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by Michelle
May 11, 2015 (updated Jan 25, 2020)

[We continue to update the “Top 10″ series of posts with ice cream!]

Ahh, ice cream. In the summer, nothing beats a trip to the local ice cream stand for my customaryorder – a chocolate and vanilla twist with chocolate sprinkles. Ever since I got the ice cream attachment for my KitchenAid mixer years ago, there is usually a constant supply of homemade ice cream in my freezer. Since I started making my own ice cream,I have tried tons of recipes and have pretty much enjoyed them all, but like anything, I definitely have my favorites! Since summer is knocking on the door for many of us, I thought that ice cream would be a great pick for another Top 10 List installment. Enjoy!

(If you don’t have an ice cream maker or attachment, you can still enjoy homemade ice cream! Check out my tutorial: How to Make Homemade Ice Cream Without an Ice Cream Maker)

1. Banana Split Ice Cream Cake

2. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream

3. Chocolate Ice Cream

4. Classic Vanilla Bean Ice Cream

5. Cookies and Cream Ice Cream

7. Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Sandwiches

8. Pistachio Nut Ice Cream

9. Tin Roof Ice Cream

10. Toasted Coconut Dark Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream

What’syourfavorite ice creamrecipe??

Originally published May 11, 2015 — (last updated January 25, 2020)

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62 Comments on “Top 10 List: Favorite Ice Cream Recipes”

