Try these easy 2 ingredient ice cream recipes you can make at home without a machine! You’re going to love how easy, creamy and delicious they are!
12 Easy 2 Ingredient Ice Cream Recipes!
Here are 12 easy 2 ingredient ice cream recipes to help you keep your cool this summer! They’re cool and fruity and you can make them easily in just minutes without needing an ice cream machine!
You can start with a basic homemade vanilla ice cream recipe. This one is our youngest son’s favorite ice cream! It is delicious and creamy as-is, but you can also add any of our suggested tasty optional toppings or any other sweet topping you can imagine!
If you prefer another flavor, you’ll find lots of great flavors of ice cream recipes in this post including banana, chocolate banana, strawberry banana, coconut and lots more! Craving peanut butter? One of these ice cream recipes is a tasty peanut butter banana!
And if you’re in the mood for something cool besides ice cream, check out the refreshing pineapple whip or the homemade popsicle recipes!
Easy Ice Cream Recipes
This easy 2 ingredient ice cream recipe is perfect when you want to serve a basic vanilla ice cream and then let the kids or your guests add their favorite toppings from a selection you lay out. It’s perfect when you expect to server it to a group of people with varying tastes.
2 Ingredient Ice Cream
Ingredients
2 cups heavy cream, very cold
1 (14 oz.) can Sweetened Condensed Milk
about 2 tsp. vanilla extract (optional)
*optional ingredients from below
Instructions
Mix cream on high speed until it becomes stiff, 2-4 minutes, depending on your mixer. Fold in sweetened condensed milk. If you are adding in any of the optional extras, do that now. Transfer to a container with a lid and freeze for 6 hours.
*Optional Ingredients
- 1/4 cup chocolate chips, chopped
- 2 Tbsp. chocolate syrup
- 1/4 cup nuts
- 1/4 cup maraschino cherries
- 1/4 cup fruit, chopped
- 1/4 cup cookies, crushed
You can see me make this easy ice cream recipe here:
Before we get into all of the delicious ice cream recipes, here are some easy homemade popsicle recipes you might also like, perfect for the kids and their friends on hot summer days. Cool, healthy and delicious!
15 Super Easy Homemade Popsicle Recipes
In addition to the ice cream recipes, here are 15 homemade popsicle recipes, most of which have just 2 ingredients, too! Find them here.
Here’s a basic banana ice cream recipe that makes the perfect healthy snack for hot days! Made with real bananas, you can feel great about giving this to your kids and know it’s so much better than the convenience snacks from the store!
PrintBanana Ice Cream
4 bananas, very ripe, sliced and frozen
Ingredients
Blend the bananas in a blender or food processor until smooth. This may take a bit so just scrape it down and keep blending.
Here’s a tasty banana ice cream recipe with chocolate chips so you can have the taste of chocolate in a healthy snack that is especially refreshing on hot days! Made with just 2 ingredients including real bananas, you can have a healthy and delicious snack fast!
2 Ingredient Chocolate Banana Ice Cream
4 bananas, very ripe, sliced and frozen
2 Tbsp. chocolate chips (dark, cherry, semi-sweet, mint)
Ingredients
Blend bananas and chocolate chips in blender or food processor until smooth. This may take a bit so just scrape it down and keep blending.
2 Ingredient Strawberry Banana Ice Cream
Ingredients
4 bananas, very ripe, sliced and frozen
1/2 cup strawberries
Instructions
Blend the bananas and strawberries in a blender or food processor until smooth. This may take a bit so just scrape it down and keep blending.
2 Ingredient Peanut Butter Banana Ice Cream
Ingredients
4 bananas, very ripe, sliced and frozen
2 Tbsp. peanut butter
chocolate syrup (optional)
Instructions
Blend the bananas and peanut butter in a blender or food processor until smooth. This may take a bit so just scrape it down and keep blending. Drizzle in chocolate syrup if desired.
2 Ingredient Cherry Banana Ice Cream
Ingredients
4 bananas, very ripe, sliced and frozen
1/2 cup frozen cherries
1/2 tsp. vanilla (optional)
Instructions
Blend the bananas, cherries and vanilla (if using) in a blender or food processor until smooth. This may take a bit so just scrape it down and keep blending.
This 2 ingredient coconut ice cream recipe makes a cool coconut flavored dessert you can make in just a few minutes! It’s perfect as-is, but you can also add some chocolate for a mounds like flavor or add some pineapple for piña colada ice cream!
2 Ingredient Coconut Ice Cream
Ingredients
2 cups heavy whipping cream, well chilled
1 can Cream of Coconut (NOT coconut milk. Cream of coconut is usually found in the alcoholic mixes aisle or in the Asian food section.)
Instructions
Whip the heavy cream until it forms stiff peaks, either with a hand or stand mixer. Slowly fold in the cream of coconut. Mix well. Pour the ice cream mixture into a 2 quart freezer safe container. Freeze overnight. Store in the freezer.
2 Ingredient Raspberry Ice Cream
Ingredients
2 bananas, frozen
2 1/2 cups raspberries, frozen
Instructions
Blend together ingredients until ice cream consistency is reached.
2 Ingredient Pineapple Whip
Ingredients
1 whole pineapple – cut up and frozen overnight*
1 cup of coconut milk (or milk of your choice)
Instructions
Combine ingredients and blend in blender or food processor, stirring as needed, until creamy. Makes about 3-4 servings.
