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If you like German chocolate cake, you’ll love this rich and luxurious German Chocolate Brownie Ice Cream! Dark chocolate ice cream is swirled with a coconut-pecan frosting and studded with chunks of moist brownies. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As I type this, there is a tell-tale smudge of chocolate above my lip, and a plastic container that’s been licked clean near my left hand. There’s an empty space in my freezer, a faint whiff of chocolate on my breath, and the smallest, blink-and-you’ll-miss-it pang of guilt as I think of my sleeping husband, who also likes ice cream but who lacks the stamina to stay up late and eat it in the wee hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s right, I’m the inconsiderate spouse who eats the good snacks late at night, then shrugs innocently when asked about their whereabouts the next day. (I mean, “freezer poltergeist infestation” is a perfectly reasonable theory for missing ice cream, right?) In my defense, who goes to bed at 10pm expecting the last bowl of ice cream to survive the night? That’s just foolishness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jason is a bigger ice cream fan than I am, so I usually try not to hog all the ice cream in the house. All bets are off when it comes to this German Chocolate Brownie Ice Cream, however. It hits all of my pleasure buttons: rich, creamy dark chocolate ice cream? Check. Gooey chocolate-pecan frosting? Check. Fudgy brownie pieces sprinkled liberally throughout? Check and <\/em>mate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When talking about homemade ice cream, I am strictly a custard base sort of girl. I can’t hang with the Philadelphia-style ice creams that are basically churned milk and cream. I demand yolks, and lots of them! If we’re going to make our own ice cream, let’s do it up right and make it super rich and creamy, mmmkay? So this chocolate base has yolks, yes ma’am, and also two <\/em>kinds of chocolate: cocoa powder and finely chopped unsweetened chocolate. Twice the chocolate, double the fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The “German chocolate” name comes from the coconut-pecan frosting that threads its way through the chocolate ice cream. It’s a typical topping for an American cake known as “German chocolate cake,” which is completely unrelated to the country of Germany. (Many folks might know this, but the last time I posted a “German chocolate” dessert I got a few very confused comments, so consider this a PSA for anyone who has never been blessed to taste the holy union of coconuts, pecans, and chocolate known as a German chocolate cake.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German chocolate cake was often my birthday cake of choice growing up, so I have nothing but love and eager tastes buds when it comes to this flavor combination. The mix of dark chocolate, toasted nuts, sweet coconut, and moist brownie bites<\/a> is amazing, delicious, stay-up-till-2am-worthy. And I’m not saying you have<\/em> to serve it in waffle cones dipped in chocolate and coated with coconut and pecans, but it certainly wouldn’t hurt anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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