I got this recipe from my friend Heather, and it is absolutely the easiest homemade ice cream recipe out there. And it’s Oh-So-Creamy!! Even my oldest has become a pro at making this, and now I can kick back and relax and tell her to go make some ice cream. (Ha!)
You have only THREE ingredients. I told you it was simple.
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 8 oz. tub Cool Whip
1/2 gallon chocolate milk
Yes, I use off-brand. Except for paper towels. I’m a Viva snob.
Anyway, first mix the sweetened condensed milk with the cool whip and about half of the chocolate milk (or whatever will fit into your bowl).
Next, pour the mixture into your ice cream freezer, and fill the remaining chocolate milk to the fill line. (Ours fits 1/2 gallon just perfectly).
And if you have a helper, they might have to lick the bowl…
Follow your ice cream freezer directions to finish the ice cream. Ours involves adding ice and rock salt every now and then while the ice melts down, and stops on its own.
And when it’s done… Perfection.
Doesn’t it just make you want to end your hot summer’s day with some of this yumminess?? Enjoy!!
~Mama Tutu
P.S. If you like the ease of this recipe, be sure to check out our 4-ingredient recipe for homemade orange creme ice cream as well!
Oh. Yum. Yall need to bring your ice cream freezer when you come! Also, your Viva paper towels still mess with my mind. ;)
I am having a moment of nostalgia for the heavenly bliss I had when my kids were little and I was a stay at home mom. They would have loved to make ice cream. The wallpaper in the background brings me back to those days, can you believe I had the same paper? Making the ice cream tonight. Love your blog title, Trains and Tutus says it all.
Is there a way to make this without the ice cream machine? We don’t have one. :(
Shelly,
I did a quick search and found this:
http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-ice-cream-without-124210
You could probably use my recipe and give it a try with this method, but I’ve never made it this way, so I wouldn’t know for sure. Worth a try, though!
~Laura
You can make ice cream by just placing mixture into a bowl with lid and placing in freezer. In an hour, stir or beat contents scraping sides of bowl. Repeat this as needed till frozen. You might even want to stir it every half an hour once or twice through out the process . Then when done, eat it or just store it the way it is.
P.S. Anytime you want to protect your ice cream from getting that dried out or gummy texture it gets sometimes, just press a piece of wax paper against frozen ice cream and leave it on there after every use. Can do same thing for frozen cool whip.
You can use 2 coffee cans (the smaller one needs to be metal) – one small and one large. Put the ingredients in the smaller can and put the lid on and seal it shut with duct tape. Then set the can inside the larger can and fill the extra space with ice and rock salt. Put the lid on that can and seal it shut well with duct tape, too. Shake, rattle and roll the cans non-stop (take turns, enlist the kids) for about 15 minutes. You will likely need to add more ice and salt about halfway through.
Voila! Ice cream.
If this seems like too much work to make, you can also purchase an ice cream making ball for under $20: http://www.amazon.com/Play-Freeze-Cream-Maker-Quart/dp/B000QV5W9W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1342576148&sr=8-1&keywords=ice+cream+maker+ball.
Hi, I found you on pintrest. Looks great! You said a 1/2 gallon of chocolate milk, but I don’t know if my ice cream maker can hold that much liquid. I use the ice cream maker attachment for my kitchen aid mixer. Any suggestions if I cannot get all of the milk to fit?
Do you have a fill line on your KitchenAid attachment? If so, just fill to the maximum fill line with as much chocolate milk as will fit.
Just wanted to ask the size of your ice cream freezer, is it 4 qts. or 6 qts.?
Jan ~ It’s a 4 quart machine.
Jennifer,
You could make up your ice cream and then fill your ice cream maker to the fill mark. Then pour rest of ice cream mixture into small dixie cups or ice cube trays. Place in sticks or toothpicks and freeze that way.
Mix all ingredients together. Fill your machine to fill line. Put remaining mixture in the fridge. When the first batch of ice cream is done, transfer to a freezer container, then make the second batch.
I tried this and it was great… You can also use either grape soda or Orange soda in the place of the chocolate milk…. Yummy..
I NEED this ASAP! lol Looks so delicious!!!
Yum! My ice cream maker is pretty tiny so I think I would maybe do half a batch at a time so I don’t miss out on being able to add more than a splash of chocolate milk! Also, I mostly hate Cool Whip (it’s made with horrible fake things and tastes SO inferior to real whipped cream), so I think I will try this with freshly-whipped cream. There is so much sugar in chocolate milk and sweetened condensed milk anyway that I’ll bet it’ll be sweet enough without any more sugar!
I’m sure it would be awesome with real whipped cream!
