A perfectly rich and creamy vanilla cheesecake ice cream base is absolutely jam-packed with Oreos in this Cheesecake Cookies ‘n’ Cream Ice Cream. It’s a cookies ‘n’ cream ice cream dream!
Ice cream season is in full swing right now although you know it is ice cream season year-round in our house. Ice cream is my favorite food in the whole world. It’s Ryan’s favorite food. All three of our boys flip for it. So, basically, ice cream is king in our house and we eat it all the time all year long.
Hotter-than-the-sun outside in August = Ice cream!
Snow day in February = Ice cream!
Crisp leaves just beginning to fall as sweater weather begins in October = Ice cream!
Though we have no problem eating ice cream in our house when it’s freezing outside, I know there’s a bunch of you out there who prefer to save the majority of your ice cream consumption for hot and sticky summer months. I’m here for you today! And, wouldn’t you know, I actually decided to be a semi-decent food blogger and share a seasonally appropriate recipe for once. Sharing an ice cream recipe in the middle of summer? Finally I am ON MY GAME. Woohoo! (But please don’t hold me to this standard. I’ll probably have a chili recipe coming your way next.)
But back to the ice cream! This Cookies ‘n’ Cream Cheesecake Ice Cream is a GEM. It’s as perfectly rich and creamy as you’d expect a rich, vanilla cheesecake ice cream base to be but it’s jam-packed with Oreos so you’re getting bites of crunchy cookies — and LOTS of them — in every bite.
I know there’s a handful of you out there who might shy away from making this recipe for two reasons.
Number one: You don’t have an ice cream maker. You guys, I get it. I didn’t have one and I didn’t want one for years. I thought it would be yet another unused countertop kitchen appliance. Thankfully Ryan knows me better than I know myself sometimes and gifted me our Cuisinart 2-quart ice cream maker for my birthday when I was 30+ weeks pregnant with Ryder. It was the gift that keeps on giving. We use it ALL the time and every single person in our house gets excited when they see it on the countertop because they know something AWESOME is about to go down in the kitchen.
Number two: You don’t love cheesecake. Guess what? Neither do I. Cheesecake is actually one of my least favorite desserts. It sounds good but it somehow just isn’t. But you know what is good? Cheesecake ice cream! The base of this vanilla ice cream includes a hefty helping of cream cheese that does not overwhelm the ice cream at all. It simply adds to its creaminess and helps cut the super-sweetness a little bit. I’d even venture to say that it’s not that noticeable in the recipe so if you’re just hoping for a super-creamy cookies ‘n’ cream recipe, give this one a try and I think you’ll be very pleasantly surprised.
If you give this Cheesecake Cookies ‘n’ Cream Ice Cream recipe a try, please let me know if it made all of your homemade ice cream dreams come true. I also always greatly appreciate any star ratings you may wish to leave, as they help others find and trust my recipes. Thank you times a million!
Cheesecake Cookies ‘n’ Cream Ice Cream
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Cheesecake Cookies ‘n’ Cream Ice Cream
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Category: dessert, ice cream
- Method: ice cream maker
- Cuisine: American
Description
A perfectly rich and creamy vanilla cheesecake ice cream base is absolutely jam-packed with Oreos in this Cheesecake Cookies ‘n’ Cream Ice Cream. It’s a cookies ‘n’ cream ice cream dream!
Ingredients
Instructions
- Combine everything but the cookies in a high-powered blender until the sugar is dissolved.
- Pour the mixture into an ice cream maker and churn according to manufacturer’s instructions. (I churned mine in my Cuisinart 2-quart ice cream maker for approximately 23 minutes until it was nice and thick.)
- Add crushed cookies and churn for an additional 2 minutes.
- Enjoy immediately if you like soft ice cream or pour into an air-tight container and freeze overnight for scoopably delicious ice cream the next day!
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Hi Julie!
Do you have a recipe for the standard “base” you use for most ice cream recipes (i.e. a vanilla-type base you could just add in Oreos or whatever to). If so, could you please link it, thank you!
This sounds delish. I, too, will eat ice cream anytime of year. We just had my son’s 4th birthday party at our fave local ice cream place. YUM!
Yummy 😋
Did you soften the cream cheese first or just throw it in?
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Just throw it in!
This looks delicious! We will definitely try it. Also, I didn’t realize there were people that DIDN’T eat ice cream all year long lol 🙂
Wanted to share that my daughter and I made the variation of this you shared on Instagram as a Father’s Day treat for my husband. It was a huge hit! Super easy and very yummy–we’ll be making it again! I’m glad you shared it as a post so we can reference it easily. 🙂
SOOOOO GOOD. Made this as a fun summer project with my toddler to finally try out our Cuisinart ice cream attachments. It couldn’t have been easier and is DELICIOUS! This will definitely be a family staple.
I’m so so glad to hear you liked it so much! Thank you for letting me know!
I made this for twelve guests. It was super easy and everybody loved it. Thanks for the recipe!