You may use canned pineapple. Just place it in an 8×8 inch pan and freeze in one layer.
2 Ingredient Peach Ice Cream
Ingredients
2 cups frozen peach slices
1/4 cup full fat coconut milk (You may need a tad more.)
Instructions
Process in a blender or food processor until creamy. Serves 2.
Soda Ice Cream
Ingredients
4 cups soda (any flavored soda of your choosing: lemon-lime, peach, raspberry, cola, cherry, etc.)
1 – 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
Instructions
Place the ingredients in an ice cream maker, following the manufacturer’s instructions. It will make a nice soft serve. If you want it firmer, just leave it in the freezer for another hour.
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Do you know the macros for your recipes specifically the two ingredient peach ice cream?
No we do not post those types of things on our recipes. With the hundreds of special diets everyone is on now there is no way we could post everything for everyone of those diets.
You can figure them out by reading the labels you use in making your own :) Each brand of condensed milk, for example, is just a liiiiitle different than the next. But they have it all on their labels :)
We been eating and enjoying the orange servers for three decades now. I use an expensive brand of orange soda and can of sweetened condensed milk. I was told by a dietetic that it was okay for them. Recently found out that was not true. Everyone should enjoy your recipes.
That was funny about the bananas being to Frozen but I got a bigger problem I use heavy whipping cream and it did not do any peaks at all and I have a new mixer standing kind. So can you help me ask her what I did wrong there I would love to have some homemade ice cream LOL 😂
Here are a couple of things Christy. First and for most you must have your whipping cream really cold before you start and it is even better if the bowl and whipping utensil is cold too. If you are using your new mixer make sure you are using the right attachment for it. Make sure you don’t add the sweetener it until you have whipped it some. Be careful not to over whip it because it can go from soft peaks to butter pretty fast. Although it didn’t sound like you got any peaks at all so the first tips may help you the most. Heat and humidity can affect it too.
Hi there,
I couldn’t see or find how grams or cups the finished product made. Pse could you tell me, unless I just seeing it as I scrolled to find it.
Kind regards
Libby😊
Wasn’t for sure which recipe you were needing for sure Libby but most of the them make between 3-5 cups. For the ones using like 4 bananas that usually means about 4 servings.
Thank you for sharing all these wonderful iced treats! I have got to try all of them! Will also be sharing with my Mom who is allergic to dairy.
Am interested in knowing about the use of 5 finger/Carambola and Bananas…..abd or Pineapple
New here but the 2 ingredient ice cream is an awesome base recipe!! I separated about a cup and added instabt espresso. The remainder I added crushed Oreo cookies. My husband WAS skeptical until he tried it!! Will continue to try other flavors!
I love your easy step recipes. I am a preschool teacher and I use your recipes in my classroom. Now that we are remote learning I enclose it in my lesson plan and share these simple recipes with my parent and they love it thank you so much. Keep making more easy recipes. Thanks once more.
Preschooler Teacher
Ms. Gwen
Thank you Gwen for sharing our recipes like that. So glad they are working for you. I know the parents need all the help they can get when home schooling their kids. :):) And thank you for being a teacher. I always say nurses and teachers deserve special crowns in heaven for the jobs the did. :)
Woooow thank for the recipe I’ll try it
Can you tell me what the serving size is or how many these recipes serve? thanks
No Linda I really can’t. It just depends on who you are feeding and that type of thing. For example if you are making it for teenage boys 4 bananas in a recipe might be the right amount for just 1 serving where if you were making it for 3 yr olds you could probably have 6 servings. It also depends on the size of your bananas too. If you have super large bananas one time and small tiny bananas another it could make twice as much.
Can this recipe be.use with a ice cream maker ?
You know Mary I am not sure because I have never tried it in a freezer although I wonder it the beating of the mixer would work better than just the paddle in a ice cream maker
Mary I was reading your comment about using in an ice cream freezer. The anwer is yes. I do make Ice cream with whipping cream and sweetened condesnsed milk. I have a small condensor ice cream freezer and I do not whip the cream. I mix my ingredients and them pour into the ice cream mixer for about 30-40 minutes. Its soft serve when done and then I move it to a container and freeze.
Love your recipes. Thank you!
Thank you so much for letting us know Maria and so glad you are enjoying them
Hi Jill, thank you for all your recipes going to try the ice cream looks good
You are so welcome Cheri.
Can you substitute low fat sweetened condensed milk in this 2 ingredient recipe?
I have not tried it Madge but I don’t see why you couldn’t.
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Love the 2 ingredient banana recipes, just had frozen bananas and cocoa powder with a dash of mixed essence and about 1 tablespoon of milk, makes a perfect serving of chocolate ice cream, enjoyed it without feeling guilty for having ice cream. Thank you.
I have not tried anything yet but it is so easy thank you so much for your recipes l gotta give at least one try tomorrow for sure Thanks again
You are so welcome Deborah!
Can I add some instant coffee to make it coffee ice cream? I love coffee ice cream and so do my grand-kids.
Thank you for sharing all these recipes. Can’t wait to start trying them.
You are welcome Darlene and I hope you enjoy them.
Love the banana ones! I am lactose intolerant so, this works out for me just fine!
and for the raspberry’s. I can’t eat seeds but I will put in seedless raspberry jam.
Many thanks. Can’t wait till my bananas get very ripe and I can slice and freeze them!