'Create Your Own Ice Cream' Contest

recipes articles & more

10 Ways to Eat Less Meat
Spring Vegetable Ragout with Fresh Pasta
Southern Buttermilk Biscuits
Giveaway! Win Bruce Aidells’s Must-Have Grill Tools
Garden Party Cocktail
Grow & Cook Your Own Fresh Peas
Homemade Applewood-Smoked Bacon
Best Burgers On the Block
Roast Chicken Redux
Summertime Sangria
Macaroni and Cheese Recipe: Create Your Own
Cheesecake Recipe: Create Your Own
Classic Lattice-Top Blueberry Pie
Sweet Strawberry Desserts
Potato Salad Recipe: Create Your Own
Gluten-Free Baked Treats
Baconize It!
The Perfect Menu for Picnic Season
Fresh & Healthy Recipes
Top Brownie Recipes

showing 1 - 24 of 47 posts
1 2 Next >

Sort By:

Subscribe to RSS feed

Create Your Own Ice Cream Finalists

FC_Editors, editor | July 14th, 20095 comments

We've narrowed it down to ten finalists in the Create Your Own Ice Cream Contest. Vote for your favorite!

view details

Orange-Ginger Oatmeal Cookie Crisp

bakestressnyc, member | July 11th, 20092 comments

Vanilla bean, ginger and orange zest-infused custard with crushed home-made crispy oatmeal cookies. To make this ice cream, go to the ice-cream builder and drag in orange zest, ginger and crushed...

view details

Spicy white chocolate ice cream

Guimauve, member | July 7th, 2009

Love the taste of pink peppercorn? So why not savour it in this rich and creamy white chocolate ice cream! I melted 225g of white chocolate and added it to a custard mix. Crushed pink peppercorns 3...

view details

Banana Bread Mac Nut Crunch Ice Cream

ladybugthepug, member | July 7th, 20094 comments

Inspired by our recent trip to Hawaii, I created a vanilla bean base using Dave's basic ice cream recipe featured in the June/July 2009 issue of Fine Cooking. Then I folded in chunks of homemade...

view details

Strawberry, Balsamic Vinegar & Black Pepper Ice Cream

Canadian_Foodie, member | July 7th, 20093 comments

I live in Beautiful British Columbia. We have amazing strawberries, but our season is very short, but sweet! It was my inspiration for creating an ice cream flavour that includes just a...

view details

Apricot Golden Raspberry Ice Cream Bonbons

NJacobsons, member | July 6th, 20092 comments

We have an apricot tree and golden raspberry plants and every year we make Apricot Golden Raspberry Jam. As we were making it a few days ago, we thought it would be a great addition to an ice cream...

view details

Jack Daniel's Ice Cream With Jack Daniels Fudge Chunks

keeleyc, member | July 6th, 20093 comments

2/3 of a cup of Jack Daniels and a fair chunk of JD chocolate fudge (just chocolate, Jack & condensed milk) make for quite a kick in this ice cream! I simply added the Jack to the custard mix...

view details

Jalapeno & Lime Ice Cream

keeleyc, member | July 6th, 20096 comments

Spicy ice cream is a wonderfully odd sensation - specially with the self-soothing effect the creaminess of the ice cream itself provides! I added 3/4 of a jalapeño pepper (very finely chopped...

view details

Carrot & Rum Ice Cream

keeleyc, member | July 6th, 2009

Made using a basic ice cream custard base (5 egg yolks, 1 cup milk, 3/4 cup sugar) with the addition of 3 small grated carrots and 1/3 cup rum. The custard was boiled down 'til it sticks to the back...

view details

OrCho Mint

Vosper, member | July 6th, 2009

Infusing 1/3 cup of chocolate mint from the garden and the zest of two oranges gives this ice cream a mellow orange taste with a refreshingly cool mint finish.

view details

Grumpy Nut Pistachio #2

peskyone, member | July 6th, 2009

Interesting recipe, combined half the milk with pistachios, heat, infuse for 15 minutes, then put mixture in blender and blend, squeeze out the milk through cheesecloth, and then add to eggs to...

view details

Sally's Malted Milk Ice Cream

peskyone, member | July 6th, 2009

I invited my brother and his wife and my sister for dinner last weekend. I was trying to recreate a childhood treat. The local supermarked/lunch counter had soft serve ice cream simply called malted...

