Best Substitutes for Chocolate Ice-cream
Out of Chocolate Ice-cream? Here are the best alternatives that work in cocktail recipes.
Original Ingredient
Chocolate Ice-cream
Mixer
Creamy, frozen cocoa nose with sweet vanilla and cold dairy richness. Palate is lusciously sweet and thick with chocolate fudge and cream. Unctuous, chilled finish with lingering cocoa.
Recommended Substitutes
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Vanilla ice-cream
Use as a 1:1 substitute unless otherwise noted.
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Chocolate
Use as a 1:1 substitute unless otherwise noted.
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Chocolate Syrup
Use as a 1:1 substitute unless otherwise noted.
General Substitution Tips
- → Match the alcohol level: a 40% spirit needs a similarly strong replacement or adjust volume.
- → For liqueurs, dilute spirits + simple syrup can replicate sweetness and proof.
- → Citrus substitutions: lemon and lime are mostly interchangeable at a 1:1 ratio.
- → For bitters, Angostura is the most neutral substitute for most other aromatic bitters.