Ice cream

Ice cream is a delicious treat that has been around for centuries. The first ice cream recipes were created in Italy during the 16th century. These recipes were brought to America by early settlers and quickly became a favorite dessert.

Ice cream recipes have evolved over the years, with new flavors and ingredients being added. Today, there are hundreds of different ice cream recipes to choose from. Whether you like your ice cream simple or fancy, there is a recipe out there for you.

The history of ice cream is a long and delicious one. If you have a passion for this sweet treat, then you owe it to yourself to learn more about its origins. Who knows, you may even be inspired to create your own unique recipe!

Advice

When making ice cream, it is important to use the freshest ingredients available. Start by making sure you have the right ingredients, such as cream, sugar, and flavoring, before you begin. Be sure to also have a good quality ice cream maker and a reliable thermometer. Once you have everything you need, you can begin. Start by chilling the cream mixture and then pouring it into your ice cream maker. Let the mixture churn for the right amount of time and then add any desired flavors or toppings. Finally, remove the ice cream from the maker and enjoy!

Questions

Which is the best ice cream brand?

This is a subjective question and there is no one "best" ice cream brand. Some of the most popular brands include Ben & Jerry's, Häagen-Dazs, Breyers, Blue Bell, and Edy's.

Why is ice cream two words?

The phrase "ice cream" has been around since the 18th century, when it was first used to describe a frozen dessert made from cream, sugar, and flavors. The phrase is made up of two words because it is describing two separate ingredients: ice and cream.

What is the most famous ice cream in the world?

The most famous ice cream in the world is arguably the classic Neapolitan ice cream, which consists of three flavors—vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry—layered in a single container.

What was the first flavor of ice cream?

The first recorded flavored ice cream is believed to be a combination of ice and honey, which dates back to the 4th century B.C.

What is America's favorite ice cream?

America's favorite ice cream flavor is vanilla.

What is America's best selling ice cream?

According to the International Dairy Foods Association, the best-selling ice cream flavor in the United States is Vanilla.

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Recipes

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Ice Cream Sandwiches

  • all purpose flour
  • sugar
  • butter
  • vanilla extract
  • egg
  • vanilla ice cream
  • cocoa powder
  • baking powder
  • salt
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Spumoni Ice Cream Cake

  • sprinkle
  • maraschino cherry
  • carton
  • carton
  • carton
  • salt
  • heavy cream
  • confectioners sugar
  • amaretti cooky
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Chocolate-Flake Raspberry Ice Cream

  • ICE CREAM
  • buttermilk
  • vanilla extract
  • sugar
  • salt
  • heavy cream
  • raspberry powder
  • honey
  • powdered milk
  • vodka
  • raspberry
  • CHOCOLATE FLAKE AND TOPPING
  • chocolate
  • coconut oil
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Ginger Ice Cream

  • milk
  • cinnamon
  • clove
  • candied ginger
  • salt
  • heavy cream
  • sugar
  • ginger
  • egg yolk
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Banana Ice Cream

  • lemon juice
  • vanilla bean
  • heavy cream
  • light corn syrup
  • approximatelypounds banana
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Bourbon-Pumpkin Ice Cream

  • dark brown sugar
  • pumpkin
  • cinnamon
  • ginger
  • nutmeg
  • pumpkin pie spice
  • vanilla extract
  • all spice
  • clove
  • heavy cream
  • milk
  • bourbon
  • egg yolk
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Peach-Raspberry Ice Cream Cake

  • FOR SERVING
  • sugar
  • peach
  • raspberry
  • CAKE
  • egg large egg yolk
  • sugar
  • salt
  • vanilla extract
  • all purpose flour
  • baking powder
  • butter
  • PEACH ICE CREAM AND RASPBERRIES
  • peach
  • heavy cream
  • evaporated milk
  • peach preserve
  • salt
  • raspberry
  • sugar
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Gingerbread Ice Cream

  • ginger snap
  • ginger
  • vanilla extract
  • orange zest
  • cinnamon
  • unsulphured molasses
  • allspice
  • clove
  • heavy cream
  • milk
  • dark brown sugar
  • egg yolk
  • salt
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Vegan Ice Cream

  • flavoring
  • vodka
  • vanilla extract
  • coconut cream
  • sugar
  • light corn syrup
  • salt
  • cashew milk
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Biscoff Ice Cream

