Category: Ice Cream

Homemade Cheesecake Ice Cream

Today I am sharing a super versatile recipe for Cheesecake Ice Cream that is a result of, well, me having way too much cream cheese on hand.

Recently, some of my husband’s friends came to visit and brought us New York bagels (always a welcome gift in our house!), and a good 1 1/2 pounds cream cheese. Even after all the bagels were gone, we still had 12 oz of cream cheese left!

So what better way to use up all that extra cream cheese than with this recipe for Cheesecake Ice Cream?

You may recall that I made a cream cheese-based ice cream with my recipe for Irish Potato Candy Ice Cream, and I loved it so much, I knew I’d be making more cream cheese-based ice creams soon!

This recipe is very simple and works well on its own or as a base for some more creative Cheesecake Ice Cream recipes — strawberry, cherry, chocolate, whatever makes you happy!

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 12 oz cream cheese
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • crushed graham crackers, for serving
  • your favorite fruit, for serving

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Homemade Strawberry Basil Ice Cream

I’m back with yet another new ice cream recipe that I’ve been dreaming about for months: Strawberry Basil Ice Cream.

As the weather gets warmer, the in season produce just gets better, which means a bunch of new inspiration for ice cream flavors. We are entering the beginning of strawberry season now, so I was excited to make this Strawberry Basil Ice Cream!

This recipe for Strawberry Basil Ice Cream steeps fresh basil in the cream and sugar base, which adds a subtle basil flavor under the more prominent strawberry flavor. If you want a more prominent basil flavor, you can absolutely mix in some freshly chopped basil when churning your ice cream!

Ingredients (makes 1 quart):

  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 1 1/2 cups whole milk
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves, lightly packed
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 lb strawberries, hulls removed

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Tahini Millionaire Ice Cream

This recipe for Tahini Millionaire Ice Cream is inspired by one of my favorite dessert recipes on this blog: my Tahini Millionaire Bars. If you haven’t tried my Tahini Millionaire Bars yet, I strongly suggest you check out that recipe!

So what is Tahini Millionaire Ice Cream? It is tahini flavored ice cream with homemade salted caramel and chocolate ganache swirls, and it is going to be one of your new favorite ice cream flavors!

Ingredients (makes about 1 quart):

Tahini Ice Cream:

  • 1 cup tahini, stirred well
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 2 cups whole milk
  • 1/2 tablespoon almond extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

Homemade Caramel (you can also use store bought):

  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 1/4 cup heavy cream
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

Chocolate Ganache:

  • 6 oz semisweet chocolate chips
  • 6 tablespoons heavy cream

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Homemade Irish Potato Candy Ice Cream

In case you’ve never heard of Irish Potatoes, they are a Philadelphia treat that shows up around St. Patrick’s Day each year. Named for looking like little potatoes, Irish Potatoes are a confection of cream cheese and coconut, rolled in cinnamon. Inspired by this delicious treat, I decided it was about time I made Irish Potato Candy Ice Cream!

So, what is in Irish Potato Candy Ice Cream?  It is a cream cheese-based ice cream, flavored with cinnamon with coconut flakes stirred in.

The result is wonderfully reminiscent of Philly’s favorite St. Patrick’s Day treat!

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 8 oz cream cheese, softened
  • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut

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Homemade Irish Cream Ice Cream

Irish Cream Ice Cream. Not only is it way too fun to say, but it tastes absolutely delicious as well!

Irish cream is an alcohol-based beverage made with cream (obviously), whiskey, and other flavors such as vanilla, chocolate, and coffee, making it a perfect flavor for a tasty ice cream.

You know how much I love homemade ice cream, so I’m excited to share this new recipe! I’m making this Irish Cream Ice Cream in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, but this is sure to become a year-round favorite flavor!

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 2 cups whole milk
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 6 egg yolks
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup Irish cream liqueur (such as Baileys Irish Cream)

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Homemade Halloween Candy Ice Cream

Every year, without fail, I end up with a ridiculous amount of candy leftover after the trick-or-treaters have gone. I have made Day After Halloween Brownies in the past, but this year, because it is still so warm, I decided to make Homemade Halloween Candy Ice Cream using my leftover candy!

This recipe for Halloween Candy Ice Cream can be adapted for any candy you would like in your ice cream. I went with an assortment of chocolate candy: mini candy bars, Reece’s, M&M’s, Kit-Kats, and Snickers, because that’s what I had on hand.

Feel free to add in whatever candy you have leftover, just make sure it ends up being about 2 cups of chopped candy.

Ingredients:

  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups various Halloween candy, chopped

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Homemade Apple Cider Donut Ice Cream

You read that correctly. Homemade Apple Cider Donut Ice Cream!

My love of pumpkin is well documented on this blog, so I’ve been trying to start including another fall favorite: apple cider!

This apple cider donut ice cream includes a base of apple cider flavored ice cream with chunks of apple cider donuts stirred throughout.

Ingredients (makes 1 quart):

  • 4 cups apple cider
  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1-2 apple cider donuts, roughly chopped

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Homemade Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

I made my last ice cream recipe (Dark Chocolate Ice Cream) for my mom, so this time around, I am making Homemade Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream for my dad!

I feel like Mint Chocolate Ice Cream can be a pretty divisive flavor, but my dad loves it, so it’s about time I made him some!

