This creamy Peppermint Ice Cream is made with just 3 ingredients in a couple of minutes. It’s a delicious treat in a bowl and incredible on brownies, sugar cookies, cakes and more! This homemade no churn ice cream is the perfect frozen dessert for the holidays.
For years I have looked forward to the seasonal release of Peppermint Ice Cream, but now I don’t have to! You can make a fresh batch of ice cream in just 5-10 minutes! It’s so much creamier and you can enjoy it any time of the year!
I love sharing cute and easy ideas for your holiday celebrations- my cranberry and orange sweet bread is a classic reader fave, and these reindeer brownies are another oh-so-simple treat option you’ll love! Don’t skip my round-up of fifty of the BEST Christmas cookie recipes, too!
If you love peppermint as much as I do, you’ll have to check out my peppermint dessert guide! It’s filled with great recipes and detail about this delicious winter flavor.
To Make Peppermint Ice Cream, You Will Need:
You need just 3 ingredients to make this yummy frozen dessert!
- Heavy cream: Cold.
- Sweetened condensed milk
- Peppermint:I use crushed peppermint that is found with the sprinkles and comes in a 3.5 oz container. You can crush peppermint and use between 1/3 and 1/2 c crushed to taste.
How to Make Peppermint Ice Cream
This no churn ice cream only takes 5 minutes to make!
- Beat the heavy cream until stiff.
- Fold in sweetened condensed milk and peppermint bits.
- Freeze.
- It’s just that easy!
What to Serve With This Peppermint Ice Cream Recipe
Peppermint Ice Cream makes a delicious snack or dessert. It’s incredible on its own and especially amazing on top of chocolate tortes, lava cake, brownies, sugar cookies and more!
Kids and Adults Love This Holiday Ice Cream!
Peppermint Ice Cream is like the grown up version of bubble gum ice cream – a pretty pale pink, creamy texture and a little added crunch. That’s one of the many reasons the girls love it, too! Even my non-peppermint loving sister was skeptical, but was sold after just one bite. It’s just that good!
When peppermint is crushed into bits and swirled into ice cream, it’s magical. It gives the ice cream a subtle peppermint flavor that we all crave this time of year.
Quick and Easy Homemade Ice Cream Recipe
There’s nothing quite like a homemade ice cream, it’s indulgent and so much better than the mass produced store alternative. What I hate though is the time it can take to make it! Luckily though, this recipe is no churn and it takes just 5 minutes to put together. You need to wait for it to freeze (about 4 hours), but that’s the hardest part!
Candy Cane Ice Cream
This really is such a great dessert to serve during the holidays, it’s fun and colorful and will easily fit into your Christmas menu. If you can’t get crushed peppermint, crush up some candy canes and use those, you can even serve it with a candy cane sticking out of it – the kids would love that!
Top Tips To Make This Recipe
- Make sure that your heavy cream is cold before you whip it.
- If you line the loaf tin with plastic wrap, you will be able to remove the ice cream from as a block and then slice to serve.
- Once the ice cream has frozen solid, you can cover it with plastic wrap and it will keep for up to weeks.
I hope your family enjoys this easy Peppermint Ice Cream recipe as much as we do. You may also enjoy these other easy ice cream recipes:
- Egg Nog Ice Cream
- Apple Butter Ice Cream
- Marshmallow Ice Cream
- Peanut Butter Ice Cream
- Snow Ice Cream
- Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
You can find all of my easy ice cream recipes here.
You’ll Also Love These Peppermint Recipes
- Merry Mint with Peppermint Schnapps
- Salted Peppermint Bark
- Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
- Peppermint Cookies
- 3 Ingredient Peppermint Fruit Dip
- Perfectly Peppermint White Russian
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Peppermint Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 2 c heavy cream cold
- 14 oz sweetened condensed milk
- 3.5 oz peppermint crushed
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, whip heavy cream until stiff peaks form.
- Blend in sweetened condensed milk.
- Fold in crushed peppermint.
- Pour into a loaf pan or baking dish and freeze until solid {about 4 hours}.
Notes
- Make sure that your heavy cream is cold before you whip it.
- If you line the loaf tin with plastic wrap, you will be able to remove the ice cream from as a block and then slice to serve.
- Once the ice cream has frozen solid, you can cover it with plastic wrap and it will keep for up to two weeks.
Nutrition
Originally published December 2017, updated October 2019
I love this festive ice cream flavor for the holidays!
Wow! That seems really easy to make! Never had a peppermint ice cream before, but love peppermint chocolate bark. Will definitely try this.