Summer is the perfect time to lean into homemade ice cream, cold, creamy, and packed with whatever flavors you’re craving. Whether you’re after something fruity and refreshing or rich and indulgent, these 15 fantastic ice cream recipes have you covered. From classics to new favorites, each one is a sweet way to beat the heat and make dessert a little more fun.
Homemade Olive Oil Ice Cream
This Homemade Olive Oil Ice Cream is rich and creamy, with hints of the grassy, fruity flavor of olive oil in every bite, making it a unique and impressive dessert. It is a unique and flavorful twist on traditional ice cream that is popular in Mediterranean cuisine.
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Homemade Blueberry Ice Cream
This homemade blueberry ice cream is made with fresh blueberries, sugar, and half and half to make a creamy deliciously scoopable homemade ice cream that’s incredibly flavorful. The fresher the blueberries the better, as they really give a deep color and flavor to the ice cream.
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Homemade Pistachio Almond Ice Cream
This Homemade Pistachio Almond Ice Cream uses a custard-style base (with eggs) to make a deliciously creamy scoopable pistachio ice cream. If you love pistachio ice cream from one of the many brands that make it, you’re going to love this homemade version.
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Pear Ice Cream
This delicious Pear Ice Cream combines Bartlett pear puree and candied pears in an easy-to-make vanilla ice cream base that’s super creamy and smooth. It’s a revelation!
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Homemade Peaches & Cream Ice Cream
This Peaches & Cream Ice Cream combines delicious fresh and creamy vanilla ice cream to make a delightful peach dessert. You’ll want to make sure you can get super ripe peaches with a lot of flavor and aroma. If your peaches aren’t ripe the flavor of peach will be very subtle.
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Creamy Popcorn Ice Cream
Popcorn Ice Cream is one of the most unique homemade ice cream flavors you’ll probably ever try. It’s incredibly creamy, but with a lightly salty and sweet flavor and that buttered popcorn taste you love to snack on.
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Easy Chocolate Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
This Easy Chocolate Chocolate Chip Ice Cream recipe is one you can make in under 30 minutes in your ice cream maker, with just a handful of ingredients, including all that chocolate!
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The Best Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream (Custard-Style)
This homemade vanilla ice cream uses a custard-style base (with eggs) to make a creamy deliciously scoopable homemade ice cream. This is honestly the only ice cream recipe you will ever need. Start with this base and add just about anything you like to change it up.
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Orange Creamsicle Ice Cream
If you love that blend of vanilla and orange-flavored ice cream, you’re going to flip over this homemade Orange Creamsicle Ice Cream. It uses a custard-style base (with eggs) to make a creamy deliciously scoopable homemade ice cream that’s just as good as in your childhood memories.
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Chardonnay Ice Cream with Tropical Fruit
This homemade Chardonnay Ice Cream With Tropical Fruit uses a custard-style base (with eggs) to make a creamy deliciously scoopable homemade ice cream with an extra boost of flavor. If you are a wine lover, you have to try it.
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Chocolate Malted Crunch Ice Cream
This Chocolate Malted Crunch Ice Cream is so rich and chocolatey, with a hint of malt flavor, and lots of crunchy bits from the Whoppers candies.
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Winter White Chocolate Cherry Ice Cream
If you’ve ever had Baskin Robbins Winter White Chocolate Cherry Ice Cream you’re in for a treat because this recipe shows you how to make this elusive holiday treat at home. It’s a deliciously creamy white chocolate cherry ice cream with chunks of chocolate covered cherries.
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Homemade Birthday Cake Ice Cream
This Birthday Cake Ice Cream is made with a simple vanilla base, with chunks of yellow cake and colorful birthday sprinkles mixed in. If you’ve ever felt the joy of digging into a piece of birthday cake, imagine that same delight but in ice cream form. Birthday cake ice cream isn’t just an ice cream flavor; it’s a celebration packed into a scoop.
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Homemade Oreo Cookie Ice Cream
This Oreo Cookie Ice Cream combines your favorite chocolate cookies with creamy vanilla ice cream to make a tasty cookies and cream dessert. You can use any type of Oreo cookie you like (they have a variety of choices these days)!
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Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
This Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream is an ice cream lover’s dream, with just the right amount of mint flavor and little bits of chocolate throughout. It’s creamy and delicious. They key to good mint chocolate chip ice cream is to use a very small amount of high-quality mint extract and chop the chocolate bits nice and small so they blend in well.
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Angela’s passion for discovering and experimenting with new flavors and recipes is at the heart of her culinary philosophy. Residing in a quaint Oregon town, she finds joy and inspiration in her kitchen. Angela has a lot of expertise in cooking and she eagerly shares her discoveries and unique creations with you.