186 ice cram recipes

Chocolate chip cookie dough on sticks, flattened into lollipop shapes and decorated before baking. Made with cookie mix for easy prep. Kids love shaping and decorating them. Makes 24 cookie pops in under 20 minutes.

Mulled summer fruits in Chenin Blanc, a make-ahead dessert of peaches, berries, and apricots soaked in spiced white wine syrup. Served chilled with sorbet or whipped cream.

Salt-crusted Old English prime rib roasted in a hardened shell of rock salt for an evenly cooked, juicy interior with a Worcestershire-paprika rub. The dramatic centerpiece roast.

Louisiana crawfish boil with liquid crab boil, cayenne, bay leaves, honey, and citrus: 50 pounds of live crawfish cooked for 7 minutes, then soaked an hour to absorb spicy-sweet brine.

Malt shoppe pie blends frozen vanilla yogurt with whipped topping and crushed Whoppers in a chocolate cookie crust. A 4-ingredient frozen pie that tastes like an old-fashioned malt shop classic.

Henderson-style boiled crawfish with corn, potatoes, onions, and lemon in a peppery salt brine. A classic Louisiana crawfish boil done right with no soaking needed.

A delicious summer dessert, a great recipe to use up your blueberries!

Goreng pisang are crispy fried bananas in a light rice flour batter rolled in brown sugar. A popular Asian street food dessert served with ice cream.

Kiwi fruit gelato made without an ice cream machine, using a simple syrup, fresh kiwi puree, and lemon. Bright green, tangy, and dairy-free.

Seedless raspberry puree (coulis) with superfine sugar and kirsch. Sieved smooth for drizzling over desserts, cheesecakes, ice cream, and plated sweets.

You don’t need an ice cream maker to make this, but you do need a food processor. I use a banana and a small amount of honey to sweeten the yogurt. (See the banana-only variation on this recipe below.) You can serve it like soft-serve ice cream, or let it freeze solid so that it’s more like regular frozen yogurt.

Friendship fruit starter ferments pineapple, peaches, apricots, and cherries in brandy and sugar for three weeks. A boozy heirloom base for cakes, ice cream, or gifting.

Rhubarb-strawberry dessert sauce thickened with cornstarch and served chilled. Tart rhubarb and sweet strawberries cook into a glossy, ruby-red topping for ice cream or cake.

If you're looking for an alternative for ice cream, then try this rich creamy yogurt that is good to the last spoonful.

Spirited fruit macerated in orange liqueur, lemon juice, and sugar. A boozy fruit topping for cheesecake, pound cake, ice cream, or sherbet.

Mango lime puree blended and strained silky smooth with just two ingredients. A versatile tropical sauce for shellfish, grilled fish, ice cream, or cocktails. No cooking needed.