Rich's Darkest Chocolate

Name: Rich's Darkest Chocolate
Yield: 480.8 g
Ingredients: 85g Cream, heavy; 30g Granulated sugar; 40g Chocolate, dark (72% cacao) Ghirardelli 50% less sugar; 30g Cocoa powder; 31g Skim milk powder; 1.6g Salt; 1g Xanthan gum; 255g Whole milk; 0.5g Instant coffee; 2g Sunflower lecithin; 30g Dextrose

By Richard Harman • Created 2 months ago •

Ice Cream Base

481 g

148 kcal

Description

Version 4.0 Based off of Nick's Darkest Chocolate here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99Oh_jGLVp4

Instructions

Change log: 3.0: still too fatty, still too hard, lowered heavy cream and upped dextrose 2.1: Too silky mouthfeel, adjusting whole cream - 20g -> whole milk +20g 2.0: better chocolate flavor, maybe too high fat content. 1.0: not enough chocolate

Ingredients

85 g
Cream, heavy
Dairy
Dairy
30 g
Granulated sugar
Sweetener
Sweetener
40 g
Chocolate, dark (72% cacao) Ghirardelli 50% less sugar
Chocolate
Chocolate
30 g
Cocoa powder
Chocolate
Chocolate
31 g
Skim milk powder
Dairy
Dairy
1.6 g
Salt
Other
Other
1 g
Xanthan gum
Stabilizer
Stabilizer
255 g
Whole milk
Dairy
Dairy
0.5 g
Instant coffee
Other
Other
2 g
Sunflower lecithin
Emulsifier
Emulsifier
30 g
Dextrose
Sweetener
Sweetener

Nutrition

	Scoop (66 g)	per 100 g
Calories	148 kcal	225 kcal
Total fat	8.7 g	13.1 g
Saturated fat	4.9 g	7.5 g
Trans fat	0 g	0.1 g
Carbohydrates	13.2 g	20 g
Sugars	13.6 g	20.6 g
Fiber	2.1 g	3.3 g
Protein	4.1 g	6.2 g

Recipe details

Visibility	Public
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Author	Richard Harman
Created	1/22/2026
Updated	2/25/2026
Total weight	481 g
Evaporation	5%