  • biscoff cooky
  • dark brown sugar
  • vanilla extract
  • cinnamon
  • heavy cream
  • milk
  • egg yolk
  • salt
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Mocha Ice Cream

  • sweetened condensed milk
  • undiluted coffee
  • chocolate
  • heavy cream
  • vanilla extract
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Rocky Road Ice Cream Bars

  • nonstick spray
  • hot fudge sauce
  • chocolate wafer cooky
  • almond
  • miniature marshmallow
  • chocolate ice cream
  • salt
  • butter
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Chocolate Ice Cream

  • sweetened condensed milk
  • bittersweet chocolate shaving
  • chocolate syrup
  • evaporated milk
  • chocolate milk
  • heavy cream
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Cookie Monster Ice Cream

  • sweetened condensed milk
  • milk
  • royal blue gel coloring
  • royal blue gel coloring
  • cooky
  • salt
  • cookies oreo
  • heavy cream
  • corn syrup
  • vanilla extract
  • sugar
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No-Churn Chocolate Ice Cream

  • Chocolate ice cream
  • heavy cream
  • salt
  • dutch process cocoa powder
  • liqueur
  • sweetened condensed milk
  • Chocolate shell
  • dark chocolate
  • coconut oil
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Ice Cream Sandwiches

  • light corn syrup
  • sour cream
  • vanilla extract
  • egg yolk
  • ice cream
  • sugar
  • cocoa powder
  • all purpose flour
  • butter
  • baking soda
  • salt
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Ube Ice Cream

  • water
  • milk
  • ube extract
  • sugar
  • purple
  • ube powder
  • heavy cream
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Salted PB&J Ice Cream Pie

  • FILLING AND ASSEMBLY
  • vanilla extract
  • heavy cream
  • light
  • peanut butter
  • salt
  • grape jelly
  • egg
  • CRUST
  • sleeve ritz cracker
  • salt
  • peanut
  • light
  • butter
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No-Churn Ice Cream

  • flavoring
  • light corn syrup
  • sugar
  • milk
  • salt
  • heavy cream
  • cream cheese
  • egg yolk
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Pecan Pie Ice Cream

  • pecan
  • heavy cream
  • vanilla extract
  • light brown sugar
  • salt
  • milk
  • butter
  • egg
  • maple syrup
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Mini Pie Ice Cream Sandwiches

  • salt
  • lemon juice
  • egg
  • butter
  • blueberry
  • sugar
  • agave nectar
  • water
  • vanilla ice cream
  • cornstarch
  • all purpose flour
  • arrowroot
  • water
  • white chocolate sprinkle
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Cherry Coconut Ice Cream Sandwiches

  • COOKIES
  • confectioners sugar
  • lemon zest
  • lemon juice
  • egg
  • flour all purpose flour
  • butter
  • coconut
  • sugar
  • baking powder
  • vanilla extract
  • salt
  • ICE CREAM
  • coconut milk
  • tapioca starch
  • cherry
  • salt
  • vanilla extract
  • cream
  • lemon juice
  • sugar
  • egg yolk
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Coquito Ice Cream

  • coconut cream
  • coconut milk
  • heavy cream
  • salt
  • sugar
  • cinnamon
  • rum extract
  • egg yolk
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Chocolate Peppermint Ice Cream Cake

  • candy brittle
  • white striped hard peppermint candy
  • butter
  • semisweet chocolate
  • light corn syrup
  • candy
  • light corn syrup
  • peppermint extract
  • sugar
  • chocolate wafer cooky
  • heavy cream
  • water
  • vanilla ice cream
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Pistachio Ice cream

  • evaporate milk
  • pistachio
  • almond extract
  • salt
  • heavy cream
  • vanilla extract
  • sugar
  • egg yolk

