50 Unique Ice Cream Recipes! (2024)

Fresh papaya is combined with vanilla ice cream and then topped with cassis liqueur in this delicious ice cream treat

This sweet potato ice cream is made with cream cheese for a super creamy, fall inspired treat. It’s a slightly sweet, cinnamon infused dessert that gives pumpkin a run for it’s money.

This sweet corn bacon ice cream with cacao nibs is sweet and creamy with salty bacon and crunchy chocolate bits throughout

Silky smooth, creamy, milky, and tastes like the cornflakes-soaked milk at the bottom of your cereal bowl – this Cereal Milk Ice Cream is one of my all-time favorite summer-time treats!

Try a bit of the exotic with this No Churn Persian Ice Cream with Saffron and Rose Water (bastani). It’s easy to make at home and WITHOUT an ice cream machine.

Torrontes Ice Cream – a silky, creamy, delicious and somewhat uncommon ice cream made with white wine, typical of the North West of Argentina.

Malbec Ice Cream – a creamy and delicious ice cream made with red wine and served with walnuts, typical of the North West of Argentina.

Pear Gorgonzola Gelato in Hazelnut Balsamic Tuiles - the perfect end of meal dish that combines dessert and your favourite cheese platter!

Parmigiano Reggiano Gelato - a wow-factor and delicious dish that doubles up as an appetiser or a dessert!

Pandan leaves and coconut milk is a match made in heaven and they are perfect in this homemade ice-cream. The recipe works without an ice-cream machine!

A velvety recipe for Rose “No Churn” Ice Cream with just a hint of rose water, vanilla and tinted the lightest pink with Hibiscus powder, topped with chopped pistachios and rose petals; this ice cream is so delicate, rich, unique, and so…delicious, one might even say heavenly!

Creamy dairy-free Basil Ice Cream is infused with fresh flavor! This flavorful ice cream has unique, refreshing taste, is naturally sweetened and can be made with or without an ice cream maker!

Pizza Ice Cream! Yes, that is mozzarella cheese ice cream topped with homemade tomato jam sauce with itty-bitty pepperonis on top.

Can ice cream be hot and cold at the same time? Yes, with this delicious Sriracha Ice Cream!

My orange cardamom chocolate chip ice cream with a hot fudge swirl tastes like the end of summer and beginning of fall

If you love cannoli, then you will love this Cannoli Ice Cream recipe! It’s the perfect dessert for any cannoli lover to enjoy year-round.

Lucuma is a Peruvian super food packed with anti oxidant power. Tastes like a cross between mango and pumpkin, it's as delicious as it is healthy.

Cherimoya, also known as custard apple is known as the ice cream fruit due to its natural custard like texture. This easy no churn ice cream is creamy and luscious.

This easy No Churn Butterbeer Ice Cream is made with a few simple ingredients, without an ice cream maker and tastes just like the Butterbeer flavored soft serve ice cream at the Calgary Stampede!

Although this no churn Potato Ice Cream tastes like cookies, it’s actually healthy for you! Adding little potatoes (creamers) to your ice cream is the perfect way to give it an extra boost of nutrition because potatoes are super veggie powerhouses!

An easy recipe for no-churn bubble gum ice cream packed with classic bubble gum flavor — and actual gumballs!

When it comes to cookies and cream ice cream, why should vanilla and Oreos have all the fun? For a decidedly different cookies and cream, give this Chocolate Nutter Butter Ice Cream a try instead!

Christmas in an ice cream cone - easily customisable with a different pie filling or crushed candy cane or dark chocolate.

Moon Mist Ice Cream is a pretty - and wildly flavoured - ice cream from the East Coast of Canada, especially Nova Scotia. Banana, Bubblegum, and Grape sound like a weird combination, but somehow... it just works!

As weird as it may sound to some, this is a beloved ice cream flavour in Canada... and has been for decades! You can make it at home, wherever you are!

An easy No Churn Strawberry Basil Ice Cream with an unexpected herb! Fresh and light flavors, perfect for summer.

If you’re looking for fun fruity flavors, try this easy to make Kook-Aid ice cream!

Pink lemonade is not just for your favorite summer time drink. Try it as a delicious ice cream flavor!

This Honey Roasted Fig ice cream is bursting with creamy flavor from fresh figs, honey, and brown sugar.

It doesn't get much weirder than wild chanterelle mushroom ice cream. Chanterelles have a delicate fruity flavor that shines through in this unusual and unique ice cream recipe.

This Honey Roasted Beet Nice Cream is dairy free, vegan and uses just four ingredients. No food coloring necessary to get this gorgeous color, but it is a fun and frozen way to get vegetables in your dessert!

This delicious Chestnut Ice Cream Recipe is made with only 5 ingredients and chunks of real Marron Glace pieces inside. No ice cream machine required! Yummy

This brightly colored gelato is all the creamy spicy flavors of Thai Iced Tea in dessert form.

This Honey Sweetened Ice Cream is a great way to indulge your sweet tooth and enjoy flavorful pomegranates at the same time!

This Matcha Green Tea Ice Cream recipe is both dairy and sugar free!

This luscious, creamy, rich ice cream has just the right amount of sweetness and makes a refreshing treat for cooling down on a hot summer’s day. This simple recipe uses mango in two forms for a tropical ice cream full of fruity perfection that transports you to an island paradise.

This Stout Ice Cream is rich, creamy, custardy and delicious with bittersweet malty flavor that your taste buds are going to love.

Blue Moon Ice Cream is a staple in Midwest. Distinctive blue coloring and one of the most mystifying flavors around making people ask, “what is that flavor?”

Hokey Pokey Ice Cream hails from New Zealand. Essentially, it is honeycomb ice cream - a simply recipe but oh so good

California has some of the best avocado growers in the world, so what better way to kick of summer, than with my Homemade Avocado Ice Cream recipe?

There are so many things to love about this amazing butterscotch and pecan ice cream loaf. For a start, it has a fantastic flavour that’s rich and more-ish, plus a wonderfully fine and light crumb.

You know how sometimes you see a recipe and it’s way out of your comfort zone and sounds a little bizarre, but you still want to try it? Like it’s calling you in all of its taste weirdness. That was me. And this recipe. It’s a honey thyme vegan ice cream with grilled peaches.

Goat cheese is a strange thing to see in ice cream but it adds the perfect tart tone to this recipe.

Summer flavors are combined in this no-churn ice cream recipe ... it's the perfect way to use up that basil growing in the garden.

Skip the fancy spa and make your own Cucumber Sorbet! It’s so easy and a great use for all of those cucumbers you are picking from your garden! Fresh cucumber recipes are hard to come by if you don’t want to do pickles or relish! This is one of the easiest uses for your excess of cucumbers! Cucumber Sorbet is a famous palate cleansing recipe!

You will want this ice cream again and again! the unique flavors of this recipe are almost indescribable – sweet, salty, rich and savory, this is a time tested favorite.

Sweet Corn Ice Cream is becoming more and more popular at summer events, for good reason! Though it sounds weird, it just WORKS.

This rich and creamy beer ice cream is inspired by Häagen-Dazs’® stout chocolate pretzel ice cream. It’s a perfect Game Day dessert!

This honey ice cream with pistachios has just a few simple ingredients but turns out absolutely divine. Sweet and floral with crunchy bits of pistachio this ice cream will quickly become a favorite.

This Filipino ice cream is with its uniquely sweet taste will satisfy your sweet tooth any time of the year. It’s super easy to make, no churn and requires very few ingredients.

Mango Mojito Ice Cream - The combination of mango, fresh mint, and rum extract makes for a unique, refreshing ice cream.