This fresh blueberry ice cream is the perfect way to enjoy those fresh blueberries this season.
I have to begin this post with a direct quote from my husband upon tasting today’s treat.
“This is the BEST ice cream you have ever made!”
This comment was not made once but made multiple times while he enjoyed his bowl full of Fresh Blueberry Ice Cream.
This is REALLY the BEST ice cream you have ever made!”
I think he liked and I liked it too. Actually I think you can say we LOVED it! We had the sister missionaries from our church over for dinner this week and when I asked them what they would like to have for dinner one of them said that she really likes fruit. So, do you think this qualifies as a fruit serving?? I sure hope so. But no worries, I also fixed this Perfect Summer Salad for them too!
Earlier in the day I had gone to a local blueberry farm and picked a bucket full of fresh blueberries to use but I am sure you could also use frozen but you’ll get a fresher flavor with fresh berries of course! Not only is this delicious but it is so darn pretty! Totally love the color.
In fact it was so darn pretty it was hard to stop taking pictures of it.
I made the ice cream in my 2 qt. Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker. Give this one a try and let me know what you think! See if you agree with my husband.
I love storing my ice cream in this container. Keeps it fresh in the freezer.
For some of my other favorite ice cream recipes check out these:
and check out my Recipe Index above for lots more under Desserts!
Fresh Blueberry Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 4 C fresh or frozen blueberries
- 2 C sugar
- 1 Tbsp vanilla
- pinch of salt
- 1 C whole milk
- 1 C half and half
- 2 C whipping cream
Instructions
- Puree blueberries in blender.
- Add pureed blueberries and sugar in sauce pan and stir, warming until sugar dissolves.
- Refrigerate mixture until cold.
- Add in vanilla, salt, milk, 1/2 and 1/2 and cream. Mix.
- Pour into ice cream maker and churn.
- Freeze to allow ice cream to set up and ripen.
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The huckleberries are on here. I might have to try this recipe using them. It looks delicious.
My husband is from Idaho and use to pick huckleberries I love huckleberries and this ice cream would be delicious made with them!
This looks amazing! I love your photos too 🙂
Thanks so much – I do love how the photos turned out.
Your recipe says to refrigerate, I’m sure you mean freeze……………but just checking….I am going to try this today or tomorrow……….looks delicious and I have plenty of blueberries growing in my yard. Thank you, love your blog.
You need to refrigerate the mixture before you put it in your ice cream maker because it is warm.
I was wondering the same thing. It’s the last step in your instructions after putting in ice cream maker and churning.
It should say to put in the freezer – sorry! I’ve corrected it.
Oh. YUM!!! We’re moving up to Beaverton at the end of the month and when I was up there last weekend I was getting so excited seeing all the fresh blueberries everywhere. It’s going to be a big change from here in AZ!
Welcome to Oregon – we will have to get together once you are settled in! Yes, it will be a big change from AZ!!!
I’m in the middle of making this right now. I happened to have a huge bowl of fresh berries that needed to be used. I just read the last part about refrigerating until set. Do you mean freeze?
Yes – that should say freeze – will make the change. Thanks
This looks absolutely delicious!
Oh my goodness!! this looks amazing! we are huge blueberries fans in our home….I am making this promise 🙂
THank you for linking to my party!! I am featuring you next week 🙂 Nancy
I hope you will – enjoy it!!!
Thanks so much for sharing your delicious blueberry ice cream at the Pin Junkie Link Party! It was featured this week. I hope you’ll stop by to grab a button! http://www.thepinjunkie.com/2013/08/friday-link-party-30.html
Thanks so much for the feature!
I made this over the holiday weekend, and it was SLAMMIN’! Everybody freaked out over it. Super yummy. Mine is even more purple than yours. Crazy good. Thanks for the recipe.
I love it when people take the time to let me know they enjoyed one of my recipes! Thank you so much and I love knowing that it was a huge success!!
I just wanted to drop by and say thank you for this recipe. I made a slight (and grown ups only!) adaptation of it yesterday as a practice for a very posh grown up meal my husband and I will be cooking in a few weeks for a friend’s birthday. We can’t get half-and-half here in the UK so I used half milk and half cream instead, and I added a tablespoon of Armagnac. It was OUT OF THIS WORLD!!! My husband, who is really fussy about sweet things and usually only likes strawberry ice cream, went back for more. So it MUST have been good. Thanks for an awesome recipe!
So glad it was a hit! Have fun with your party.
The recipe is so simple. I like! Maybe I will try to made my own home made blueberry ice cream someday. 🙂 by the way, your photo look so gorgeous.
Hi I’m confused about the C of half/half
What is it a mix of?
