Ice cream at Christmas may sound a little strange but, trust me, this stuff is delicious. It doesn’t require any custard making or any special equipment. In fact, all you need are three ingredients and you have a delicious ice cream all set to enjoy! Spoon this up with some chocolate holiday cookies for a fun, and decadent, dessert. Better yet, take it over the top with some amazing homemade hot fudge sauce to make a Christmas ice cream sundae that is to die for.
Candy Cane Ice-Cream
1 pint good quality vanilla ice cream
1 teaspoon peppermint extract
4 candy canes, crushed
1. Set the vanilla ice cream on the counter and let it come to room temperature. Pour it into a mixing bowl and stir in the peppermint extract and crushed candy canes. Then, return it to the ice-cream container and place it back in the freezer. Allow to refreeze before serving. Enjoy!
Kelsey Banfield is the food writer and the founder of The Naptime Chef and is the author of the popular cookbook The Naptime Chef: Fitting Great Food into Daily Life (Running Press, 2012). She writes a daily food column for Babble Food and her food writing has also appeared in the places like Parents magazine, and Martha Stewart Living. Kelsey lives in southern Connecticut with her husband and daughter.
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Does it re-freeze as fluffy? just wondering how that works. would really love to try this as I love LOVE peppermint ice cream but am afraid it will come out rock solid…
Can you use any flavor candy cane? Substitute the peppermint extract with candy cane sugar(candy cane crushed very fine). I’m not a hugeeee fan of original.
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Ice cream at Christmas may sound a little strange but, trust me, this stuff is delicious. It doesn’t require any custard making or any special equipment. In fact, all you need are three ingredients and you have a delicious ice cream all set to enjoy! Spoon this up with some chocolate holiday cookies for a fun, and decadent, dessert. Better yet, take it over the top with some amazing homemade hot fudge sauce to make a Christmas ice cream sundae that is to die for.
Great that I don’t have to make the ice cream!
Does it re-freeze as fluffy? just wondering how that works. would really love to try this as I love LOVE peppermint ice cream but am afraid it will come out rock solid…
Alissa, I’ve made this before and it re-freezes fine as long as you don’t allow it to get too melty while you stir in the candy!
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Can you use any flavor candy cane? Substitute the peppermint extract with candy cane sugar(candy cane crushed very fine). I’m not a hugeeee fan of original.