Jasa Lokal — October 11, 2020 @ 10:22 pm Reply
My very favorite flavor is peach. I just love peaches and having them in ice cream is the best summer treat ever!
Nathan — September 30, 2020 @ 1:16 am Reply
I love ice cream so much
Mesin Es Krim — October 22, 2017 @ 2:53 pm Reply
the recipes you make are really tempting. I love reading your articles, keep writing.
Robert — May 26, 2016 @ 9:28 am Reply
When it comes to picking out your perfect ice cream machine, the most important decision to make is which type you’d like.
Sumit — April 26, 2016 @ 8:05 am Reply
Awesome list of recipes!
It’s great to have them all in the same place.
Really kitchenaid offers a quality multi-purpose ice cream maker that gives you much needed relief from your kitchen mundane chores!
Beth — May 11, 2015 @ 9:30 pm Reply
I have made the malted vanilla peanut brittle and coconut chunk several times. If anyone out there is looking for amazing ice cream recipes make these 2 for sure. The malted vanilla is more than the BOMB!!!!! The banana split cake is impressive and delicious too…
Nikki H — May 11, 2015 @ 6:12 pm Reply
My very favorite flavor is peach. I just love peaches and having them in ice cream is the best summer treat ever!
Cheryl E. — May 11, 2015 @ 1:53 pm Reply
Your chocolate ice cream recipe is one of my favorites!!
Meri — May 11, 2015 @ 11:24 am Reply
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Not one strawberry ice cream recipe…seriously???
- Michelle — May 11, 2015 @ 11:46 am Reply
  I do have a strawberry ice cream recipe, but it didn’t make my top ten… when it comes to dessert, I tend to steer away from fruit in favor of more decadent flavors. Here is the recipe: https://www.browneyedbaker.com/fresh-strawberry-ice-cream-recipe/
Sally — May 11, 2015 @ 11:01 am Reply
The toasted coconut ice cream recipe printed here is a winner !! The flavor is amazing. I’m also a fan of an old Emeril recipe for coffee ice cream. When you make it with Starbucks Via and add in cut up dark chocolate it is the best.
mary beth — May 11, 2015 @ 6:26 am Reply
These all look so delicious. Here’s one of my favorites. So easy and unbelievably good–you must try it! I prefer to use 3 tble. cocoa and 1 tble. espresso.
http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/mocha-madness-ice-cream-recipe
Ilona @ Ilona's Passion — May 11, 2015 @ 1:46 am Reply
They look soo delicious. The peanut brittle is so tasty.
Cali @ Cali's Cuisine — May 11, 2015 @ 1:04 am Reply
These all look spectacular! I will have to get my little ice cream maker out soon…thank you for the inspiration!
Sarah — April 22, 2013 @ 10:15 pm Reply
these look great, but this is my favorite for the warmer months
http://trialbyfirewin.blogspot.fr/2013/04/ginger-ice-cream.html
Kate at FudgyGoodness — June 26, 2011 @ 4:41 am Reply
Oh my… all of these look amazing. I just got myself an ice cream machine and fully intend to try a few of these. Thanks for sharing! :)
Carla — May 22, 2011 @ 6:55 pm Reply
When i stumbled upon this post, i imediatly thought: bye bye diet… Somehow I managed to get the stenght to only try your ice cream recipes on weekends, so that means your recipes in my house at least once a week for at least 9 more weeks. This week was the butter pecan one. I must say i’m not a big fan of pecan nut ice cream, but this one was a huge sucess! Even my mum, that’s not a fan of deserts, ate her part till the very last piece! Thanks for making my week sweeter :D
Cookies — May 19, 2011 @ 11:28 pm Reply
no cookie dough ones?!
- Michelle — May 20, 2011 @ 11:33 am Reply
  You know, I have yet to make cookie dough ice cream. It’s going to the top of my list!
The Mistress of Spices — May 19, 2011 @ 7:00 am Reply
Mmmmm!!! All of these sound so delicious! Can’t wait to try some this summer.
Liz — May 18, 2011 @ 4:34 pm Reply
I really want to get that ice cream attachment! Question – how do you store your ice cream?
- Michelle — May 18, 2011 @ 4:54 pm Reply
  Hi Liz, I store ice cream in airtight tupperware-style containers, like Rubbermaid or Lock-It.
Rachel — May 18, 2011 @ 1:41 pm Reply
I just love homemade ice cream and I too almost always have some in my freezer. I just made D. Lebovitz’s Sour Strawberry Ice Cream and am looking forward to trying it. I think one of my favorites is Peanut Butter Ice Cream. I use the recipe from Annie’s Eats. It is delicious with some crumbled oreos. My hubby loves DL’s coffee ice cream. Looking forward to trying your pistachio ice cream for my dad. He’s both a pistachio and ice cream lover, so it’s perfect for him.
Steph@stephsbitebybite — May 18, 2011 @ 1:09 pm Reply
Ok!! I’m ready to get out my ice cream machine!! Where to start :)
Tiffany @ No Ordinary Homestead — May 18, 2011 @ 8:54 am Reply
Yum, yum, yum! Those last two look really heavenly!!
Barbara | Creative Culinary — May 17, 2011 @ 6:52 pm Reply
Well, you know I love salted caramel and with praline bits? Think that would be my favorite. Ever since I was a young girl I’ve loved an ice cream called Butter Brickle. It’s not something I’ve ever seen in a grocery store so guess I should think of making my own huh?
Drick — May 17, 2011 @ 6:12 pm Reply
yummy, it is defininately time to get out the ice cream maker – I still use the old wood barrel / ice method, but we did modernize with an electric motor… LOL — cannot wait to try the salted caramel…
Lauren from Lauren's Latest — May 17, 2011 @ 4:02 pm Reply
All these recipes make me excited for summer! That butter pecan is calling my name.
Liz — May 17, 2011 @ 3:12 pm Reply
I should not be reading this when dieting! My favorite flavor right now is peanut butter cup. Yum!
Michelle — May 17, 2011 @ 2:50 pm Reply
This post is magical! Thank you! I can’t wait to make the butter pecan and the salted caramel especially.
Alisa @ Runs with Knives — May 17, 2011 @ 2:45 pm Reply
Have you tried making ice cream using a non-dairy milk? I’ve never even made ice cream before, but now I have to! I just wouldn’t be able to eat any.
- Michelle — May 17, 2011 @ 7:54 pm Reply
  Hi Alisa, I have not but I don’t see any reason why you couldn’t use soy, almond or rice milk. Go for it!
Jodi — May 17, 2011 @ 2:20 pm Reply
I LOVE ice cream and now I need to get that attachment for my mixer. Good thing I saw this before I bought one of those counter top ice cream makers (we have a crank one that requires ice and rock salt…two things we never keep on hand!). My favorite was a dark chocolate with a peanut butter ribbon and choc/PB candies that I had last summer at the little ice cream shack down the road. Yum!! We are blessed to live next to a cherry orchard here in MI, so we did make an outstanding custard with sweet cherries and dark chocolate….
