Cotton Candy Ice Cream Recipe
This simple homemade, no-churn cotton candy ice cream makes for a delightfully creamy sweet treat that is perfect for parties or summer afternoons.
Servings: 8
Calories: 205kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream (35% cream), chilled
- 1 (10-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk, chilled
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon cotton candy extract
- Red and blue food coloring
- Sprinkles, optional
Instructions
- Line a baking pan with parchment paper.
- Whip the whipping cream for approximately 4 minutes until soft peaks form.
- Stir in the vanilla, sweetened condensed milk, and cotton candy extract, and then split the mixture in half into two bowls.
- Using your food coloring, dye one bowl of the ice cream pink and the other bowl light blue.
- Pour the pink ice cream into the loaf pan. Smooth down with a spoon or spatula.
- Drop spoonfuls of the blue ice cream randomly over the pink ice cream, and then use the spoon to swirl it in.
- Place a piece of cling wrap on top of the ice cream batter letting it rest right on top of the cream. Cover the whole pan with foil.
- Freeze for 2 hours or overnight.
- Scoop, top with sprinkles, and serve!
Notes
- You can find cotton candy extract at craft stores such as Hobby Lobby or online at Amazon.
- Chill your condensed milk, heavy whipping cream and loaf tin in the fridge before you start – it will make everything freeze more easily.
- Lining the loaf pan with parchment paper prior to filling will make cleaning up much easier.
- Soft peaks is the consistency where when you lift the beater and turn it upside down, the whipped cream or meringue softly falls into a curved peak.
- If you are using gel food coloring, you will need fewer drops to achieve the desired color than if you are using liquid food coloring.
- Higher fat content ice cream melts quicker than the lower fat ice creams so have those cups or cones ready!
Nutrition
Calories: 205kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 67mg | Sodium: 16mg | Potassium: 58mg | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 875IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 40mg | Iron: 1mg
