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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Marm
August 6, 2013 at 7:28 amThe huckleberries are on here. I might have to try this recipe using them. It looks delicious.
Leigh Anne
August 6, 2013 at 9:19 pmMy husband is from Idaho and use to pick huckleberries I love huckleberries and this ice cream would be delicious made with them!
Zainab @ Blahnik Baker
August 6, 2013 at 8:22 amThis looks amazing! I love your photos too 🙂
Leigh Anne
August 6, 2013 at 9:18 pmThanks so much – I do love how the photos turned out.
Pa
August 6, 2013 at 8:38 amYour 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.
Leigh Anne
August 8, 2013 at 6:35 amYou need to refrigerate the mixture before you put it in your ice cream maker because it is warm.
Jaime
August 19, 2013 at 8:38 pmI was wondering the same thing. It’s the last step in your instructions after putting in ice cream maker and churning.
Leigh Anne
September 8, 2013 at 8:28 pmIt should say to put in the freezer – sorry! I’ve corrected it.
Aubrey @ Real Housemoms
August 6, 2013 at 11:57 amOh. 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!
Leigh Anne
August 6, 2013 at 9:18 pmWelcome to Oregon – we will have to get together once you are settled in! Yes, it will be a big change from AZ!!!
Dawn
August 6, 2013 at 10:50 pmI’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?
Leigh Anne
September 5, 2013 at 10:35 pmYes – that should say freeze – will make the change. Thanks
Melanie @ Just Some Salt and Pepper
August 8, 2013 at 8:34 pmThis looks absolutely delicious!
nancy pfeifer
August 13, 2013 at 11:15 pmOh 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
Leigh Anne
August 20, 2013 at 3:26 pmI hope you will – enjoy it!!!
Bonnie @ The Pin Junkie
August 15, 2013 at 6:18 pmThanks 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
Leigh Anne
August 20, 2013 at 3:26 pmThanks so much for the feature!
Jen
September 5, 2013 at 6:52 pmI 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.
Leigh Anne
September 5, 2013 at 10:31 pmI 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!!
Liz at Human Nature
September 12, 2013 at 3:29 amI 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!
Leigh Anne
September 12, 2013 at 7:27 amSo glad it was a hit! Have fun with your party.
Zack
October 1, 2013 at 8:35 amThe 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.
Confused
December 16, 2013 at 7:43 pmHi I’m confused about the C of half/half
What is it a mix of?
Thank you
Leigh Anne
December 18, 2013 at 6:40 amHalf and Half is usually found near and by the whipping cream. It is half milk and half cream
Celine Lin
December 18, 2013 at 4:29 pmTried the recipe yesterday and hubby & daughter said that it was one of the best ice cream they had.
Leigh Anne
December 19, 2013 at 6:40 amYeah!! Love to hear that.
Priyanka
December 20, 2013 at 12:47 pmWaoo, the best …… creamiest blueberry ice cream ever!!! Love it ❤️❤️❤️ !!!!!
And easy to prepare as well yum 😋 .
Leigh Anne
December 20, 2013 at 5:06 pmIt is a good one isn’t it! So glad you enjoyed it.
Shinee
May 27, 2014 at 10:20 amWow, 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!
Leigh Anne
May 27, 2014 at 10:21 amHope you enjoy it as much as we did!
Mae
June 7, 2014 at 12:44 pmAh 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 🙂
Leigh Anne
June 7, 2014 at 7:29 pmMae, I am sure your ice cream was wonderful too – love that you can make it in the blender.
shelby
June 22, 2014 at 6:06 pmi 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
Leigh Anne
June 22, 2014 at 6:08 pmI have only made it in an ice cream maker
Lindsay
June 8, 2014 at 2:07 pmI 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.
Leigh Anne
June 9, 2014 at 12:33 pmLindsay, Everyone’s “sweet” tastes are different. I am sure it would be delicious with less sugar too.
Erin
June 23, 2014 at 4:14 amI 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!
Leigh Anne
June 23, 2014 at 7:24 amErin, I am so glad you tried it and loved it!! Thanks for letting me know.
Lauren
June 25, 2014 at 12:47 pmI made this for a big group of ladies last weekend, and it was a hit! So very delicious. Thank you!