- Shari — May 17, 2011 @ 2:30 pm Reply
  Jodi, I hope you see this!! I am your neighbor in IN…….I would love to know when the cherries are ready…I know it is early in the summer/late spring….
  I love making cherry pie filling, plus this ice cream recipe sounds divine!!!!
  - Jodi — June 20, 2011 @ 10:08 pm
    Cherries are usually ready the end of June/early July. The Cherry Festival in Traverse City (pretty far north) is 4th of July weekend, so most will be ready by then. Yum!!
Muffin Tin — May 17, 2011 @ 1:29 pm Reply
Thanks for posting this compilation of recipes just in time for ice cream season! They look wonderful and I want to try the pistachio first. King Arthur’s most recent catalog has a chocolate ice cream that looks good, too.
Delishhh — May 17, 2011 @ 1:07 pm Reply
Since i am and ice cream fanatic this is my kind of post. LOVE IT! I have to try your salted ice cream recipe that you just recently did, just looks fabulous. That strawberry looks good too. Oh who am i kidding they all look fabulous :) Here is something for you, it is a chocolate gelato recipe but it was out of this world. I am not a gelato fan but i loved it. Trust me you will love it too! – http://delishhh.com/2011/03/16/chocolate-gelato/
Katrina — May 17, 2011 @ 12:49 pm Reply
I’m such a classic vanilla girl. Your recipe is lovely!
Pudding Pie Lane — May 17, 2011 @ 12:29 pm Reply
I wish I made my own ice cream… it looks so good! But Ben & Jerry’s has just brought out a new coconut flavour, so I’ll settle on that :D
Tracy — May 17, 2011 @ 11:12 am Reply
Oh man, I have to get out my ice cream maker for the season! I think my favorite ice cream I’ve made so far is pumpkin ice cream. Mmm.
jen @ the baked life — May 17, 2011 @ 11:05 am Reply
the pistachio ice cream looks very nom-able right now. First day of sun in a LONG TIME and I’m feeling springy.
Jennifer — May 17, 2011 @ 10:26 am Reply
Yay…love these! I pulled out my ice cream maker at the end of last summer and had pretty decent success with the basic recipes I tried. This list has quite a few that I’d like to advance to this year…the butter pecan and salted caramel are standing out, for sure!! : )
Erin — May 17, 2011 @ 10:21 am Reply
I am completely in love with my Kitchenaid ice cream attachment. I have three pints of ice cream in my freezer right now and I’m having difficulty restraining myself from making another kind. With only myself and my boyfriend in the house, it doesn’t disappear as fast as I want to make it! Especially now that I have a new list from your top favorites!
Jess — May 17, 2011 @ 10:20 am Reply
These look so tempting! Thanks for the list. I just got my mixer and am planning to get the ice cream maker attachment soon.
natalie (the sweets life) — May 17, 2011 @ 10:19 am Reply
thank you for the list. i seriously want to try them all! my ice cream maker is getting a lot of use lately :)
leslie — May 17, 2011 @ 10:11 am Reply
OMG..I don’t think I could turn down any of those flavors. Butter pecan is my FAV!
Paula — May 17, 2011 @ 9:59 am Reply
What a scrumptious looking post. Must check out your tutorial on making ice cream without an ice cream maker. All your photos are making me wish the sun would come out around here!
Even in Australia — May 17, 2011 @ 9:57 am Reply
Nothing beats coffee ice cream! But I do love chocolate and cinnamon, too. An ice cream place I used to frequent in New Haven, CT (Ashley’s) used to have chocolate raspberry which was AMAZING. And coffee oreo. Mmmm. They rotated flavors (seemingly at random) so you never knew when they would have what, though.
Elle — May 17, 2011 @ 9:57 am Reply
My favorite flavor is coffee and it is conspicuously among the missing.
- Michelle — May 18, 2011 @ 2:02 pm Reply
  Hi Elle, I do have an Espresso Ice Cream recipe, it just didn’t make my personal top 10 (probably because I’m not much of a coffee person!). Here it is:
  https://www.browneyedbaker.com/2010/02/23/espresso-ice-cream/
SnoWhite @ Finding Joy in My Kitchen — May 17, 2011 @ 9:18 am Reply
I’m a vanilla fan through and through… although recently I’ve been wooed by Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream and the Dark Chocolate Ice Cream recipe I posted today!
sherri lynn — May 17, 2011 @ 8:59 am Reply
Oh now you are really making me want an ice cream maker! I love ice cream. In this warm weather we’ve been having, my husband and I have been craving ice cream a lot in the evenings! I want to try some of these delicious looking recipes!
Tricia — May 17, 2011 @ 8:25 am Reply
As much as I love all of the interesting flavors out there, when I get to the ice cream stand I always order soft serve vanilla with chocolate sprinkles.
Home is another story, though. I plan to try a bunch of your top 10 here. I know I will start with the salted caramel.
Heather S — May 17, 2011 @ 8:23 am Reply
Perfect timing! I just bought an ice cream maker this weekend and have been looking for some recipes to try out this weekend. I think my favorite ice cream is strawberry cheesecake. Delish!
- Michelle — May 18, 2011 @ 2:00 pm Reply
  I had a strawberry cheesecake ice cream cone from a little place in Annapolis, MD. I *LOVED* it!! I need to try replicating it this summer!
Lauren at Keep It Sweet — May 17, 2011 @ 8:03 am Reply
Ah all of those look amazing! I can NOT wait to have access to an ice cream maker this summer!
Shari — May 17, 2011 @ 5:49 am Reply
I got an ice cream attachment for Mother’s Day..we have already tried vanilla, mint chip (twice) and choc. peanut butter…oh my!!! LOVE MY GIFT!!!!!!!! Thanks for more yummy recipes!!!!
Katie — May 17, 2011 @ 5:34 am Reply
Wow these all look amazing. I’m with your granma, the cherry and almond one sounds divine. The best ice cream I’ve ever tasted was a roasted hazelnut ice cream while in Italy. AMAZING!
Ruth — May 17, 2011 @ 3:47 am Reply
Oooh – you are killing me – which to try first?
Meagan @ Scarletta Bakes — May 17, 2011 @ 1:28 am Reply
I was just thinking this morning that I am so glad that ice cream season is approaching!
Thanks so much for all of these fantastic ideas – I especially love the cherry and pistachio ones.
Kathy - Panini Happy — May 17, 2011 @ 12:31 am Reply
This is terrific! My husband and I were just discussing this weekend that it was time to resume ice cream production now that summer is approaching. :-)
Jen of My Tiny Oven — May 17, 2011 @ 12:23 am Reply
I will take a scoop of each please!! I gotta get me an ice cream maker! ASAP!!

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