The Only Ice Cream Recipes I Need This Summer

No ice cream machine appears anywhere in this set, and that is what holds it together. We cooked and filmed all four desserts in one video to prove a point: a blender, a few molds and a patient freezer can cover a whole summer of frozen treats, from coconut pops to chocolate-dipped fruit bars.

If you are new to no-churn ice cream, begin with the strawberry. It asks for only three ingredients and no dipping stage, so it is the gentlest introduction. The Raffaello pops and the banana peanut butter bars sit at the candy end of the set; save them for when you want dessert to double as a small event. The apple pops round things out for anyone at your table who skips dairy.

Whatever order you pick, give the freezer the time it needs. Each dessert does its real work over a few hours of freezing, so mix in the morning and serve after supper. The chapter times on this page will take you straight to whichever recipe you want to watch first.

Recipes in this video

Of the four, this one leans most on pantry-shelf luxury: coconut milk, yogurt and coconut flakes, frozen into neat popsicles. Choose it when dessert needs to look like more work than it was.

This fills the candy-bar slot in the set. Banana, peanut butter and a chocolate shell make it the richest of the four, better as an afternoon treat than a light finish to dinner.

The gateway recipe of the set. With just three ingredients and no chocolate step, it proves the no-churn method works before you commit to molds and dipping.

The one to hand to guests who avoid dairy. Apple pops under a dark chocolate shell close out the set, trading creaminess for a cleaner, fruitier finish than its three siblings.

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