This is a pretty simple recipe and does not require you to heat the milk mixture or add in eggs. It does still require overnight refrigeration of the mixture to get it nice and cold before churning.

This recipe also includes some food coloring to get a nice mint green color, but that is completely optional (my dad swears the green mint chocolate chip ice cream tastes better!)

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 tablespoon peppermint extract (paid link)
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon green gel food coloring, optional
  • 3/4 cup mini chocolate chips

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Homemade Dark Chocolate Ice Cream

This Homemade Dark Chocolate Ice Cream recipe has been a long time coming! As I mentioned in my Homemade Chocolate Ice Cream post, I have been trying to emulate Capogiro’s scuro gelato – a beautifully dark chocolate gelato that I have missed since the day Capogiro closed years ago.

This recipe for Dark Chocolate Ice Cream is just that. It’s ice cream, not gelato. Gelato tends to have less egg yolks and is churned at a lower speed. Regardless of the technicality, this Dark Chocolate Ice Cream is silky, decadent, and decidedly dark chocolatey!

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 2 cups whole milk
  • 1 1/4 cups sugar
  • 1 1/4 cups dark chocolate cocoa powder (paid link)
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 6 egg yolks
  • 1 tablespoon coffee extract (paid link)

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Homemade Peach Ice Cream

If you follow me on Instagram, you probably noticed that I pick up a student-run CSA share every week from a high school in New Castle, Delaware, which means I have a bunch of fruits and vegetables in my home that need using! (If you’re in the area, definitely check out Penn Farm CSA!)

The last couple of weeks have included beautiful peaches so this week, I knew I had to make a homemade peach ice cream!

This rich and creamy homemade peach ice cream can be made in an electric ice cream maker (paid link). This recipe includes small chunks of fresh peaches as well as the juice of the peaches, so it’s chock full of peachy flavor!

Ingredients (makes 1 quart):

  • 2 cups peaches, peeled and roughly chopped (about 3 peaches)
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar, divided
  • the juice of 1/2 a lemon
  • 6 egg yolks
  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

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Homemade Coffee Ice Cream

I am having way too much fun making all these different types of ice cream! Homemade ice cream is so SO much better than store bought, and this Homemade Coffee Ice Cream is absurdly delicious!

If you’re a coffee lover like I am, you may have just found your new favorite ice cream.

Ingredients (makes 1 quart):

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Homemade Chocolate Ice Cream

So, I’ll be honest. I was actually trying to make a different ice cream than what I ended up with. But this oh so chocolatey Homemade Chocolate Ice Cream is so delicious, it was quite a happy mistake!

My original goal/inspiration was to recreate the now defunct Capogiro’s scuro gelato – the most decadent and beautifully silky dark chocolate gelato. It was my mom’s favorite gelato ever and she’s basically been chasing the high of Capogiro’s scuro gelato ever since they sadly closed in December 2018.

I didn’t quite get to dark chocolate status this round (don’t you worry, that will be a future post!), but I am pretty sure this is the best chocolate ice cream ever.  EVER. Don’t believe me? Try this recipe out for yourself!

Ingredients:

  • 3 cups heavy cream
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 1 1/4 cups sugar
  • 1 1/4 cups cocoa powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

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Homemade Peanut Butter Ice Cream

I took a couple of months off from making ice cream but I’m back at it with this awesome recipe for Homemade Peanut Butter Ice Cream!

We adopted a puppy back in December, so we have considerably more peanut butter in our house now to fill his toppl (paid link).

So this recipe, inspired by what I already had in my house, is chock full of peanut butter: peanut butter ice cream swirled with creamy peanut butter!

This recipe is pretty straightforward. You’ll need an electric ice cream maker (paid link) to make this recipe.

Ingredients (makes 1 quart):

  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup creamy peanut butter, divided
  • 6 egg yolks
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

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Homemade Cookies and Cream Ice Cream

I love Oreos. They are easily my favorite cookie since childhood, and I used to eat them almost every day as my after-school snack. So, it probably goes without saying that Cookies and Cream Ice Cream is one of my favorite ice creams.

I have no idea why it took me so long to make my own homemade cookies and cream ice cream, but after making this recipe, I don’t think I’ll ever be able to go back to the store-bought stuff!

This recipe for Homemade Cookies and Cream Ice Cream uses just 6 ingredients. Because there are no eggs in this recipe, there is no heating of the milk mixture so it comes together pretty quickly. Note that this recipe does still require you to refrigerate the mixture overnight and churn the ice cream the next day.

Ingredients (makes 1 quart):

  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 sleeve Oreos (regular, not Double Stuf), chopped

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Homemade Pumpkin Ice Cream

You didn’t think I’d let October pass without sharing multiple new pumpkin recipe, did you? Especially with all the ice cream recipes I’ve been making lately, it should come as no surprise that I wanted to share a Homemade Pumpkin Ice Cream recipe!

Pumpkin ice cream is my absolute favorite ice cream. More specifically, Woodside Farm Creamery‘s pumpkin ice cream — their version is so wonderfully rich and creamy!

So I knew it was about time I tried to make my own at home. This recipe uses egg yolks to achieve that uber creamy texture!

Ingredients (makes approximately 1 quart):

  • 4 cups heavy cream
  • 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
  • 8 egg yolks
  • 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1 (15 oz) can pumpkin puree

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