Ice Cream Maker Recipes

Making Ice Cream

Ice cream is a popular treat at any time - birthdays, holidays and special celebrations or just because you feel like eating ice cream! Making homemade ice cream is great fun and if you're new to the idea of making ice cream, don't worry, I've got lots of tips to help you get started ....
making ice cream (3 basic ways)
without using an ice cream maker
ice cream making tips
Photo: My homemade chocolate ice cream

Make the most of ice cream:
popular ice cream recipes
unusual ice cream ~ ice cream sorbets

The "Top 10" of ice cream makes for fascinating reading. Based on the most popular ice cream recipes viewed on this site last year, chocolate ice cream featured at #2 with strawberry ice cream #3 and at the top of the tree at #1.... yes, good old vanilla ice cream. At #4 is banana then choc chip, coconut, butter pecan, mint choc chip, fresh coffee, honey and green tea ice cream. An interesting assortment of what ice cream fans like best! The top 10 ice cream recipes

Ice Cream Makers

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Something for everyone's budget .....
Like this 2 Quart ice cream maker on the left which you can also use for making sorbets and yogurt.

If you are looking for a quality ice cream maker then a premium gelato machine could be the ideal gift. The stainless steel ice cream maker on the right is made in Italy where they produce some of the best ice cream in the world!


There is little in life that can compete with a homemade Knickerbocker Glory as a rewarding, sweet treat. So be inspired by ice cream - check out the delicious ice cream sundaes you can make, read up on some unusual ice cream recipes such as green tea ice cream and get making your own ice cream today

Popcorn Or Oyster & Caviar Ice Cream Monsieur?

FRENCH ICE CREAM ... now that's a little different! Whilst visiting France I tested a selection of locally made ice creams. I was not disappointed - they were delicious!

The way they make ice cream in France is not particularly different BUT it's how they serve it and the unusual flavors they come up with.

Read more on my French Ice Cream page and the artisan glacier

GOTHIC ICE CREAM - a great idea! Grey and alluring, this licorice toffee ice cream could be the perfect winter treat. If you prefer of course you can always go with the ever popular vanilla ice cream. Here are 3 different vanilla ice cream recipes:
Vanilla ice cream with real vanilla
Vanilla ice cream with vanilla extract
Quick vanilla ice cream

Whichever recipe you choose, enjoy it. If you are stuck for ideas on how to present it, go to my ice cream sundae page for some ideas or try my Knickerbocker Glory which I made using vanilla and strawberry ice cream together.

Unusual Ice Cream

If you enjoy making homemade ice cream, then trying unusual ice cream recipes is great fun! I've been doing it for years and the resulting list on this site is free for you to try yourself. However, I stilll have many more ideas 'in the works' so keep returning to check for every more unusual ice cream recipes.

Other delicious and unusual ice creams that I have enjoyed making include a white wine sorbet. This alcoholic sorbet is ideal for dinner parties and special celebrations - adults only! You could also try my sloe gin sorbet or mulled wine sorbet.

Strasberry ice cream - if you have never tried strasberries (above right) read my dedicated page. My recipe was the very first strasberry ice cream recipe ever published on the Internet and I had enormous fun getting hold of the strasberries (not easy!) and then making the ice cream. .

Amongst the most popular of unusual recipes downloaded from ice-cream-recipes.com are:
fresh coffee ice cream ~ green tea ice cream ~ honey ice cream ~ coconut ice cream

Some of the most unusual ice cream has to be Japanese ice cream