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Ube Ice Cream
Ube is a tuber with an eye-catching purple color, and a sweet, vanilla-like flavor. Whip up a batch of ube ice cream at home to rival the Trader Joe's version with our must-make recipe using ube powder and extract. It's a great summer dessert to impress your friends, and kids love the vibrant purple color.
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No-Churn Pistachio Ice Cream
For pistachio lovers there is no greater treat than a bowl of pistachio ice cream, and this one just happens to come together with only five ingredients, no ice cream maker needed. The secret ingredient is sweetened condensed milk, which helps the ice cream to remain soft and scoopable when frozen.
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Hokey Pokey Ice Cream
Hokey Pokey is New Zealand's favorite ice cream flavor, and for good reason. Now you can enjoy the scrumptious treat stateside, with our easy recipe that combines golden, crunchy honeycomb candy (also called sponge candy, or hokey pokey down under) with scoops of store-bought vanilla ice cream.
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Classic Chocolate Ice Cream
What would summer be without chocolate ice cream? Make your own this summer with this foolproof recipe for a rich and creamy version that kids and adults alike will love to eat. Be sure to allow the cooked custard mixture to cool completely before churning in your ice-cream maker.
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Matcha Ice Cream
This popular Japanese ice cream flavor has a subtle grassy taste and beautiful green hue thanks to matcha, a powder made from dried shade-grown green tea leaves. It's simple to prepare with heavy cream, egg yolks, sugar, and matcha. Serve it with fresh raspberries or raspberry sauce for a pop of contrasting color and flavor.
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Blue Moon Ice Cream
With its bright blue hue, and a taste like Fruity Pebbles, it's no wonder that blue moon ice cream has been a longtime staple in the Midwest. Instant vanilla pudding gives our recipe a rich and creamy texture the whole family will cheer for. Churn it up at home for enjoying during any phase of the moon.
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Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream Cake
Savor the scrumptious flavors of old-fashioned strawberry shortcake in the form of a cooling summer dessert. Our winning strawberry shortcake ice cream cake uses freeze-dried strawberries for intense strawberry flavor and butter cookies to recreate that nostalgic crumble on top.
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No-Churn Ice Cream
If you've always wanted to try your hand at making ice cream, but lack an ice cream maker, our no-churn ice cream recipe is a great place to start. It takes just a few minutes to throw together, with no cooking required. All you need are a few kitchen tools, 4 ingredients, and a few hours of freezing time. Tweak it with chocolate chips, fruit chunks, or your favorite add-ins for an easy, cooling treat.
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09 of 14
Mason Jar Ice Cream
Mason jar ice cream is probably the quickest way to get your ice cream fix, without needing to venture out to the ice cream shop. You don't even need an ice cream maker for this recipe that uses good, old-fashioned arm power. It's easy to tweak with your favorite flavorings and add-ins for a customizable summer treat.
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Rocky Road Ice Cream
Rocky road ice cream is the oldest mix-in based ice cream flavor in the US, invented in 1929. There's a reason it's still available at thousands of ice cream parlors and every grocery store in the land. This version uses marshmallow creme for ultra-smooth swirls.
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Southern Buttermilk Ice Cream
Buttermilk is a Southern staple used in everything from pancakes to cornbread. Now you can enjoy its signature, rich, tangy flavor in our creamy buttermilk ice cream that makes the best-ever topping for sliced peach pie, or a warm-from-the-oven apple cobbler.
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Spaghettieis Ice Cream Sundae
What looks like a plate of pasta but tastes like an ice cream sundae? It's spaghettieis, a fun and unique ice cream confection originating from Germany. Strings of vanilla ice cream (created with a potato ricer) play the role of noodles, while strawberry sauce subs in for marinara, and white chocolate or coconut shavings mimic parmesan cheese.
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Peanut Butter Swirl Ice Cream
Peanut-butter loving kids and adults will flip for our nutty, creamy peanut butter swirl ice cream. You'll use an ice cream maker, and just a handful of ingredients, to create the custardy vanilla ice cream base. Then swirl in our essential, 4-ingredient peanut butter sauce, and refreeze to set.
