Rum Raisin Ice Cream is full of rum-soaked raisins mixed in custardy vanilla ice cream with a hint of rum. This recipe is a little bit old school and a whole lot of creamy delicious.

Rum Raisin Ice Cream

This recipe is a good bit more involved than my usual ice cream recipes, but sometimes, the end result is just plain worth the effort. This is absolutely one of those times.

I found this recipe in Great Scoops: Recipes from a Neighborhood Ice Cream Shop. I had such fun flipping through this gorgeous ice cream cookbook. While my love of ice cream is a well-documented thing, it’s also fun to check out someone else’s flavor combinations.

Rum Raisin ice cream has been on my must-try list for years and I simply never got around to it. The description in the book had me sold on it immediately.

Similar to the Blueberry Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream from Rusconi’s, my forever beloved Cafe con Leche Ice Cream, and the French Custard Style Cinnamon Ice Cream as well, you need to temper and use egg yolks in this recipe.

Don’t be intimidated, I promise it’s simple enough for all of us to do. While there are 60+ egg-free Philadelphia-style ice cream recipes on this website, sometimes, you just need to allow yourself a few extra minutes in the kitchen for an extra special result.

There isn’t a shortcut to this recipe. Yes, you can take the rum-soaked raisins and just stir them into a batch of the Best and Easiest Homemade Ice Cream. Will it be tasty? Yes. Will it be anything at all like this classic recipe for Rum Raisin Ice Cream? No.

Take the time to make this creamy, ultra rich, custard-based ice cream exactly the way Marlene Haley of The Merry Dairy intended it, my friends. You’re going to love it.

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Sweet chunks of edible cookie dough fill each scoop of this rich and creamy Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream

Is there anything more irresistible than a spoonful of cookie dough? I know that I can never resist it.

The Edible Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough that I shared yesterday was the inspiration for this ice cream. Every single cookie dough filled bite is creamy ice cream heaven.

The most popular question I get is whether it’s possible to make ice cream without a machine. The answer is YES. You can make ice cream without a machine. Find the full directions here!

Edible Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough

While making the edible cookie dough is the most time-intensive part of this recipe, it’s well worth the effort!

You can stir the cookie dough together while the ice cream churns and the cookie dough chunks will be ready to stir into the ice cream when it’s finished churning.

Wondering how those cute chunks are made? It’s easier than you might think! Just press the cookie dough out across a parchment-lined tray and chill in the refrigerator or freezer until firm.

Use a sharp knife or pizza cutter to cut the cold cookie dough into 1/2-inch chunks. The cookie dough chunks can be made ahead of time and stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

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Buttery sweet edible cookie dough filled with miniature chocolate chips in a bite-size chunk of snackable Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites.

Edible Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough

Oh, the awesomeness of cookie dough. It’s forever a favorite snack in our house. Is there anyone who can resist the urge to snack on a bite or two of dough when baking cookies?

Edible cookie dough is great for a few different reasons. Not only is it delicious, but it’s wonderfully snackable. And it gets bonus points for being freezable and thawing quickly when the craving hits.

What could be more better than a bag of cookie dough bites stashed in the freezer? Pop them on a plate and you’ll have a sweet snack ready to eat in minutes.

For more edible cookie dough fun, you’ll want to try Monster Cookie Dough Bites, Cranberry Pistachio Cookie Dough Bites, Coconut Oatmeal Cookie Dough Bites, and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip.

Can You Eat Raw Cookie Dough?

While many people (myself included) eat a bite or two of raw cookie dough without giving it a second thought, when planning a whole recipe’s worth of raw cookie dough to share with friends or family there are a few precautions you may want to follow.

First, skip the egg. That one probably goes without saying. I think most of us avoid consuming raw eggs, right?

Second, it turns out that you aren’t supposed to eat raw flour. However, if you’re like me, you’ve probably been tasting cookie dough and cake batters your entire life without any issues at all, right?

That said, when making a full batch of cookie dough with plans to consume it raw, it’s not a bad idea to follow the safety recommendation and toast the flour for a few minutes in the oven first. I’ve provided directions below for heat-treating the flour.

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We’re kicking off the 2022 Ice Cream Season with THREE WEEKS of ice cream recipes and a very cool ice cream maker giveaway.

I can hardly wait. There are a whole lot of ice cream recipes around here already, but can you ever have enough ice cream??

To be entered, scroll to the bottom of this post and enter your email address in the giveaway! By entering this giveaway, you’re agreeing to receive the FREE daily recipes that I send each weekday morning.

(If a daily recipe post isn’t your thing, there is an option at the bottom of every email that will allow you to switch to receiving just one weekly newsletter.)

This giveaway is for the Cuisinart ICE-100 1.5-Quart Compressor Ice Cream and Gelato Maker (list price $545, currently on sale for $299).

This type of ice cream maker uses the same compressor technology used for refrigerators and freezers for fast cooling. They do not need any pre-frozen ingredients or parts.

No bowls to freeze, no salt or ice to melt, just turn it on and start churning batch after creamy batch of homemade ice cream.

If you’ve been reading this site for long at all, you might recall that I’ve been known to call our compressor ice cream maker “my beloved” and it still holds true that if I could only have one of the two, I’d get rid of my KitchenAid mixer in order to have the compressor ice cream maker in my home forever. Yes, it’s that amazing.

As one of the pricier ice cream makers on the market, this is a machine for people who are serious about making ice cream. (Note the 70+ ice cream recipes on this website for evidence of where I fall in that category.) 

If you’re looking for the ultimate in ice cream making options at home, this is the machine you want on your wishlist.

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Fresh Mint Ice Cream is like no other mint ice cream you’ve tried in the past. As you know, I love a great mint ice cream and Peppermint Candy Cane Ice Cream is a Christmas-time proof of that.

However, this Mint Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream is a softer, fresher mint flavor that just might blow your mind. It reminds me of a dressed-up version of the Andes mint that comes with the check at a restaurant.

Mint Ice Cream

It is well-established fact that if you give me an idea I can probably turn it into homemade ice cream.

I like to think of myself as the ice cream version of the “Will it Tea?” episodes with Jimmy Fallon. Where the host is challenged to turn an item into tea and try it.

I would rock a “Will it Ice Cream?” challenge. Cheesecake? Done. Apple Crisp? Already did it. Oatmeal Cookies? I got you – and it is AMAZING. Lemon? Yep. Andes mints – keep reading, I did it.

Fresh Mint Ice Cream

Let’s talk about mint in ice cream for a minute. I am a big user of fresh mint whenever possible. Many recipes use mint oil or mint extract.

As I’ve mentioned before, you need to use extreme caution when adding mint extract to recipes, usually starting at a mere 1/16th or 1/8th of a teaspoon. You can wind up with a dessert that simply tastes like toothpaste very quickly!

The refreshing flavor that results after steeping mint leaves doesn’t do that at all. It’s a completely different mint flavoring when used this way. Pineapple Mint Gelato was the fresh time I tried a frozen treat made with fresh mint and it was love at first bite.

Use fresh mint, my friends! Summertime is upon us and no doubt you or your neighbor have mint growing in your gardens or flower beds. Grab a handful and make some ice cream.

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