It’s finally here: Ice cream season. Some of you may refer to this season by it’s more common name—summer—but my feelings about summer are grudging at best. It’s hot. It’s steamy. It kind of feels like I’m marinating in my own sweat and tears every time I spend more than 10 minutes outside. Homemade ice cream is one of…
Pistachio Chocolate Coffee Ice Cream
So, Pistachio Chocolate Coffee is actually one of my favorite flavor combinations. My list of favorites goes: 1. Chocolate and PB 2. Pistachio Chocolate Coffee 3. Caramel and Pretzel 4. Chocolate + Berry Somehow the salty of the pistachio, the sweetness of the chocolate, and depth the coffee adds just makes it all blend together,…
Strawberry Cookies ‘n Cream Ice Cream (With Nutella Swirl)
I’m going to tell you the secret to life. Here it is: Make homemade strawberry cookies ‘n cream ice cream, and you will be happy. There are three reasons why: A) it is arguably more delicious than store-bought ice cream, B) you can control everything about it and make it completely perfect in terms of flavor,…
Birthday Cake Ice Cream
Homemade Birthday Cake Ice Cream is a vanilla cake ice cream base with birthday cake batter chunks and vanilla frosting swirl and of course, plenty of sprinkles. My brother recently got back from college, and before he had even come home he requested birthday cake ice cream. I was only too happy to fulfill this…
Blueberry Cheesecake Ice Cream Sandwich Cookies
It broke 80 degrees the other day. Actually, it broke eighty five degrees the other day. So to me, it’s officially summer. Of course, I’m still in school, trudging through the last 10 days, with teachers frantically trying to teach us things in ten days when really they should just be wrapping up and letting…
Butterscotch Carrot Cake Ice Cream Sandwiches
Recently, my family wen to visit my brother in California, and we went to this really good- like, reeeeally good- restaurant called The Lark. Literally everything I put in my mouth was mind-blowing. And we ordered like twelve different things to share as a table. And then came dessert, and I didn’t think my mind could be…
Carrot Cake Ice Cream with Cream Cheese Frosting Swirl
I’ve learned a lot of things from this blog. But I think I’ve just learned the most important lesson of all. Frosting is the best possible thing you can swirl into ice cream. Literally nothing else can get on the level of a frosting ice cream swirl. Especially if it’s cream cheese frosting swirl. In…
Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream Cake
Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream Cake uses Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams pumpkin ice cream recipe with a pie crust ice cream adapted from Momofuku Milk Bar’s graham cracker crust ice cream recipe, topped with Milk Bar pretzel crumb and salted caramel. Regular pumpkin pie just doesn’t compare. Do you like pumpkin pie? I’ve met very few…