Blue Ice Cream {no-cook} is a delicious and simple no cook vanilla ice cream that’s great to make with your kiddos. Fancy it up with some fun sprinkles!
Check out some of my other adventurous ice cream flavors like Avocado Lime Ice Cream, Apple Pie Ice Cream, Pineapple Macadamia Ice Cream, and Honey Rosemary Ice Cream.
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Why blue ice cream?
For some reason on Christmas day we started talking about ice cream, and I asked my 3-year-old niece what her favorite flavor of ice cream was.
Of course, ice cream is always a welcome topic, so I guess I don’t really need to wonder why we were discussing ice cream!
It turns out her favorite flavor of ice ream is blue. Yep, blue ice cream.
Making her favorite flavor
So, as the cook in the family, I decided that we needed to make her some blue ice cream.
And, as she’s 3 years old, I didn’t want to recipe to be very complicated. I wanted a no cook, not too fussy, and tasty vanilla ice cream.
So, I set about looking on Pinterest, and to my delight, I found the perfect recipe by Sumptuous Spoonfuls.
I’ve known Ann at Sumptuous Spoonfuls for many years now, and all of her recipes rock! Tasty recipes! Easy recipes! Great photography! Please do go give her a visit. You’ll be happy you did!
Have the kids help make this
My niece and I made the ice cream batch that you see in the pictures. She did most of the work for it.
I had measured out all the appropriate amounts. She poured them all together, and she stirred it all together (and I checked, it wasn’t quite all stirred, but that’s ok, the recipe is so good that the ice cream rocked anyway!). She poured the mixture into the ice cream maker!
So, this is a GREAT recipe to make with your little kiddos.
Now, I know, food coloring should be avoided. I know. I know. Please don’t leave me mean comments. Sometimes it’s fine to do little treats. They’ll be fine. It is, after all, a sometimes treat.
Ice cream bar
We had an ice cream bar for toppings to go with our blue ice cream.
We had M&Ms (plain and peanut), Mini York Peppermint patties (which were amazing in this), rainbow sprinkles, and pink sugar sprinkles.
It was tons of fun playing with and eating blue ice cream. And, we all ended up with blue tongues to prove we had eaten it!
This Blue Ice Cream is a nice vanilla flavor that’s sure to please everyone. And, the ease of not having to cook it is simply awesome!
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Blue Ice Cream {no-cook} Recipe
No Cook Blue Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 2 cups half & half
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 3/8 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- A pinch of salt
- Blue food coloring
Instructions
- Stir all ingredients except the blue food coloring together in a medium bowl. Stir in the blue food coloring until the desired blue color is reached.
- Pour the mixture into the bowl of your ice cream machine, and process according to the manufacturer’s directions.
- The ice cream will be soft like soft serve when it comes out of the machine. Or, you can freeze it to make it more solid.
- Serve with the toppings of your choice, like rainbow sprinkles or M&Ms.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations, and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary based on brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes, and more.
Michelle
This is such a fun idea for parties! I bet my nephews would LOVE blue ice cream!
Angela
I need to make this with my boys!! They are going to love it!
peter @feedyoursoultoo
Always play to your audience, no matter the age. You did just that. No need to tell anyone that you probably enjoyed it just as much!
Suchi @elegantmeraki
Perfect for kids!! Love the bright color.
lisasdinnertimedish
This ice cream is so fun and I love how easy it is!
Lisa | Garlic & Zest
I can certainly see why “blue” is her favorite flavor! Well done!
Veena Azmanov
That blue color is so gorgeous!! I bet the kids would be all over it. Thanks
Plating Pixels
How fun! This would totally be the Cookie Monster’s top choice for ice cream.
Sushma Iyer
nice little twist to regular vanilla ice-cream.. loved the colour!!!
Deanna Samaan
Im loving this blue color!! YUM!!!
Elizabeth
How utterly adorable is this!? Why do I feel like it would be bubblegum flavoured though. I seem to remember having a blue bubblegum ice cream when I was a child.
The Foodie Affair
This reminds me of the bubble gum ice cream that I loved as a kid! Haha ^^^ I just noticed that Elizabeth and I have the same childhood memories. I think I’ll make this for my big kids 🙂
auntbeesrecipes
My kiddos would LOVE making this blue ice cream!!!
Jenny | Honey and Birch
I always have food coloring laying around and I never know what to do with it – great idea!!
michaela403
Super fun idea!! My kids would love it!
justine
I love no cook ice creams and this one is so darn pretty!
Jennifer A Stewart
I love when kids say cute things. I really wish that I had written down everything my kids said when they were little. Blue as a flavor seems totally legit! A no cook ice cream is even better!
Karly
This is too fun! I have to say, I’m with your little one. There’s just something about blue ice cream that makes it taste better! 😉
foodhuntersguide
I love the color…I bet it is super fun to eat
Cassie
The color will have the kids running to get it. It’s so different and really cool!