarlight corn syrupfine saltvanilla extractheavy creamwhole milk max fill
cream cheeseunsweetened cocoa powdergranulated sugarlight corn syrupfine saltvanilla extractheavy creamwhole milk max fill

445 of 473 ml667 of 709 ml

In the tubpintScale reads

TubsPints
1

Steps

  1. Microwave 15 g full-fat cream cheese1 tbsp full-fat cream cheese1 tbsp cream cheese25 g full-fat cream cheese1½ tbsp full-fat cream cheese1½ tbsp cream cheese in a large bowl for 10 seconds to soften it.
  2. Whisk in 3 tbsp cocoa powder3 tbsp cocoa powder3 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder4½ tbsp cocoa powder4½ tbsp cocoa powder4½ tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder, 65 g caster or granulated sugar75 ml caster or granulated sugar⅓ cup granulated sugar100 g caster or granulated sugar120 ml caster or granulated sugar½ cup granulated sugar, 1 tbsp glucose syrup or light corn syrup1 tbsp glucose syrup or light corn syrup1 tbsp light corn syrup1½ tbsp glucose syrup or light corn syrup1½ tbsp glucose syrup or light corn syrup1½ tbsp light corn syrup, a pinch of fine salta pinch of fine salta pinch of fine salta pinch of fine salta pinch of fine salta pinch of fine salt and ½ tsp vanilla extract or paste½ tsp vanilla extract or paste½ tsp vanilla extract¾ tsp vanilla extract or paste¾ tsp vanilla extract or paste¾ tsp vanilla extract until it forms a thick, smooth paste.
  3. Slowly whisk in 110 ml whipping cream110 ml whipping cream⅓ cup + 2 tbsp heavy cream165 ml whipping cream170 ml whipping cream⅔ cup heavy cream and 250 ml whole milk250 ml whole milk1 cup + 1 tbsp whole milk375 ml whole milk380 ml whole milk1⅔ cups whole milk until the sugar has dissolved.
  4. Pour the base into an empty tubpint, up to the max fill line. Put the lid on and freeze on a level shelf for 24 hours.
  5. Take the lid off, set the tubpint in the outer bowl and lock it into the machine. Run Soft Serve.
  6. If it looks crumbly or 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.
  7. On the Swirl, fit the dispensing lid and press the swirl handle to fill each cone.

To serve: Swirl into wafer cones and finish with rainbow sprinkles if you like.

Tips

  • Dutch-process cocoa gives the darkest color and the smoothest chocolate flavor.
  • Dry cocoa lumps will not dissolve once the milk is in, so whisk the paste until smooth first.
  • If the Swirl Press pulls back by itself or nothing comes out, run Re-spin and try again.

Texture not right? Find the fix in Texture help.

Why it works

Cocoa solids soak up water and firm up the base, so it needs a little more sugar than vanilla to stay soft enough to pipe.

Nutrition

Per serving (¼ of a 473 ml16 oz tubpint), estimated
233kcal
4 gProtein
14 gFat
27 gCarbs
22 gSugar

Whole tubpint: 931 kcal, 15 g protein1397 kcal, 23 g protein (709 ml24 oz). Contains: Milk.

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