Winter White Chocolate Cherry Ice Cream (Baskin-Robbins Copycat)

Ingredients:

• 5 ounces white chocolate chopped
• 1 cup whole milk
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 5 egg yolks
• 2 cups heavy cream or half and half
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 12-18 chocolate covered cherries chopped into fourths