Caramel Macchiato Ice Cream

By Addie

Frozen Bliss: A frosty, homemade version of that famous coffee shop's macchiato.

Ingredients

• 1 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons instant coffee granules
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 3/4 cup caramel dessert sauce

Preparation

Step 1

Whisk together milk, instant coffee granules, sugar, and salt in a large bowl until sugar is dissolved. Stir in the heavy cream, then cover and refrigerate until chilled, at least 2 hours.


Pour the chilled mixture into an ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer's directions until it reaches "soft-serve" consistency. Transfer half of the ice cream to a one- or two-quart lidded plastic container. Pour half of the caramel sauce over the top, then repeat the layers with the remaining ice cream and caramel. Swirl the caramel into the ice cream using a chopstick or knife. Cover surface with plastic wrap and seal.

For best results, ice cream should ripen in the freezer for at least 2 hours or overnight.
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REVIEWS:

This ice cream is good. No - I mean, this ice cream is GOOOOD. Holy moly, I never expected it to be this delicious! I've never had the Caramel Macchiato drink (although I just may be tempted to now), so I have no clue if this ice cream tastes like it, but I'm telling you, unless you really detest coffee you will love this. No, I take that back - even if you don't like coffee, you will love this. The pairing of caramel and coffee flavors is just simply, dreamy delicious - something new for me. I like my ice cream rich (and most often with eggs) so I used half-and-half instead of the milk. Also, I've made ice cream often enough to know that a full cup of sugar would be waaaay too sweet, so I cut it back to 3/4 cup and it was simply perfect. In fact, everything about this ice cream is simply perfect! It is so rich, creamy and gooey it needs no topping or any other embellishment. I didn't even wait for it to ripen (harden) in the freezer before eating it. Because after trying a taste of it, I couldn't.

We just made this along with 4 other flavors of homemade ice cream and this was our favorite! I found some instant coffee at the store that came in single serve packets and it was hazelnut flavored! I think that added to the greatness of this wonderful recipe! It took 4 single serve packs to make 2 tbsn. We mixed thick caramel topping into the ice cream just before putting into the freezer. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

I made this for my coffee-loving husband, whose favorite drink at the coffee shop is a caramel macchiato. Personally, I don't drink coffee, nor do I really enjoy ice cream. But after making this, I had to give it a taste, and Naples was right - even if you don't love coffee, you will like this ice cream. I had a tiny bite, and another bite, and another.... My husband said that it is so much better than the caramel macchiato ice cream from the store. Compliments to the recipe submitter - this one is definitely a hit in this house!

Very Very Very Good.I used Creamy Fudge Dessert Sauce instead of Caramel.

Can I give this 10 stars??? The best ice cream I have ever had, the only thing I changed was I used 1 cup of half and half instead of milk. I will never buy ice cream from the grocery store ever again. This was so simple and so delicious!

OMG, this rocks! Despite loving ice cream, I don’t make ice cream all that often, I have a tendency to make sorbets more often than I do ice creams. But this ice cream is out of this world, it’s full of fat, sugar and flavor, everything you want in an ice cream, ha! I think it’s even great without the caramel sauce, which is why I didn’t get a full batch the first time, yes I said first time, I made it. I kept dipping the spoon into the ice cream maker before it was even done! Thanks so much for sharing this recipe with us, now if you’ll excuse me, I need another dish full!

Oh my goodness! I don't drink coffee but let me tell you I loved this ice cream. It has a beautiful flavour and remains scoop-able, creamy, so delicious with that caramel sauce in every bite. I did have to add a bit extra caramel sauce to my individual servings because like other reviewers my caramel topping sank to the bottom of the container. I used my own homemade caramel sauce recipe for this so it was definitely a thicker caramel topping. I followed this recipe exactly and found the sugar content to be perfect for my tastes. I will definitely be making this ice cream again!

I am having a hard time not eating the entire batch of this one! Oh my! My favorite Starbucks drink happens to be a caramel macchiato, so I figured i might enjoy this treat. I took the tip from Naples and reduced the sugar to 3/4 cup, and I'm glad I did, as the caramel contributes plenty of sweetness. I used my own homemade caramel sauce and half/half in place of the milk. This is SO creamy and delicious!

This is wonderful! I used instant espresso. Good with toffee chips added, too!

Just the right amount of coffee flavor. Just the right amount of sweetness. Great stuff!!