Cherry Pie Ice Cream with Chocolate Chips

*Yields 5 cups.

** You should freeze your ice cream maker bowl for several hours in advance, if possible.

In a stand mixer whisk together the whole milk, sugar and vanilla salt until sugar dissolves.

Now add your heavy cream and vanilla extract and mix for a minute or two.

Now add your cherry pie filling and mix until it turns everything pink!

Now add you chocolate chips and just fold them in by hand.

Cover the bowl and stick it in the fridge for about an hour.

Remove and transfer the liquid to your frozen ice cream maker bowl.

Pop the freezer bowl into your ice cream machine and turn on, according to manufacturer’s instructions.

Let it spin for 15 to 20 minutes. Then turn it off and remove the bowl.

You can serve the ice cream immediately or you can pop it in the freezer for later.

If you do pop it in the freezer for later make sure you take it out about 10 to 15 minutes before serving it.

Tips and hints:

A full can of cherry pie filling makes it really sweet. So if you’re opposed to super sweet cut that amount in half. I like super sweet so I was okay with it.

I have the 1.5 version of the Cuisinart ice cream maker. Adding the full can of pie filling makes it overflow a tiny bit. But if you’re like me you’ll just lick the side of the bowl (NOT WHILE MOVING!) so it’s not a big deal!