2 Ingredient, No Machine Ice Cream & My Favorite Variations Recipe posted by Something Swanky Pin Share Tweet Email Jump to Recipe SomethingSwanky is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you. My husband and I lugged our dumb little ice cream maker all the way from Utah to Virginia, only to find out (after the move) that it was broken. #lame And after spending (what ended up being) thousands of dollars (#alsolame) on this cross country move, we were very, very, very broke. So broke that we couldn’t buy another ice cream maker anytime in the foreseeable future. Which ended up being okay after all, because it led me to the oh-so-popular 2-ingredient-no-machine-required ice cream recipe! I love this little recipe. It’s awesome in a pinch, because you usually have the ingredients on hand to make one of the two variations I’m going to share with you today. I make it a lot on Sundays; because we don’t shop on Sundays, and I forget to buy ice cream on Saturday pretty regularly. And we always like to eat brownies and ice cream on Sunday nights, hence the weekly ice cream emergency that requires me to bust out this recipe on a fairly regular basis. The “original” 2-ingredient recipe calls for mixing whipped cream with a can of sweetened condensed milk. Easy peasy, right? Well, it turns out it gets even easier than that! You can also use Cool Whip in place of the whipped cream! I mean, really– how much simpler could a recipe get? 2 Ingredient Ice Cream Tips Make sure your whipped cream is nice and stiff before beginning. If it’s not, the ice cream will be more icy than creamy.You can use either Cool Whip or regular whipped cream in this recipe. Just make sure you whisk it together well with the sweetened condensed milk until there are no lumps.If you want a bit more of a vanilla flavor in your ice cream, add 1 tsp of vanilla extract to the mixture before freezing.This recipe can easily be doubled or tripled if you need to make more! 2 Ingredient Ice Cream FAQ Can I use low-fat whipped cream or Cool Whip in this recipe? Yes! You can use either regular or Lite Cool Whip without any problems. Just make sure you whisk it together well with the sweetened condensed milk until there are no lumps. Can I make this ice cream without an ice cream maker? Yes! This ice cream can be made without an ice cream maker. Just mix together the whipped cream and sweetened condensed milk, pour it into a freezer safe container, cover, and freeze for at least 4-6 hours or overnight. Can I make this recipe with different flavors of whipped cream? Yes! You can use any flavor of whipped cream you like in this recipe. Just make sure you whisk it together well with the sweetened condensed milk until there are no lumps. What is the best way to store this ice cream? This ice cream should be stored in a freezer safe container in the freezer. It will keep for 4-6 hours or overnight. Continue to Content Easy 2 Ingredient Ice Cream Print Ingredients 2 cups heavy cream whipped to stiff peaks -or- 16 oz. Cool Whip Lite 14 oz sweetened condensed milk Optional: 1 tsp vanilla Instructions Whisk together the Cool Whip and the sweetened condensed milk until combined. Pour in a freezer safe container, cover, and freeze for at least 4-6 hours or overnight! Serves 8-12 My favorite variations of this recipe: Cheesecake: Mix the following ingredients with the sweetened condensed milk before adding the whipped cream: 8 oz. brick of cream cheese 1/4 cup softened butter, 1 tbsp lemon juice or lemon juice substitute, and 1 tsp vanilla. Omit 8 oz of Cool Whip or 1 cup cream. This is the base I used for my Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream, which has been a reader favorite and my #2 favorite flavor! (my #1 is Nutter Butter S’mores Ice Cream).Peanut Butter/Nutella: mix 1/2 cup of peanut butter or Nutella with the sweetened condensed milk before adding the Cool Whip or whipped cream.Add any Duncan Hines Frosting Creations Flavor Packet! (I used Key Lime in this recipe and loved it!) Easy Ice Cream from Friends: Easy Peanut Butter Cheesecake Ice Cream by Crazy For Crust Birthday Cake Remix by Love, Life, and Sugar Marshmallow Kit Kat Ice Cream by Inside BruCrew Life Don’t miss a bite! Connect with Something Swanky: Hot Fudge Italian Cream Sodas Starbucks Vanilla Bean Frappuccino
I have only every done my ice cream with the machine but this is a great method to us if I need to throw some ice cream together quick! Reply
Wait, this is the most genius 2-ingredient recipe I’ve seen so far! At first I thought this would be another banana ice cream post, but no — this is way better! Great recipe!! Reply
Oh you’re right– I bet people think that! I wonder how I can specify that in the title without making it a million words? lol… Oh well. 🙂 Reply
This is my favorite way to make ice cream now too. So easy and so creamy! Love your pics for this! I think I need picmonkey help because I can never get my pics to look as great as you do using their editing! Reply
Everything I do is in this post: https://staging.somethingswanky.com/4-simple-tips-to-edit-food-photos-using-picmonkey-com/ Nothing tricky 🙂 Reply
So sorry about your ice cream maker! But this – no ice cream maker needed?! Yes and yes! Definitely makes my life a bit easier. I don’t have any freezer-space for my ice cream machine right now! Reply
I love this method never tried with coolwhip. I love mixing in creamy peanut butter with candy like crushed butterfingers or reese pieces. Or just crushed oreos. Yummy Reply
Hi Ashton, I have a similar recipe. In fact, it is from my mom 🙂 . She used to make it for us every summer! Before take to the freezer, I like to whip this batter to strawberry/raspberry jam! It gets very delicious! Thanks for sharing it! PS: I’ve already taken a note to my recipe: whip the heavy cream! It will be a great change! 🙂 Reply
I am new to all this ice cream making…what would happen if I put this recipe into a kitchenaid mixer ice cream maker attachment, would it get too thick for the machine? Reply