Ingredient Breakdown

 
salt
heavy cream
sugar
vanilla extract
milk
egg yolk
butter
sweetened condensed milk
egg
vanilla ice cream
cinnamon
all purpose flour
lemon juice
coconut oil
light corn syrup
cocoa powder
peanut butter
olive oil
coconut milk
strawberry
water
chocolate
honey
ginger
light brown sugar
dark brown sugar
banana
vanilla
baking soda
baking powder
flavoring
carton
clove
peanut
vodka
raspberry
lemon zest
bittersweet chocolate
blueberry
light
whipping cream
evaporated milk
white chocolate
chocolate syrup
half
hot fudge sauce
confectioners sugar
pretzel
nutmeg
vegetable oil
nonstick spray
mango
peach
cake
coconut cream
peppermint extract
maple syrup
espresso
chocolate wafer cooky
almond
caramel
cream
royal blue gel coloring
strawberry jam
dark chocolate
almond extract
canola oil
blackberry
coconut
sweetened coconut
semisweet chocolate
sweet chocolate chip
pecan
rectangular ice cream sandwich
chocolate mint
orange sherbet
vanilla wafer
sprinkle
maraschino cherry
amaretti cooky
buttermilk
raspberry powder
powdered milk
candied ginger
vanilla bean
approximatelypounds banana
pumpkin
pumpkin pie spice
all spice
bourbon
baileys irish cream
fennel seed
goat cheese
graham cracker
coffee ice cream
dutch process
egg large egg yolk
peach preserve
brown sugar
vanilla wafer cooky
an ice cream maker
ginger snap
orange zest
unsulphured molasses
allspice
cashew milk
peppermint bark
orange juice
coffee bean
cashew
amaro montenegro
slider bun
walnut
cocoa butter
butter pecan ice cream
basil
coconut flake
biscoff cooky
undiluted coffee
miniature marshmallow
chocolate ice cream
bittersweet chocolate shaving
chocolate milk
black pepper
cardamom
chai tea
gelato
white bread
cooky
cookies oreo
corn syrup
gingersnap cooky
strawberry ice cream
dutch process cocoa powder
liqueur
milk chocolate
rice chex cereal
amaretto
yellow liquid colouring
cream heavy cream whipping cream
mint
lavender
vanilla flavoring
oreo ice cream
oreo cookie crumb crust
oreo cooky
sour cream
ice cream
ube extract
purple
ube powder
lavender bud
lucuma pulp
vanilla bean powder
pasteurized egg
oat
sleeve ritz cracker
grape jelly
cream cheese
dark rum
refined coconut oil
bittersweet chocolate chip
brown rice crispy
medjool date
agave nectar
cornstarch
arrowroot
white chocolate sprinkle
tapioca starch
cherry
flour all purpose flour
rum extract
candy brittle
white striped hard peppermint candy
candy
chocolate nut spread
baguette
evaporate milk
pistachio

Insights

Correlated with Lower Ratings

  • strawberry

Correlated with Higher Ratings

  • buttermilk

Staple Ingredients

  • heavy cream 47%
  • sugar 45%
  • salt 37%
  • vanilla extract 30%
  • milk 27%
  • egg yolk 27%

Common Ingredients

  • sweetened condensed milk 12%
  • cinnamon 8%
  • butter 8%
  • half 8%
  • vanilla bean 6%

Usual Ingredients

  • cocoa powder 5%
  • egg 5%
  • lemon juice 5%
  • water 5%
  • honey 4%
  • banana 4%
  • bittersweet chocolate 4%
  • coconut milk 4%
  • brown sugar 3%
  • pecan 3%
  • vanilla ice cream 3%
  • strawberry 3%
  • vanilla 3%
  • all purpose flour 3%
  • cream cheese 3% See More
  • dark brown sugar 3%
  • dark chocolate 3%
  • light brown sugar 3%
  • peanut butter 3%
  • chocolate chip 2%
  • ginger 2%
  • 2%
  • chocolate 2%
  • light corn syrup 2%
  • buttermilk 2%
  • cream 2%
  • mint 2%
  • an ice cream maker 2%
  • blackberry 2%
  • blueberry 2%
  • bourbon 2%
  • chocolate syrup 2%
  • cornstarch 2%
  • dark rum 2%
  • evaporated milk 2%
  • nutmeg 2%
  • raspberry 2%
  • whipping cream 2%
  • baking soda 1%
  • cashew 1%
  • cherry 1%
  • clove 1%
  • coconut cream 1%
  • coconut oil 1%
  • corn syrup 1%
  • espresso 1%
  • lemon zest 1%
  • lime juice 1%
  • mango 1%
  • maple syrup 1%
  • peppermint extract 1%
  • pistachio 1%
  • semisweet chocolate 1%
  • vegetable oil 1%
  • walnut 1%
  • whipped cream 1%