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    Published: Jun 24, 2016 · Modified: Oct 14, 2021 by Amanda Powell · This post may contain affiliate links.

    Maple Ice Cream with Bourbon and Bacon Toffee

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    Because I believe breakfast and dessert need to meet more often. This maple ice cream with bourbon and bacon toffee is everything you could possibly want. Sweet, boozy, with a salty sweet bacon crunch. This is love. 

    Literally obsessed with maple ice cream with bourbon and bacon toffee

    So this is my last ice cream recipe for Ice Cream Week. It is kind of bittersweet. This was the ice cream I was most looking forward to sharing with you and probably my favorite. But it also means that the giveaway is ending soon (you can go right to the bottom of the post if you want to enter) and that I will be taking a small break from ice cream. Just a small one. I don't think I could handle having a long break from making ice cream.

    Get ready to live off maple ice cream with bourbon and bacon toffee

    This particular recipe I've been wanting to make since last year. I sat on this maple ice cream with bourbon and freaking bacon toffee (!!!) for an entire year before finally making it. Last summer I just had too many ideas for ice cream recipes that I just couldn't get around to it before the end of summer and I wanted to give this recipe justice by giving you a full summer to enjoy it while I could remember to remind you that it was here for you.

    It's seriously the most delicious ice cream out there. Out of every single ice cream recipe I've made, this maple ice cream is definitely my favorite. Even more than the peach crumble ice cream and the coffee oreo ice cream. And trust me, that coffee oreo ice cream is hard to beat. Maple and bourbon go so well together. Then you add in chunks of bacon toffee whish is just sweet salty bits of heaven and it's like a party in your mouth. How can you do wrong with maple ice cream + bourbon + bacon + toffee. Right? Riiiiiight?!

    Prepare to fall in love with this maple ice cream with bourbon and bacon toffee

    So go ahead and wipe that drool off your face and get in the kitchen to make this maple ice cream with bourbon and bacon toffee. And if you don't have an ice cream maker, you can always check out my guice on how to make ice cream without an ice cream maker. Or, you know, enter the giveaway below. 😉

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    Literally obsessed with maple ice cream with bourbon and bacon toffee

    Maple Ice Cream

    Amanda Powell
    Creamy and decadent maple ice cream infused with bourbon and studded with bacon toffee.
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    Prep Time 35 mins
    Cook Time 20 mins
    Total Time 55 mins
    Course ice cream
    Cuisine American
    Servings 16
    Calories 375 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    Ice Cream Base

    • 2 teaspoons brown sugar
    • ½ cup milk powder
    • 2 cups heavy cream
    • 1 ½ cups whole milk
    • 1 cup maple syrup
    • 3 large egg yolks
    • 3 - 4 tablespoons bourbon

    Bacon Toffee

    • ¾ sleeve of saltine crackers
    • 10 slices cooked bacon
    • 1 cup brown sugar
    • 1 cup unsalted butter

    Instructions
     

    • In a saucepan, add the sugar, milk powder, heavy cream, milk, and maple syrup together and heat well on medium. Stir frequently while the milk powder and sugar dissolves and the mixture steams and forms a few bubbles around the edges of the pan.
    • Beat the egg yolks in a small bowl, then slowly drizzle some of the hot milk mixture into the eggs while continuously beating the eggs. Add about 1 cup of the milk mixture to the eggs.
    • Begin beating the milk mixture that is in the pan and drizzle the egg mixture back into the saucepan.
    • Continue to heat on medium-low, mixing constantly until the mixture is visibly thickened.
    • Remove from heat and transfer to a gallon freezer bag. Close the freezer bag most of the way, leaving a small hole for steam to escape. Place the freezer bag in an ice bath to cool.
    • Chill the freezer bag in the refrigerator at least 1 - 2 hours, or until the mixture is very cold (I like to leave mine overnight).
    • While the ice cream base is cooling, make the bacon toffee.
    • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a jelly roll pan with aluminum foil. Line the bottom with saltine crackers. Crumble the bacon and layer on top of the crackers.
    • In a saucepan, mix the sugar and butter together until the butter is melted and both ingredients are well combined.
    • Allow to boil for about 3 - 4 minutes. Pour the mixture over the bacon evenly and place in the oven for about 5 - 6 minutes.
    • Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely. The toffee will harden as it cools.
    • Once hardened, Pulse ⅓ of the toffee in a food processor until broken in pieces. Set aside.
    • Place the chilled ice cream in the ice cream maker and begin to churn. Halfway through churning, slowly add the bourbon. About five minutes before the ice cream is finished, begin adding in some of the crumbled bacon toffee.
    • Transfer the churned ice cream to an airtight container and chill in the freezer until firm - about 3 - 4 hours.

