Cotton Candy No Churn Ice Cream

5 from 5 votes

Rich and creamy ice cream is flavored with cotton candy extract, and dyed vibrant "cotton candy style" colors, for a fun summer dessert.

Prep Time15

Freezing Time5

Total Time5 15

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: homemade ice cream, how to make homemade ice cream

Servings: servings

Calories: 215kcal

Add a 9x5” loaf pan to the freezer to chill. If your freezer is large enough, you can also add a large mixing bowl (for when you whip the cream). If not, just make sure it's not warm or hot.

Add the cold heavy whipping cream to the cold large mixing bowl and beat with an electric hand mixer on MED-HIGH speed until peaks are starting to form.

To the bowl, add whole milk, granulated sugar, cotton candy extract, and vanilla extract. Beat with mixer on MED speed until stiff peaks are formed. **see Chef Tips note #2 for more information on stiff peaks**

Divide the mixture in half, adding half to a smaller mixing bowl, and leaving the other half in the large mixing bowl.
To one bowl, add red/pink food coloring, and stir well to combine. To the other bowl, add blue food coloring, and stir well to combine.

Use an ice cream scoop to scoop the mixture, and add to the prepared loaf pan in an alternating pattern (one blue, then one pink), repeating until you run out of both mixtures.
Cover tightly, and freeze for about 4-6 hours, or until hard.

Recipe makes approximately 1.5 quarts, which I’ve estimated is around 8 - 12 servings. Of course, feel free to break this up into as many (or as few) servings as you’d like.
Stiff Peaks – When you turn the mixer upside down (with it OFF), so the beaters are facing up, the cream will stand up in a peak (like a little mountain), and not fold over onto itself. This is a great visual guide from Taste of Home.
For the best storage, I recommend a container like this one (amazon link).
Exact time needed for freezing will depend on how cold your freezer is.

Replace the whole milk and granulated sugar with a 14 oz can of sweetened condensed milk.
After beating the heavy cream until stiff peaks form, add the sweetened condensed milk, cotton candy extract, and vanilla extract, then gently fold with a rubber spatula.
Proceed with the recipe as directed.