12 Easy 2 Ingredient Ice Cream Recipes! (2024)

Try these easy 2 ingredient ice cream recipes you can make at home without a machine! You’re going to love how easy, creamy and delicious they are!

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12 Easy 2 Ingredient Ice Cream Recipes!

Here are 12 easy 2 ingredient ice cream recipes to help you keep your cool this summer! They’re cool and fruity and you can make them easily in just minutes without needing an ice cream machine!

You can start with a basic homemade vanilla ice cream recipe. This one is our youngest son’s favorite ice cream! It is delicious and creamy as-is, but you can also add any of our suggested tasty optional toppings or any other sweet topping you can imagine!

If you prefer another flavor, you’ll find lots of great flavors of ice cream recipes in this post including banana, chocolate banana, strawberry banana, coconut and lots more! Craving peanut butter? One of these ice cream recipes is a tasty peanut butter banana!

And if you’re in the mood for something cool besides ice cream, check out the refreshing pineapple whip or the homemade popsicle recipes!

Easy Ice Cream Recipes

This easy 2 ingredient ice cream recipe is perfect when you want to serve a basic vanilla ice cream and then let the kids or your guests add their favorite toppings from a selection you lay out. It’s perfect when you expect to server it to a group of people with varying tastes.

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2 Ingredient Ice Cream

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Ingredients

2 cups heavy cream, very cold
1 (14 oz.) can Sweetened Condensed Milk
about 2 tsp.vanilla extract (optional)
*optional ingredients from below

Instructions

Mix cream onhigh speed until it becomes stiff, 2-4 minutes, depending on your mixer. Fold in sweetened condensed milk. If you are adding in any of the optional extras, do that now. Transfer to a container with a lid and freeze for 6 hours.

*Optional Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup chocolate chips, chopped
  • 2 Tbsp. chocolate syrup
  • 1/4 cup nuts
  • 1/4 cup maraschino cherries
  • 1/4 cup fruit, chopped
  • 1/4 cup cookies, crushed

You can see me make this easy ice cream recipe here:

Before we get into all of the delicious ice cream recipes, here are some easy homemade popsicle recipes you might also like, perfect for the kids and their friends on hot summer days. Cool, healthy and delicious!

15 Super Easy Homemade Popsicle Recipes

In addition to the ice cream recipes, here are 15 homemade popsicle recipes, most of which have just 2 ingredients, too! Find them here.

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Here’s a basic banana ice cream recipe that makes the perfect healthy snack for hot days! Made with real bananas, you can feel great about giving this to your kids and know it’s so much better than the convenience snacks from the store!

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Banana Ice Cream

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4 bananas, very ripe, sliced and frozen

Ingredients

Blend the bananas in a blender or food processor until smooth. This may take a bit so just scrape it down and keep blending.

Here’s a tasty banana ice cream recipe with chocolate chips so you can have the taste of chocolate in a healthy snack that is especially refreshing on hot days! Made with just 2 ingredients including real bananas, you can have a healthy and delicious snack fast!

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2 Ingredient Chocolate Banana Ice Cream

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4 bananas, very ripe, sliced and frozen
2 Tbsp. chocolate chips (dark, cherry, semi-sweet, mint)

Ingredients

Blend bananas and chocolate chips in blender or food processor until smooth. This may take a bit so just scrape it down and keep blending.

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2 Ingredient Strawberry Banana Ice Cream

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4 bananas, very ripe, sliced and frozen
1/2 cup strawberries

Instructions

Blend the bananas and strawberries in a blender or food processor until smooth. This may take a bit so just scrape it down and keep blending.

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2 Ingredient Peanut Butter Banana Ice Cream

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4 bananas, very ripe, sliced and frozen
2 Tbsp. peanut butter
chocolate syrup (optional)

Instructions

Blend the bananas and peanut butter in a blender or food processor until smooth. This may take a bit so just scrape it down and keep blending.Drizzle in chocolate syrup if desired.

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2 Ingredient Cherry Banana Ice Cream

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4 bananas, very ripe, sliced and frozen
1/2 cup frozen cherries
1/2 tsp. vanilla (optional)

Instructions

Blend the bananas,cherriesand vanilla (if using) in a blender or food processor until smooth. This may take a bit so just scrape it down and keep blending.

This 2 ingredient coconut ice cream recipe makes a cool coconut flavored dessert you can make in just a few minutes! It’s perfect as-is, but you can also add some chocolate for a mounds like flavor or add some pineapple for piña colada ice cream!

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2 Ingredient Coconut Ice Cream

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Ingredients

2 cups heavy whipping cream, well chilled
1 can Cream of Coconut (NOT coconut milk. Cream of coconut is usually found in the alcoholic mixes aisle or in the Asian food section.)

Instructions

Whip the heavy cream until it forms stiff peaks, either with a hand or stand mixer.Slowly fold in the cream of coconut. Mix well. Pour the ice cream mixture into a 2 quart freezer safe container.Freeze overnight. Store in the freezer.

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2 Ingredient Raspberry Ice Cream

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Ingredients

2 bananas, frozen
2 1/2 cups raspberries, frozen

Instructions

Blend together ingredients until ice cream consistency is reached.

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2 Ingredient Pineapple Whip

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Ingredients

1 whole pineapple – cut upand frozen overnight*
1 cup of coconut milk (or milk of your choice)

Instructions

Combine ingredients and blend in blender or food processor, stirring as needed, untilcreamy. Makes about 3-4 servings.

You may use canned pineapple. Just place it in an 8×8 inch pan and freeze in one layer.

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2 Ingredient Peach Ice Cream

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Ingredients

2 cups frozen peach slices
1/4 cup full fat coconut milk (You may need atad more.)