Thank you
Half and Half is usually found near and by the whipping cream. It is half milk and half cream
Tried the recipe yesterday and hubby & daughter said that it was one of the best ice cream they had.
Yeah!! Love to hear that.
Waoo, the best …… creamiest blueberry ice cream ever!!! Love it ?????? !!!!!
And easy to prepare as well yum ???? .
It is a good one isn’t it! So glad you enjoyed it.
Wow, this ice cream looks absolutely delicious! I’m getting whole bunch of blueberries this weekend, and I know what I will be making right away! Can’t wait! Thank you for this wonderful recipe, Leigh Anne!
Hope you enjoy it as much as we did!
Ah it looks SO GOOD! I wish wish wish I had an ice cream maker… *sigh*… I just wrote a blog post about my attempt at making pseudo-ice cream with my regular everyday blender, and some frozen bananas. I was feeling really good about it until I saw your decadent creation! 😉 Mine tastes great and all, but yours is just so pretty!
Linked to you via SITS 🙂
Mae, I am sure your ice cream was wonderful too – love that you can make it in the blender.
i have a question can you make this in a freezer like old fashion ice cream please let me know I don’t have a ice cream maker
I have only made it in an ice cream maker
I just made this and, although I followed the recipe exactly, it is extremely, cloyingly, overpoweringly sweet. I would cut the sugar in half next time. My husband and I are in agreement that there is just way too much sugar in this recipe.
Lindsay, Everyone’s “sweet” tastes are different. I am sure it would be delicious with less sugar too.
I made this last night and it was delicious! It was so creamy. I read another comment about it being way too sweet and almost added less sugar because my husband doesn’t like it super sweet but I didn’t and it was perfect! I am glad I followed the recipe, if I had added less sugar I think it would have just tasted like creamy blueberries. Thank you for sharing this yummy recipe! It is the only one I will use for blueberry ice cream!
Erin, I am so glad you tried it and loved it!! Thanks for letting me know.
I made this for a big group of ladies last weekend, and it was a hit! So very delicious. Thank you!
So glad everyone loved it!
I am wondering about using this to make ice cream sandwiches. Either big sugar cookies or lemon sugar cookies. They should be gorgeous and yummy (I hope!).
Would make a delicious ice cream sandwich!
Waaaay too much sugar. It tastes like purple colored sugar ice cream. I should have listened to the other reviews here. I usually use 3/4 cup sugar in 3 cup milk/cream mixture. Disappointed because 4 cups of blueberries is a lot of wasted blueberries.
Question. After you churn in the icecream maker, do you pour in glass dish to freeze? Just looking at your Picts. And want to confirm.
Thanks!
I usually put it into some type of airtight container in the freezer. THe container in the photo was just for photo purposes
I have to agree with the one poster who said it had too much sugar in it. I would probably cut the sugar in half. Otherwise, taste was good just way too sweet. Also I would play with the liquid amounts as it didn’t churn like my other ice creams do.
Usually I only like my blueberries in pancakes or muffins, but this ice cream looks divine
Thanks Heather – it is yummy!
I’m lactose intolerant, and planning to make this with Lactaid milk. So I’d like to also minimise the heavy cream as this doesn’t come dairy free. Do you think 3 cups milk 1 heavy whipping cream would work?
I think it would be fine. Enjoy!
Thanks!!
Hi saw your link on the SITS link up. I don’t have an ice cream maker and I love that this doesn’t call for one. I am making this for sure!
LOL Sorry I was so excited that I completely skipped the part about the ice cream maker. Ahhh well it still looks good!
How long do I let it churn for?
It will depend on your ice cream maker. Some machines shut off automatically when it is done. For me I just watch it until it is thickened up and then turn it off.
I tried your recipe with some home-grown blueberries from my parents’ garden, and my wife and kids agreed it was the best ice cream flavour ever. Only problem is I didn’t have half-and-half, so I substituted extra whole milk, which I think hurt the texture. It wasn’t as creamy as it should be, and got a little crystallised when frozen. next time hopefully i’ll have more cream or half-and-half on hand. But thanks for posting it!
I made this and it never turned to ice cream I can’t figure out what I did wrong? All I have is purple milk soup ?
What type of ice cream maker were you using?
My sweetheart loves blueberries so I thought I would try this. I’m not sure I understand the need for milk, half & half, AND cream. Milk has 3.25% milk fat. Half & Half is typically 10-12% and whipping cream is 30-35%. So, what your recipe is saying is you want a result that is 18-21% milk fat. That result can be obtained without having to buy two types of cream by using a little more heavy cream and more milk and leaving out the half & half.
