First time I made a chocolate milkshake instead of ice cream.  Not bad, but not what I wanted.  Next two times I set my freezer on a lower setting, and froze my mix for four hours before starting.  That got me to soft serve consistency.  Put the soft serve in containers in the freezer and I finally got proper ice cream. 

Much more work and longer than I wanted, but ice cream is ice cream.
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Note: If put your ice cream mix in the popsicle container you get lovely cream pops!