view details

Red, White, and Blue Ice Cream Cake

NJacobsons, member | July 6th, 20091 comment

We planned to make this cake from the beginning of the contest! We used a chocolate Genoise cake for the base, baked and frozen about a week before the 4th. We then made a recipe of ice cream three...

view details

Chocolate Orange Ice Cream

karenkitchen, member | July 5th, 20093 comments

The classic pairing of chocolate and orange made this ice cream so delicious. Starting with David Lebovitz's basic ice cream recipe, I infused orange zest into the custard. This gave it a...

view details

Peach Pie Ice Cream

karenkitchen, member | July 5th, 20092 comments

Peach pie is my favorite dessert. When experimenting with the David Lebovitz ice cream recipes, I thought I would see how close this ice cream could taste like pie. My mom's peach pie...

view details

A Southern Treat (sweet potato ice cream)

Brynnie, member | July 4th, 20097 comments

This is such a southern treat. I love sweet potato pie and trust me this is a close second. I added a cup of mashed sweet potato, a pinch of ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, and a touch of vanilla to my...

view details

Dewberry Swirl Ice Cream

NJacobsons, member | July 3rd, 2009

Dewberries are the wild "blackberries" that grow by the side of the road. We have gathered quite a few this year. We have made a pie and are going to make some jam, also. Kelly...

view details

Cherry Cordial Deluxe

NJacobsons, member | July 3rd, 2009

We used tart cherries from our little North Star pie cherry tree, macerated with almonds and amaretto. We added this mixture to the plain custard base before freezing. We added bittersweet...

view details

Monkey Bite Ice Cream

karenkitchen, member | July 3rd, 20091 comment

(This is my first post ever...eek!) My inspiration for this ice cream experiment was chocolate covered bananas...yummy! Banana ice cream with peanuts and chocolate chunks folded...

view details

Brandy Alexander Bliss

corinna121, member | July 2nd, 20094 comments

My Recipe: Brandy Alexander Bliss Ice Cream Yields about 1 quart ingredients 2 cups heavy cream 1 cup whole milk 3/4 cup granulated sugar Pinch of Table salt 1 vanilla bean, split...

view details

Gingerbread Coffee Almond Chip

nuggetmonkey, member | July 1st, 20092 comments

I started with the coffee ice cream recipe in David Lebovitz's The Perfect Scoop, and added drizzled chocolate & toasted almonds. Rather than stirring in the gingerbread to the ice cream...

view details

Sparkling Peach & Raspberry Sorbet

nuggetmonkey, member | July 1st, 20092 comments

A tangy treat of blended raspberries, white peaches & champagne. Due to the relatively large alcohol content (both champagne & Grand Marnier) this sorbet is soft & enjoyable right...

view details

Tiramasu Ice Cream Cake

peskyone, member | June 29th, 20094 comments

Tiramasu Ice Cream Cake My birthday buddy at work challenged me to an ice cream cake. I made a nice sponge cake in a 9" pan, then cut it in half. For the first ice cream flavor, I...

view details

Drunken Dessert Ice Cream

esanz01, member | June 24th, 2009

If you love coffee and alcohol with a dessert twist, then this Drunken Dessert ice cream is for you! It is created with the mouthwatering Bailey's Irish Cream and Kahlua. To waken it...

view details

showing 1 - 24 of 47 posts
1 2 Next >

Special Sections

Gluten-Free Baked Treats

Healthy Chicken Dinners

Taste of New Orleans

Create Your Own Ice Cream Contest

This summer, we're challenging you to create your own ice cream flavor, using David Lebovitz's simple method and our online recipe builder. Taking the challenge is easy:

Step One: Login or create a profile

Step Two: Go to our Create Your Own Recipe game to build your creation. You can also enter a flavor that you create using David's method but your own ideas for flavors.

Step Three: Post photos and a description of your creation following the instructions on the entry form.

Step Four: Browse the gallery and get inspired! You can comment on other entries, and give your favorite photos a thumbs-up rating.

Grand Prize: The user posting the most creative dish will win a Cuisinart Flavor Duo two-bowl ice cream maker.

For the complete contest rules, click here.