Also, I find all that the vanilla overpowers the delicate blueberries by a large factor. I wonder if the wild (low bush) blueberries here in Nova Scotia are milder. In my second batch I omitted the vanilla outright, reduced the sugar, and used (unreconstituted) condensed milk in place of the milk and half & half. This still gave the needed milk fat percentage and the increased lactose and whey from the condensing of the milk gave the underlying creamy taste that the vanilla had been providing, but didn’t overpower the blueberries.
Thanks for posting this recipe. It helped me along greatly!
Can I use my Kitchenaid ice cream maker bowl with this when mixing?
I would think it would work fine. Enjoy!
Thank you, Leigh Anne for this recipe! I made it last year, and it is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO good!!! I have to make it again soon!!! I love all your recipes! Especially the lemon and key lime recipes!!!
Susan
Susan, I am so glad you enjoy the recipes. I need to go blueberry picking so I can make this ice cream this week!!
I’m making this as I write this, only hoping that it won’t be to sweet as other people had said. Oh well if it is I’ll just add less sugar next time….:)
This looks so delicious. I have tons of blieberries growing in my yard and I just went and got the half and half and heavy cream today. Gonna make it for sure this week. Quick question,, how many servings does this make. We have 6 kids so I think I might have to double the ingredients
Hello, one of my favorite recipies. It’s really easy. I featured on my blog, it’s in turkish but you can check it. I put a link.
I mixed some recipies so you can see other 2 links. My ice cream more based on yours.
Have a nice day!
http://niluferustuner.blogspot.com.tr/2015/09/herkes-dondurma-yapabilir-mi.html
Oh wow, sounds yummy. I love blueberry ice cream. Thanks,
Simon
OMG!!!
I have been trying to make ice-cream with my cuisinart maker for 2 years and I never got good result. I gave up last year. This year is a blueberry year here. huge crop. Glad I found your recipe. It is the best. I use half coffee cream and half whole milk (that’s what I have in the fridge) and halved the sugar.
I only make half a batch because I want to try it out first. Glad I did. It freezes better in the machine. I will do small batches from now on. Thanks
So glad you love the recipe too -the vanilla base is my go to – use it for all kinds of recipes.
What is the yield for the recipe? It’s gong to be my first time making ice cream and I’m so excited to give it a shot!
It makes about 1 1/2 qts.
I made this yesterday and it was delicious! I had some friends over and they marveled at it. Thanks for the great recipe. I used my Cuisinart ice cream maker and found that I had to split the batch, I guess mine must be a small maker. My one friend even loved the way it melted. Thanks again for posting this, it will be a staple at our house.
Elise, It is one of my favorites!! So glad you and your friends enjoyed it too. Thanks for letting me know!
Was very surprised and delighted at the light purple colour when I made it, still currently churning but I “taste tested” the batter (would you call it a batter? I’m not sure) and it was absolutely delicious, I wanted to drink it all right then and there. Can’t wait for it to turn into ice cream.
I was also wondering if you might recommend an ice cream sugar cone recipe? I found this one on youtube but not sure whether or not it would be a good pairing with the blueberry ice cream. Any suggestions?
Sugar cone recipe, example, and amounts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1I9WVCvcxE
http://foodwishes.blogspot.com/2017/05/ice-cream-cones-because-egg-white.html
Thank You So Much!
-Vera
So glad you are enjoying the ice cream. I have never made my own sugar cones so don’t have a recommendation but it sounds like a great idea!
Would this same recipe work with other fresh berries, such as raspberries or blackberries? Looks delicious!
Meagan, Absolutely. Any berry or combo of berries would work
I’ve tried making ice cream many times in my ice cream machine without much luck. It normally doesn’t get firm. I have had very good luck making sorbet so I stick to that. However, I made this recipe and it was just amazing. Sooo delicious. Shared some of it, stingily. Now it’s become the requested item for me to bring to events. Thank you for the delicious, easy to make, winning recipe. Just what I was looking for.
DJ SO glad you enjoyed this ice cream – it is one of my favorites.
Awesome recipe!! Made and it had best flavor and taste! Will use on regular basis!
Thea, Bedford, Ky.
Made this for my daughter’s birthday today, but subbed 6oz of raspberries for part of the blueberries. AMAZING!!! The combination and recipe resulted in some of the best ice cream we’ve ever had.
Was I suppose to freeze the bowl before hand? The cream didn’t set. No where does it say to freeze the bowl or on the ice cream maker itself either. Just wondering what I might of done wrong.
Yes, the ice cream bowl should be frozen for 24 hours ahead of time. I am surprised the manufacturer directions didn’t say that, bad directions.