Ice cream is one of our favorite types of desserts, and these recipes take us beyond the typical scoop of vanilla or chocolate. Try these easy homemade ice cream recipes, ice cream cakes, and other ice cream based desserts for a delicious after dinner treat!
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Fun Dessert Recipes with Ice Cream
The whole family will scream with delight when you make one of these ice cream dessert recipes! Nothing brings joy after dinner quite like the cold, creamy, sweet taste of ice cream.
Make fun ice cream flavors from scratch; spectacular ice cream cakes or pies; and other easy desserts with ice cream that’ll come together much faster than you think! Frozen desserts are perfect for summertime, but if you ask us, it’s never the wrong season for these creamy treats.
Homemade Ice Cream Recipes
Making your own ice cream at home is easier than you think! These are our favorite fun flavors, and you only need a couple of basic ingredients.
- Pumpkin Ice Cream: If you love pumpkin pie, you’ll love this ice cream recipe! Just a handful of ingredients and it’ll be ready to go.
- Red Velvet Ice Cream: This homemade recipe uses cream cheese, heavy cream, and milk as a base to make the creamiest ice cream, and the light cocoa flavor is delicious.
If you have an ice cream maker, you can follow these same basic ice cream recipes, and add in your preferred flavors and mix-ins.
Frozen Ice Cream Cakes and Pies
These ice cream filled cakes and frozen pies are perfect for birthday parties, summer hangouts, and holidays of all sorts.
- Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Pie: Grab a quart of mint chocolate chip ice cream, some Cool Whip, and a chocolate pie crust, and you can make this frozen dessert in just a few steps.
- Peanut Butter Ice Cream Pie: Chocolate and peanut butter are a match made in heaven! This ice cream pie recipe comes together with a handful of ingredients.
- Snickers Ice Cream Cake: Pound cake, chocolate and vanilla ice cream, caramel, and peanuts make a frozen cake that tastes like the best candy bar!
- Frozen Strawberry Lemonade Pie: This creamy frozen dessert pie tastes like a sweet glass of strawberry lemonade! Prep is quick, then just let it set in the freezer.
Easy Desserts with Ice Cream
Turn a gallon of ice cream into fun, creative, and unique desserts the whole family will love.
- S’mores Ice Cream Sandwich: Make fun ice cream sandwiches with graham crackers, marshmallow fluff, chocolate frosting, and your favorite pint of ice cream.
- Grilled Peaches & Ice Cream: Grill some juicy peaches, add caramel sauce, and you’ll have a fresh ice cream dessert idea to serve all summer long.
- Chocolate Banana Malt Milkshake: It only takes 5 minutes to whip up these deliciously chocolatey milkshakes with ice cream, frozen bananas, and malted milk powder.
- Strawberries Foster: This special dessert is made with ice cream, strawberries, and a buttery rum mixture that makes the most delicious melt-in-your-mouth treat.
Boozy Ice Cream Dessert Recipes
Add a little kick to your ice cream desserts for the best post-dinner treat!
- Frozen Mudslide: Kahlúa, Irish cream, vanilla ice cream and vodka quickly mix into one tasty milkshake!
- Bailey’s Irish Cream Milkshake: Coffee-flavored ice cream and Irish cream make for a rich, cozy, and creamy nightcap.
- Adult Root Beer Float: This classic ice cream treat has an adult-only twist. A mix of fizzy root beer, vanilla bean ice cream, and vanilla vodka taste sooo good.
- Pomegranate Champagne Sorbet: This homemade sorbet recipe with a kick of bubbly is deliciously fruity, icy, and juicy. Feel free to substitute non-alcoholic juice for a more family-friendly sorbet.
Homemade Ice Cream Toppings
Dress up vanilla ice cream with these homemade toppings, and you’ll have the most impressive sundae ready in no time.
- Homemade Magic Shell: This quick-setting chocolate turns into a crisp shell right on top of your ice cream!
- Caramel Sauce: This homemade caramel is really easy to make, and it kicks any dessert up a notch. Drizzle it over scoops of homemade ice cream or swirl it into an ice cream cake.
- Candied Pecans: Brown sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon add a sweet and crunchy coating to pecans. It’s the perfect topping for any ice cream filled desserts!
Any of these homemade ice cream recipes and ice cream desserts are sure to put a smile on everyone’s faces! And the best part is they’re all so easy to make, any night of the week.