Leigh Anne
June 25, 2014 at 2:14 pmSo glad everyone loved it!
Kathy
June 26, 2014 at 2:09 pmI 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!).
Leigh Anne
July 6, 2014 at 10:28 amWould make a delicious ice cream sandwich!
Julie
July 5, 2014 at 5:21 pmWaaaay 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.
Lisa
July 10, 2014 at 7:08 amQuestion. 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!
Leigh Anne
July 10, 2014 at 7:09 amI usually put it into some type of airtight container in the freezer. THe container in the photo was just for photo purposes
Jess
July 13, 2014 at 10:15 pmI 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.
Heather @ French Press
July 15, 2014 at 8:43 pmUsually I only like my blueberries in pancakes or muffins, but this ice cream looks divine
Leigh Anne
July 15, 2014 at 8:51 pmThanks Heather – it is yummy!
Mary Nugent
July 16, 2014 at 9:28 pmI’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?
Leigh Anne
July 16, 2014 at 9:42 pmI think it would be fine. Enjoy!
Mary Nugent
July 16, 2014 at 9:42 pmThanks!!
Diana Zee
July 21, 2014 at 9:27 amHi 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!
Diana Zee
July 21, 2014 at 9:29 amLOL Sorry I was so excited that I completely skipped the part about the ice cream maker. Ahhh well it still looks good!
Alissa
July 22, 2014 at 11:27 pmHow long do I let it churn for?
Leigh Anne
July 23, 2014 at 6:48 amIt 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.
Jim Jocifero
July 27, 2014 at 6:25 pmI 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!
Santana
September 4, 2014 at 9:15 pmI 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 ?
Leigh Anne
September 4, 2014 at 9:42 pmWhat type of ice cream maker were you using?
Kurt Fitzner
February 1, 2015 at 3:23 pmMy 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!
Patty
April 14, 2015 at 3:37 amCan I use my Kitchenaid ice cream maker bowl with this when mixing?
Leigh Anne
April 14, 2015 at 6:28 amI would think it would work fine. Enjoy!
Susan
June 27, 2015 at 12:32 pmThank 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
Leigh Anne
June 27, 2015 at 2:03 pmSusan, I am so glad you enjoy the recipes. I need to go blueberry picking so I can make this ice cream this week!!
Lisa
July 13, 2015 at 8:16 amI’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….:)
Eimy
July 20, 2015 at 9:07 pmThis 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
Nilufer
September 15, 2015 at 6:02 amHello, 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
plasterer bristol
March 21, 2016 at 10:22 pmOh wow, sounds yummy. I love blueberry ice cream. Thanks,
Simon
Soon Loo
July 27, 2016 at 9:57 pmOMG!!!
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
Leigh Anne
July 28, 2016 at 7:49 amSo glad you love the recipe too -the vanilla base is my go to – use it for all kinds of recipes.
Eric
August 1, 2016 at 3:45 pmWhat 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!
Leigh Anne
August 22, 2016 at 9:55 amIt makes about 1 1/2 qts.
Elise LaJeunesse
May 12, 2017 at 9:21 amI 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.
Leigh Anne
May 12, 2017 at 9:54 amElise, It is one of my favorites!! So glad you and your friends enjoyed it too. Thanks for letting me know!
Vera
May 27, 2017 at 6:38 pmWas 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
Leigh Anne
May 28, 2017 at 3:55 pmSo 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!
Meagan
June 10, 2017 at 8:53 pmWould this same recipe work with other fresh berries, such as raspberries or blackberries? Looks delicious!
Leigh Anne
June 12, 2017 at 5:27 amMeagan, Absolutely. Any berry or combo of berries would work
DJ
July 7, 2017 at 9:50 amI’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.
Leigh Anne
July 9, 2017 at 5:06 pmDJ SO glad you enjoyed this ice cream – it is one of my favorites.
Thea D Tingle
July 23, 2017 at 8:42 pmAwesome recipe!! Made and it had best flavor and taste! Will use on regular basis!
Thea, Bedford, Ky.
Hanna Baker
September 9, 2018 at 5:57 pmMade 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.