No-Churn Salted Caramel Ice Cream
Updated June 4, 2024

- Total Time
- 3½ hours
- Prep Time
- 5 minutes
- Cook Time
- 3 hours 20 minutes
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Ingredients
- 1(14-ounce) can or jar dulce de leche
- 1½cups heavy cream
- ¼teaspoon fine sea salt
- ½teaspoon flaky salt (optional)
Preparation
- Step 1
Pour or spoon about ¾ of the dulce de leche from the can into a small bowl (save the remaining dulce de leche for swirling). In a large bowl, using a whisk or electric mixer, beat heavy cream and fine sea salt until stiff. Add a dollop of the whipped cream to the small bowl, and mix until the dulce de leche has loosened.
- Step 2
Add the lightened dulce de leche mixture to the bowl of whipped cream, gently folding until combined.
- Step 3
Add remaining dulce de leche to the now-empty small bowl and season with flaky salt (or you can substitute ¼ teaspoon fine salt, but you won’t have the crunch).
- Step 4
In a quart-size container, add a quarter of the dulce de leche whipped cream. Dollop in a few small spoonfuls of salted dulce de leche on top and swirl gently. Repeat until all of the whipped cream and dulce de leche are transferred. Freeze until firm, at least 3 hours or overnight.
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If you can’t find dulce de leche at your local grocery, you can easily make your own by simmering, for 3 hrs, an unopened can of sweetened condensed milk in a pot of water. Keep it covered by an inch or so of water! (No, it won’t explode.) Remove from hot water bath and bring to room temp. It stores indefinitely, so make several. Can’t wait? Open a can, scoop out 1/3 cup and top with whipped cream. I’ve made it this way for many years.
I have made condensed milk based ice creams in a Cuisinart ice cream machine. I just mix the heavy cream and condensed milk together. I add it to the machine, no whipping necessary. Since dulce de leche is just caramelized condensed milk, this method should work well.
I just love everything Melissa does. Period.
I appreciate the simplicity of this recipe, because it is no churn. Alas, the end result is flavored frozen whipped cream. Tasty as a topping, we put small dollops on sheet pan choc chip cookies for Father’s Day. It was well received.
I made a version of this with miso and British canned caramel — just adding 3tsp white miso to the cream in place of the salt, and otherwise keeping the recipe pretty much the same. Was delicious and I’d recommend!
This is probably a great recipe made insufferable by the video that plays every time you open it.
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