Recipe for cooking dark fudge ice cream

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Dark Fudge Ice Cream

6 oz. unsweetened chocolate
2 Tbsp. butter
2 c. sugar
1/3 c. light corn syrup
2 c. half-and-half, divided
4 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla extract or flavoring
2 c. whipping cream

In a lrg., heavy saucepan, melt chocolate and butter over low heat, stirring often. Stir in sugar, corn syrup and 2/3 c. of the half-and-half. Stir over med.-low heat until mixture comes to a boil. Simmer 4 mins. without stirring; set aside.

In a sm. bowl, beat eggs until blended. Stir in 1/2 c. of hot chocolate mixture. Stir egg mixture into remaining chocolate mixture. Cook and stir over med. heat until slightly thickened, about 1 min.. Cool to lukewarm.

Stir in vanilla extract or flavoring, whipping cream and remaining half-and-half. Freeze in ice cream maker according to manufacturer\s directions.

Makes approximately 1 1/2 qt..