133 ice cream base recipes

No-bake marshmallow cream peach pie folds melted marshmallows, whipped cream, and diced fresh peaches into a graham cracker crust. Five ingredients, no oven, hours of fridge time for a cool summer slice.

Old-fashioned strawberry cobbler with a crumbly egg-and-flour topping dotted with butter. Uses fresh or frozen berries and bakes in one pan. Serve warm with ice cream.

A retro no-bake icebox dessert with flavored gelatin, vanilla ice cream, and ladyfingers set in a springform pan. Just 4 ingredients and a few hours in the fridge.

Jack-o'-lantern cookies made by dipping Oreos in orange-tinted cream cheese frosting coating. A fun no-bake Halloween treat kids love to decorate with chocolate icing faces.

North Pole cherry pie: vanilla ice cream packed into a baked pie shell and topped with cherry pie filling. Three ingredients, no oven needed, frozen and ready to slice.

Green Mountain Pie layers lime sherbet and vanilla ice cream with macaroon crumbs in a macaroon cookie crust. A frozen no-bake dessert with tangy, creamy, and coconut-crunchy layers.

Toasted nut cookies with hazelnuts and pecans made in a food processor. Ultra-thin, crispy lace cookies that bake in just 3 to 4 minutes. A quick ice cream accompaniment.

Frozen citrus pie with lemonade concentrate, vanilla ice cream, and whipped topping in a graham cracker crust. A no-bake frozen dessert with just four ingredients and bright lemony flavor.

Softened vanilla ice cream or frozen yogurt gets folded with fresh or frozen cherries, then piled into a chocolate cookie crust and frozen until firm for an easy no-bake dessert.

Sweet ricotta filling with orange zest and mini chocolate chips piped into sugar ice cream cones. A no-bake, no-fry cannoli hack that kids can help make in 10 minutes flat.

Layers of chocolate cookie crust, rich fudge sauce with Kahlua, and coffee ice cream frozen into one decadent no-bake mud pie. A chocolate lover's frozen dessert that's worth every single bite.

Hot cherry fruit compote baked with rum, curry powder, candied ginger, and brown sugar. A retro holiday side dish for ham or turkey, or chill and serve as dessert with ice cream.

Flowerpot desserts layer yellow cake, ice cream, and golden meringue in clay pots with real flower stems poking through the top. A showstopping party trick that looks wild and tastes like baked Alaska.

Layers of chocolate and vanilla ice cream in a spicy gingersnap crust, drizzled with homemade chocolate ganache. This no-bake frozen pie needs just 15 minutes of hands-on work and zero oven time.

A make-ahead chocolate wafer crumb mix that stores for 6 months. Pull out a cup or two anytime you want a fast no-bake pie crust for cheesecake, mousse pie, or ice cream pie.

Whip up this easy cherry cobbler in under an hour with pantry staples. The batter rises around tart cherries as it bakes, creating a fruity, pudding-like center with golden edges. Serve warm with ice cream.