    Notes

    • bacon toffee adapted from Bakerita
    • Bacon toffee can be made in advance.
    • I recommend taking at least a full day to prepare this ice cream

    Nutrition

    Calories: 375kcalCarbohydrates: 31gProtein: 4gFat: 26gSaturated Fat: 16gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0.5gCholesterol: 76mgSodium: 123mgPotassium: 212mgSugar: 30gVitamin A: 868IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 122mgIron: 0.2mg
    Keyword bacon, bourbon, maple, toffee
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    There is nothing better than this maple ice cream with bourbon and bacon toffee bits.

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    Comments

    1. Megan says

      August 12, 2016 at 7:17 am

      I made the ice cream base and after chilling overnight, it looks like it's separated. Will it come together during freezing, or did I do something wrong?

      Reply
      • Amanda says

        August 13, 2016 at 1:14 pm

        It shouldn't have separated. Try vigorously mixing and it should come back together (you can even use a mixer or blender/hand blender for more power. If it still does not come back together you can try churning it, but I am not sure how it would turn out. Please update me on what happens!

        Reply
        • Megan says

          August 14, 2016 at 5:56 pm

          It was actually fine once I gave it a stir. The ice cream turned out great, but that bacon toffee was insane! We were all fighting over the extra bits!

        • Amanda says

          August 14, 2016 at 7:02 pm

          I'm so glad it ended up coming back together with a stir! And isn't that bacon toffee the best? I am forbidden to make it anymore!

    2. Eden Passante says

      July 12, 2016 at 9:38 pm

      This looks so amazing! Maple, bourbon and bacon together?! Yes--I'm definitely in!

      Reply
    3. Jennifer Farley says

      July 06, 2016 at 2:31 pm

      These flavors are absolutely perfect together. I can see why this one was your favorite!

      Reply
    4. Anna Moon says

      July 04, 2016 at 9:18 pm

      Perfect even..

      Reply
    5. Anna Moon says

      July 04, 2016 at 9:17 pm

      This looks extremely extravagant. I love to experiment with flavors; and these flavors sound like they'd be purfect together, but pure maple syrup is so expensive. Even if using the cheap stuff it's still around $8.00 per 8 oz. Add in the cost of the other ingredients and it's closing in on $10.00 per 1.5 quarts.

      Reply
      • Amanda says

        July 04, 2016 at 10:27 pm

        I think it depends on where you shop. At my ALDI, I got maple syrup for just over $6 for a 12.5oz bottle. There, heavy cream is just under $2 for a pint, and eggs range from 75¢ to $1.95 for a dozen. Half a gallon of whole milk is under $2 and bacon is $3.95. I had leftovers of everything except the heavy cream, so for me it wasn't that expensive to make. Plus, since it is pretty decadent, you only really need a scoop to satisfy you! (By the way, I'm not associated with that store in any way, that's just where I got the ingredients for this ice cream)

        Reply
    6. Ally says

      June 27, 2016 at 5:29 pm

      Oh my goodness!! This looks absolutely incredible.
      My invite for the taste testing must have gotten lost in the mail

      Reply

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