Instructions

Process in a blender or food processoruntil creamy. Serves 2.

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SodaIce Cream

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4 cupssoda (any flavored soda of your choosing: lemon-lime, peach, raspberry, cola, cherry, etc.)
114 oz. can sweetened condensed milk

Instructions

Place the ingredients in an ice cream maker, following the manufacturer’s instructions. It will make a nice soft serve. If you want it firmer, just leave it in the freezer for another hour.

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12 Easy 2 Ingredient Ice Cream Recipes! (2024)

FAQs

How to make ice cream in 10 minutes? ›

Step 1In a small resealable plastic bag, combine half-and-half, sugar, and vanilla. Push out excess air and seal. Step 2Into a large resealable plastic bag, combine ice and salt. Place small bag inside the bigger bag and shake vigorously, 7 to 10 minutes, until ice cream has hardened.

How to make ice cream at home 5 minutes? ›

Warning: Donʼt touch rock salt with your bare hands!
  1. Prepare. Pour the cream, sugar and vanilla into the small bag and zip it up tightly. Fill the large bag with ice. and pour in the salt. ...
  2. Shake. Shake the large bag for 5 minutes. It will be cold, so wrap a towel around it or wear some oven mitts!
  3. Enjoy!

How to make homemade ice cream in 5 steps? ›

Here are the easy-peasy steps:
  1. Simply whip 2 cups of heavy cream, by hand or with an electric mixer, until stiff peaks form.
  2. Slowly drizzle in a chilled can of sweetened condensed milk.
  3. Add your desired flavorings or mix-ins.
  4. Remove to an airtight container and freeze. It's that simple!!
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How to make cream in 1 minute? ›

Pour heavy cream into the container of the blender and cover. Turn the motor on to low speed for 10 seconds and then switch to the highest speed for 10 seconds to make soft texture or 20 seconds for a more firm texture, depending on your desired consistency. The result? Perfect whipped cream peaks!

How to make ice cream in the old days? ›

Vanilla Ice Cream:

Mix ½ cup sugar or 1/3 cup sugar and 3 tablespoons corn syrup 1 teaspoon flour and a few grains salt. Add to milk and stir until thickened. Cover and cook ten minutes. Beat 1 egg yolk slightly, add a portion of the hot milk, return to double boiler and stir and cook one minute.

How to make ice cream with a Ziploc bag? ›

directions
  1. First put the heavy cream/ whipping cream, sugar, and vanilla in the small Ziploc bag and mix. ...
  2. Place the small Ziploc bag inside the large bag.
  3. Then you knead and shake the bag for approximately 10 minutes or until ice cream inside is thickened. ...
  4. Last remove the smaller bag from larger bag and ENJOY!

How to make homemade ice cream for kids? ›

Step-by-step
  1. Measure the cream, sugar, and vanilla extract into the quart-size bag. Zip it up tightly.
  2. Fill the gallon-size bag with ice. Add the salt. ...
  3. Shake and shake the bags to make ice cream! It will take about 5 minutes until the cream hardens.
  4. Take the smaller bag out of the larger one.

How do you make homemade ice cream freeze faster? ›

Salt: Rock salt, which is also sometimes labeled as "ice cream salt", works best for lowering the temperature of the ice to freeze the ice cream quickly. But coarse kosher salt or even regular table salt will work in a pinch if that's what you have on hand.

What is the secret to making ice cream? ›

When it comes to great ice cream, cold temperatures and speed are your friends: the faster you bring your base from liquid to solid, the creamier it'll be. In a 2-quart unit, a typical batch of ice cream will take between 18 and 25 minutes to churn.

How to make ice cream in 6 steps? ›

How to Make Ice Cream
  1. Step 1: Ingredients. whole milk. ...
  2. Step 2: Mixing. mix 1 cup of whole milk with 3/4 of a cup of sugar in a big bowl. ...
  3. Step 3: Mixing (part 2) ...
  4. Step 4: Machine Mixing. ...
  5. Step 5: Scooping and Putting the Ice Cream Away. ...
  6. Step 6: Enjoy!

What are the four steps of making ice cream? ›

The production of ice cream involves mixing the ingredients together, followed by pasteurisation. It is then hom*ogenised, a process that allows the distribution of fat into as many separate small fat globules as possible. After hom*ogenisation there is a cooling and ageing process.

How is original ice cream made? ›

Ice cream was made by hand in a large bowl placed inside a tub filled with ice and salt. This is called the pot-freezer method. French confectioners refined the pot-freezer method, making ice cream in a sorbetière (a covered pail with a handle attached to the lid).

Can ice cream freeze in 30 minutes? ›

If the ice cream isn't freezing, it is possible that there is too much melted ice and the rock salt isn't working propely. Or there is too much frozen ice and not enough rock salt. Once you get the right combination, it will freeze properly, in about 30-45 minutes.

What is the fastest ice cream to melt? ›

Vanilla melted the quickest because it had a lower fat content and a higher water content which causes ice cream to melt quicker.

How do you make ice cream in a Ziplock bag? ›

Mix ice cream ingredients in a large ziploc bag: Pour the cream and/or half-and-half or milk into a bag with the sugar and vanilla extract (or other flavoring) and squish it all up to help dissolve the sugar. Seal the bag well, pressig out as much air as you can.

How to make ice cream for kids? ›

Step-by-step
  1. Measure the cream, sugar, and vanilla extract into the quart-size bag. Zip it up tightly.
  2. Fill the gallon-size bag with ice. Add the salt. ...
  3. Shake and shake the bags to make ice cream! It will take about 5 minutes until the cream hardens.
  4. Take the smaller bag out of the larger one.

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