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Halo-Halo
Halo-halo means "mix mix" in Tagalog, and if you're the kind of person who struggles to decide what to have for dessert, this is the ice cream treat for you. Loaded with different flavors, colors, and textures, halo-halo features sweetened red beans, shaved ice, coconut, evaporated milk, and ube ice cream for a maximalist sweet treat.
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FAQs
What is the secret ingredient to ice cream? ›
The cream cheese helps create an ice cream with a denser, smoother texture. As explained by TASTE, cream cheese acts as a stabilizer in ice cream, preventing water from seeping out of the milk and cream as well as preventing the formation of ice crystals that detract from ice cream's creaminess.
How to make ice cream in 10 minutes? ›Step 1In a small resealable plastic bag, combine half-and-half, sugar, and vanilla. Push out excess air and seal. Step 2Into a large resealable plastic bag, combine ice and salt. Place small bag inside the bigger bag and shake vigorously, 7 to 10 minutes, until ice cream has hardened.
How to make homemade ice cream soft and fluffy? ›Sugar, corn syrup or honey, as well as gelatin and commercial stabilizers, can all keep your ice cream at a softer consistency. Ice cream also stays softer when you store it in a shallow container, rather than a deep tub, and cover the surface of the ice cream with plastic wrap to keep ice crystals from forming.
What was the popular ice cream in the 1970s? ›1970s: Mint Chocolate Chip
It's been an American favorite ever since. If it's your favorite, then you'll love these grasshopper-inspired desserts, too.
A tantalizing fusion of vanilla ice cream, our legendary Forbidden Chocolate® and ribbons of decadent fudge. It's a pleasure worth sharing.
How to make ice cream in the old days? ›Vanilla Ice Cream:
Mix ½ cup sugar or 1/3 cup sugar and 3 tablespoons corn syrup 1 teaspoon flour and a few grains salt. Add to milk and stir until thickened. Cover and cook ten minutes. Beat 1 egg yolk slightly, add a portion of the hot milk, return to double boiler and stir and cook one minute.
the amount and/or type of sugar used in the recipe. From what I've experienced and also understand from others involved in ice cream making, concentrated sugar depresses the freezing point of ice cream, so too little an amount of sugar in the recipe makes it too hard and too much makes it too soft.
What thickens homemade ice cream? ›Egg Yolks: The most traditional thickening agent, egg yolks contain natural proteins and fats that contribute to a rich and luxurious texture in custard-based ice creams. Cornstarch: Often used in non-custard ice creams, cornstarch mixed with milk helps thicken the base and create a smooth mouthfeel.
Why add vodka to homemade ice cream? ›Vodka lowers the freezing point of the ice cream thereby eliminating the formation of large ice crystals. It also bonds to the water and the fat making it capable of extracting flavor compounds. This results in a softer smooth creamy texture that doesn't get crunchy and that is maxed out with flavor.
What happened to Edy's ice cream? ›Call it the final scoop in the great ice cream meltdown. Nestlé agreed to sell its U.S. ice cream operations for $4 billion. The deal includes Häagen-Dazs, Edy's and Drumstick cones.
What is the oldest ice cream brand? ›
America's oldest ice cream company—established in 1861—Bassetts Ice Cream was the first merchant to sign a lease at the Reading Terminal Market in 1892 and is still owned and operated by the same family today.
What are the 3 most important ingredients of ice cream? ›If you have ever made ice cream, you already know what goes into it, ingredients such as milk, cream, and sugar. But there is one main ingredient that you may not have thought about, probably because you can't see it—air.
What gives ice cream its creamy texture? ›At its core ice cream is a successful emulsion of fat into water, sugar, and ice with air mixed into the batch. An emulsion is a mixture of two substances that typically separate (like oil and water). But, instead mix together to form the consistent creamy base used for ice cream. It's Science!
What are the two most essential ingredients of ice cream? ›The basic ingredients for ice cream are milk, cream, sugar, flavorings, and sometimes eggs.