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Cinnamon Toast Crunch Ice Cream is the perfect way to enjoy one of your favorite breakfast cereal in the form of ice cream!
Why You Will Love This Recipe!
If you are a cinnamon fan or a fan of the Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal you are going to love this ice cream. It has a mild cinnamon flavor and is full of crunchy pieces of cinnamon toast crunch cereal
Ingredients Needed
- Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal
- Milk. I always use whole milk for a richer ice cream and better texture.
- Half and Half. If half and half is unavailable where you live replace the amount with half milk and half whipping cream
- Heavy Cream
- Sugar. You will need granulated sugar and brown sugar.
- Vanilla Extract
- Cinnamon
- Salt
How to Make Cinnamon Toast Crunch Ice Cream
- Soak 2 Cups of cereal in 1 1/2 C of whole milk for about 30-45 minutes. This will infuse the cinnamon flavor into the milk. You may be tempted to just drink the cinnamon milk!
- Strain the milk through a fine mesh strainer and throw the soggy cereal away!
- Combine the cereal infused milk with the other ingredients except for the sugared cereal and pour into my ice cream maker.
- Process according to manufacturer’s instructions. When the ice cream is almost done processing add in the sugared cereal and let it mix in.
Add Extra Crunch
For extra crunch we are going to sugar some of the cereal pieces with brown sugar, just like you would sugar nuts.
Sugaring the cereal prevents it from getting soggy when you add it to the ice cream. Try to coat the cereal as much as possible.
- Place 2 cups of cereal and the brown sugar into a frying pan.
- Over medium heat, stir until sugar melts and coats the cereal. Remove from the heat once coated.
- Place on a plate and allow to cool. Break into pieces.
- After the cinnamon toast crunch ice cream is done churning, stir in the sugared cereal and put the ice cream into an insulated ice cream storage container and into the freezer.
Of course when I got ready to serve it I had to add a little more cereal on top!
Frequently Asked Questions
How long will homemade ice cream last in the freezer?
Stored in an airtight, insulated ice cream container it will last for a couple of weeks.
Do I have to use an ice cream maker?
This homemade ice cream recipe is designed to be made in an ice cream maker and is not meant to be a no churn ice cream.
What kind of ice cream maker do you use?
I use a Cuisinart 2 qt. ice cream maker. I then transfer the ice cream into this insulated ice cream container to let the ice cream harden up.
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Cinnamon Toast Crunch Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 3 cups Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal divided
- 1½ cups whole milk
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1½ cups half & half
- 1½ Tbsp pure vanilla use the good stuff
- 2 cups whipping cream
- 1/4 cups brown sugar
- extra cereal for garnish
Instructions
- Put 2 cups of cereal into 1 1/2 c of whole milk and allow it to sit for 30-45 minutes.
- Strain the milk from the cereal and discard the soggy cereal.
- Add the cereal infused milk, sugar, cinnamon, salt, half & half, vanilla and whipping cream together and pour into ice cream maker.
- Process according to manufacturers directions.
- While ice cream is churning, sugar your 1 C remaining cereal with brown sugar. Stir cereal and brown sugar together over medium heat in a frying pan until sugar melts. Stir to coat cereal with melted sugar.
- Place on a plate and allow to cool. Break into pieces.
- When ice cream is done churning, stir the sugared cereal into the ice cream and place in a freezer container and freeze until it hardens.
- Garnish with additional cereal when serving if desired
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Megan says
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Leigh Anne says
Welcome to the blog. I’m so glad you found me and that you loved the recipe. It’s one of my favorites too!!
Kathryn Mader says
Beautiful! Love your ice cream dishes!
Leigh Anne says
Thanks just found those at Crate & Barrel this week!