Ice Cream Recipes

End your Fourth of July festivities on a sweet note with a classic ice cream dessert. Choose from old-fashioned homemade ice cream in flavors like rhubarb-strawberry or butter pecan, or go with a frosty dessert like PB&J Ice Cream Sandwiches, Chocolate Ice Cream Cake, or one of our many other cool and creamy ideas for the Fourth of July.

 
 
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Smokehouse Ice Cream

From Better Homes and Gardens

This yummy dessert has a rich, faintly smoky flavor courtesy of wood-smoked bacon mixed into the custard.

Smokehouse Ice Cream

Mint Ice Cream

From Food & Wine

This exceptionally creamy ice cream relies on two unexpected ingredients: corn starch (to help thicken it) and cream cheese (to make it scoopable).

Mint Ice Cream

Frances Janisch
Old-Fashioned Vanilla Bean Ice Cream

From Better Homes and Gardens

Purists will insist on using a vanilla bean and making this recipe just like Grandma did. But the results are pretty darn good with vanilla extract and an electric ice-cream freezer

Old-Fashioned Vanilla Bean Ice Cream

Chocolate Sundaes in Cookie Cups

From Better Homes and Gardens

These homemade chocolate cookie cups are filled with vanilla ice milk and chocolate dessert sauce for a lower calorie dessert than ice cream.

Chocolate Sundaes in Cookie Cups

Vanilla Bean Ice Cream

From Food & Wine

This exceptionally creamy ice cream relies on two unexpected ingredients: corn starch (to help thicken it) and cream cheese (to make it scoopable).

Vanilla Bean Ice Cream

Frances Janisch
Peanut Butter-Caramel Apples

From Fitness

Serve these warm sliced apples coated with creamy caramel and peanut butter sauce to a very happy crowd.

Peanut Butter-Caramel Apples

Mocha Fudge Swirl Ice Cream

From Better Homes and Gardens

This coffee-flavored chocolate ice cream is swirled with ribbons of homemade fudge sauce.

Mocha Fudge Swirl Ice Cream

Pear-Ginger Ice Cream

From Better Homes and Gardens

This homemade ice cream recipe has only six ingredients. And the flavor and richness rival premium brands.

Pear-Ginger Ice Cream

Rhubarb-Berry Ice Cream

From Better Homes and Gardens

When your garden is bursting with rhubarb and berries, make this fun frozen dessert.

Rhubarb-Berry Ice Cream

Gingery Apple Sundaes

From Better Homes and Gardens

When dessert time comes around, go back to the grill to cook this caramel apple sauce. For outdoor entertaining, scoop the ice cream into plastic cups.

Gingery Apple Sundaes

Crunchy Buttermilk Ice Cream

From Better Homes and Gardens

Homemade ice cream is topped with crunchy caramel corn in this fun summer dessert recipe.

Crunchy Buttermilk Ice Cream

Strawberry Frozen Yogurt

From Food & Wine

"I never make frozen yogurt as a low-fat replacement for ice cream," says Jeni Britton. Instead, she likes using yogurt to bring out the natural tanginess of fruits like lemons and strawberries.

Strawberry Frozen Yogurt

Frances Janisch
Mint Chocolate Chip

From Parents

Chocolate mint ice cream is wedged between chocolate wafer cookies for these easy dessert sandwiches.

Mint Chocolate Chip

Classic Vanilla Ice Cream

From Better Homes and Gardens

Wholesome, rich, and delightfully creamy, this homemade ice cream is sure to be a family favorite dessert.

Classic Vanilla Ice Cream

Ice-Cream Cake

From Family Circle

You need only four ingredients for this super easy frozen dessert. Simply layer snack cakes with ice cream and freeze.

Ice-Cream Cake

Mandarins and Ice Cream Cake

From Better Homes and Gardens

A combination of butter and biscotti crumbs form the crust of this easy dessert. A delicious citrus mixture is spread over the ice cream layer.

Mandarins and Ice Cream Cake

Chocolate-Hazelnut Ice Cream Sandwiches

From Better Homes and Gardens

This easy to make homemade treat recipe will keep the carefree spirit of summer going well into fall. It's the perfect after-school treat or weeknight moral booster.

Chocolate-Hazelnut Ice Cream Sandwiches

Banana Split

From Parents

Bananas, ice cream, fruit toping, and fudge topping are layered into a frozen dessert that won't melt as fast as the classic version.

Banana Split

Strawberry Baskets

From Parents

A strawberry filling in a pastry shell makes for a simple dessert that's perfect for summer. Melted ice cream makes a cool sauce to serve on top.

Strawberry Baskets

Lime and Lemon Ice Cream

From Better Homes and Gardens

Garnish this tart-sweet ice cream with citrus curls. Use a zester to cut the lemon or lime peel into long strips. Wrap strips around a chopstick or drinking straw and let sit for 30 minutes. Cut to desired lengths.

Lime and Lemon Ice Cream

Blueberry Ice Cream

From Midwest Living

If you love ice cream, try this recipe. Fresh blueberries and orange juice are blended with a basic cream mixture to make a fantastic dessert. Add toasted pecans for a little crunch.

Blueberry Ice Cream

Brandied Peach-Praline Baskets

From Better Homes and Gardens

For this attention-grabbing dessert recipe, make the caramelized dessert cups as much as six months before serving. Wrap and freeze them, then thaw and fill with the Brandied Peach Sauce right before serving.

Brandied Peach-Praline Baskets

Cop-Stop Ice Cream

From Taste of the South

Cop-Stop Ice Cream

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