This is actually one of the very first ice cream recipes I ever made! Â One of the first recipes on my blog, I’m redoing it and resharing it (cause back then no one read my blog, and you all need this recipe in your life). Â It totally tastes like cheesecake, and you guys know I love a good cheesecake. So grab your favorite Ice Cream Maker and give cheesecake ice cream a whirl!
It’s great plain, with another dessert, OR my favorite, inside a waffle cone bowl and topped with cherry pie topping and crushed graham cracker crumble.  Mmmmm Seriously so good!  Any topping you add to cheesecake will tastes great with this ice cream.  And it pairs so well with things like my flourless chocolate cake or perfect chocolate brownies and I LOVE it with my peanut butter cookies.  It add’s a cheese tang to the desserts.
Cheesecake Ice Cream Recipe
Ingredients
Ice Cream
- 1 C granulated sugar
- 4 oz full fat cream cheese softened
- 1 lrg egg
- ½ tsp vanilla
- ½ C whole milk
- 2 tsp grated lemon zest optional
- 1 ½ C heavy whipping cream
Graham Cracker Crumble
- 4-5 graham crackers crushed
- 2 Tbsp granulated sugar
- 3 Tbsp melted butter
Instructions
Ice Cream
- Beat sugar and cream cheese together until smooth
- Beat in the egg and vanilla.
- Bring milk to simmer, then beat into the cheese mixture.
- Pour mixture back into sauce pan and heat until custard thickens.
- Strain into a bowl, then stir in zest and cream, refrigerate until cold.
- Pour the chilled custard into an ice cream machine and process according to the manufacturer's instructions until frozen.
Graham Cracker Crumble
- preheat oven to 375
- Mix everything together
- press into a disk onto a cookie sheet
- bake for 7 mins, then break up and sprinkle onto ice cream. (you can sprinkle on not baked, but I like the texture/flavor better baked)
Nutrition
Even my husband, not a cheesecake fan, love this dessert, cause the flavor is there, but not too strong. Â Next time I’m going to skip the cherries and go straight to my Caramel Sauce. Â Maybe I’ll make little graham cracker pie shells too… Seriously the possibilities are endless!
I hope you’ve been enjoying National Ice cream month! TODAY happens to be National Ice Cream DAY, so time to check out what the other fabulous Celebrating Food bloggers have created!
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No Churn Turtle Ice Cream –Â Summer Scraps
Easy Oreo Ice Cream Cake –Â Butter With A Side of Bread
Cheesecake Ice Cream – Â Ashlee Marie (here)
No Churn Neapolitan – Tried and Tasty
No Churn Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream – ‎ Cupcake Diaries
Coconut Almond Ice Cream Squares –Â Real Mom Kitchen
Blueberry Cheesecake Ice Cream –Â Jamie Cooks It Up!
Rhubarb Anise Dairy-Free Ice Cream –Â Happy Food Healthy Life
White Chocolate Raspberry Swirl Ice Cream –Â Creations by Kara
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No-Churn Mud Pie Ice Cream –Â Creations by Kara
S’more Ice Cream –Â Ashlee Marie
No Churn Key Lime Pie Ice Cream –Â Like Mother Like Daughter
Chocolate Ganache Ice Cream –Â Ashlee Marie
Cherry Chocolate Ice Cream –Â Butter with a side of Bread
Creamy Peanut Butter Ice Cream –Â Ashlee Marie
Nutty Salted Caramel Coconut Ice Cream –Â Tried and Tasty
Basic Chocolate Ice Cream –Â Ashlee Marie
Lemon Curd Ice Cream –Â Real Mom Kitchen
Vanilla Bean Ice Cream –Â Ashlee Marie
Peanutty Coconut Vanilla Ice Cream with Fudge Ripple –Â Happy Food Healthy Life
The Best Strawberry Ice Cream –Â Ashlee Marie
Coconut Ice Cream (Almond Joy Sunday) –Â Jamie Cooks It Up!
Quick and Easy Base Ice Cream –Â Ashlee Marie
Homemade Ice Cream Sandwiches –Â Real Mom Kitchen
Caramel Toffee Ice Cream pie – Ashlee Marie
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Yvonne @ Tried and Tasty
Holy cow – are you SERIOUS!?!?! This looks INSANE! I nearly took out my computer screen lunging for it… {how embarrassing}!
Ashlee
HA I adore you! you always leave the best comments
Aimee @ like mother like daughter
I absolutely have to try this recipe. I love cheesecake, I love icecream, what could be better than this?!
Ashlee
the perfect marriage – cheesecake and ice cream! it simply doesn’t get better!
Alli @ Cupcake Diaries
I love love love this idea! It looks like a little cup of cheesecake. This is a perfect dessert!
Ashlee
seriously perfection! I love the mini waffle cones! perfect size for a sweet treat without going overboard!
Shelby Winkle
Do you add this mixture to a regular homemade ice cream recipe? I made it as is and put in our electric ice cream maker and it didn’t make much at all . After I tried and failed, my husband thought maybe we were supposed to add it to a regular homemade ice cream recipe.
Ashlee Marie
My ice cream machine is a 1.5 quart Cuisinart. So if you have a larger machine you’ll need to make a larger batch. The mixture all together should be around 4 cups when you add it to the machine.
Kara
I’m with Yvonne- this looks out of the world delicious. It’s 9 am and I want a bowl of this in front of me right now! Your photos are gorgeous. 🙂
Ashlee
you are so sweet thank you so much! it was such a warm day it was melting so fast I was worried about the picture, it does taste divine!
Laura
I love cheesecake ice cream and that graham cracker crumble sounds magnificent!
Ashlee
Me too, Cheesecake ANYTHING is number 1 in my book! and the crumble is fantastic!
Summer
Ashlee this ice cream looks amazing! I adore cheesecake but never thought of having cheesecake icecream – looks so good!
Staci Jones
How much does this make? I want to make it for a cookout serving about 10 people.
Ashlee
it’s for a 2 quart ice cream machine, so 2 quarts!