Pretzel m&m Vanilla Ice Cream

Got the Kitchenaid ice cream maker for Mothers day this year (love you hubby) and I could not wait to use it! The instructions say that you have to have the freeze the bowl for atleast 15 hours so this gave me plenty of time to come up with a flavor. As you can probably tell from the title of this post, i was craving something sweet/salty! i googled so see if anyone has come up with this ice cream yet, and i'm the first! And let me tell you, this is going on the list of favorites!

Here is what you'll need:

1-2 Bags of Pretzel m&m's (depending on how many m&ms you want in there), Frozen.
1 batch of salted caramel (store bought or homemade...ill get to that recipe soon!)
2 cups heavy whipping cream
2 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup milk
1 tablespoon vanilla extract (you can use 2 tablespoons if you omit the vanilla bean)
seeds from 1 vanilla bean

Instructions:

1. Whip the eggs and the sugar together until they are very light and fluffy.
2. Add the whipping cream, milk and both vanillas, mix well.
3. Add the mixture to the ice cream maker, and prepare according to manufacturers instructions. for the kitchenaid, turn ice cream maker on 'stir' BEFORE adding mixture. its ready when you hear a clicking noise.
4. Add the m&ms for the last minute of mixing. (probably around minute 30)

i got a little too excited about my ice cream and decided not to wait until i heard a clicking noise. I added the m&m's to early which made the colors bleed. Then i proceeded to add the caramel too early and it mixed in with the ice cream, instead of making the 'swirl' i wanted. Well, lesson learned. DO NOT put in fixings a minute before! Luckily, it still came out delicious!

 i still got my 'swirl' by drizzling the caramel on top ;)