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Cherry Chocolate Almond Ice Cream

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I bought two pounds of cherries this week, planning to make a double batch of boozy cherries but then I changed my mind. I am allowed to change my mind. I am an adult. I do it all the time. Instead, it felt like it was time to make some ice cream. Last August, I made a  key lime pie ice cream  using the whipping cream and condensed milk thing that was all over the blogs. Since I don't have an ice cream maker, this method was very appealing to me. It's certainly not a light treat - consisting of nothing but heavy cream and sweetened condensed milk and add ins, but it was ridiculously easy and really, really delicious. If you can whip cream and you own a freezer, you can make this stuff. When I think cherry, I immediately think dark chocolate and so I used some tiny dark chocolate chips and then threw in a few tbls of toasted, slivered almonds for good measure. When I tasted it before it froze, I was afraid I couldn't taste any cherry and was worried that it wasn't ...