Hello Laura! This ice cream recipe looks yummy! I do however, have a quick question. My freezer holds 11/2 gallons. what size is the one pictured? I wanted to know so I could adjust the recipe if necessary. Thanks! Kathy
Hi Kathy! Great question! Mine is a 4 quart machine.
Would you mind if I featured this on my web site using your picture and giving you all the credit of course. I will link the recipe so they have to go to your site to see how it is made. It looks wonderful and I think people will really like this.
Sure! Thanks for asking. :)
THIS LOOKS WONDERFUL! DON’T FRET ABOUT THE “OFF BRANDS” -THAT’S THE ONLY WAY TO GO! FROM WHAT I’VE BEEN TOLD IT’S USUALLY MANUFACTURED BY THE “BRAND” COMPANY ANYWAY AND SOLD UNDER STORE NAME. NOT SURE IF THIS THIS TRUE, BUT HEY, THEY ARE JUST AS GOOD IF NOT BETTER IN SOME CASES! GOING TO MAKE THIS!!! THANKS FOR SHARING.
I have heard the same thing too about off brands being name brands! I just found that out about Magic Erasers!!!
I have been making this for years. But I just pour the condensed milk, cool whip & chocolate milk (in that order) into the ice cream canister, no mixing necessary. Then freeze according to directions of your ice cream freezer. Fantastic!!!
this looks awesome….just went and bought ingredients to make it! I’m using 1% low fat chocolate milk, FF Cool Whip and FF condensed milk – trying to make it Weight Watcher friendly:) How many servings does this make? Thanks!
My ice cream maker has a 4 quart capacity, and it fills it all the way to the top!
I will show this weight watcher friendly version to my mom. Thanks for posting this version, I never would have thought of using FF ingredients.
I have a 1 1/2 gal freezer.
Do I need to double receipt?
Doubling it would make too much. You could multiply by 1.5 or you could just make the recipe as is and it just won’t fill the freezer to the top.
Oh, my goodness. That looks amazing. I’m sure I’ll have to adjust quantities for my tiny ice cream maker, but I can’t wait to try this!
This is great. And real tasted like Wendy’s frosty s.
HI can you use other flavors do not like chocolate.
Yes! You can use strawberry milk or even regular with anything you like mixed in!
This sounds amazing! I’m an ice cream lover but dairy doesn’t love me back…have you ever tried dark chocolate almond milk instead of chocolate milk?
I just made this tonight with dark chocolate almond milk and it was delicious!
Glad it worked! Thanks for letting us know!
I make chocolate almond milk and Baileys slushies for girls night… imagine it as an ice cream!!
This looks delicious! I can’t wait to try it! Do you think i could substitute chocolate soy milk for the chocolate milk? Thanks! : )
We make something similar to this and call it Big Red Ice Cream.
1 can Eagle Brand Milk
1 2liter bottle of Big Red
Pour it in the ice cream freezer container. Put the paddle in and stir is around a little and then start the freezer. In about 45 min. a wonderful cool summer dessert is ready! We’ve used a peach flavored beverage and grape flavored, too. We like the Big Red the best though.
Sounds yummy! We’ll have to try it!
Oh my goodness, I just came across this on Pinterest this afternoon and I already went to the store and bought everything to make this tonight lol. ;) You’ve got a new fan here in Southern Oregon! Thank you!!
Sarah
Made the ice-cream lastnight and today (it took two batches with my machine lol) and it is AMAZING! Really does taste just like a frosty, thank you again for sharing! :)
I found this from Pinterest; when I saw your picture at the bottom of the blog, I recognized you! I’m your mom’s first cousin! How cool is that? One of my husband’s nieces pinned this recipe. Tell your Mom Hi! from me. :) Joanna (Tonn) Buchanan
How funny! Good to hear from you!
Has anyone tried this with the low fat condensed milk and low fat cool whip? Just curious as I’m on weight watchers and still enjoy my ice cream and would prefer to make my own! Thanks for your help!
Just tried this for the first time with fat free Eagle Brand, light Cool Whip and low fat milk. It was good but not as creamy as a frosty; so next time I will go with whole milk and maybe add a little chocolate syrup to boost the chocolate flavor. You can’t beat it for ‘quick and easy’.
I can’t wait to try this. I make another EASY icecream…..1 can sweetened condensed milk and enough orange soda, such as Fanta, to come to the fill line of your freezer. It is fabulous! I will try the chocolate today.
Made this tonight, FANTASTIC!!! Thank you!
OM-Goodness….this was oh so amazing!
I just have a 2 quart Cusinart—the kind where you freeze the bowl, once it is frozen…then put it on the machine and add ingredients to bowl. Start, and 20-30 minutes later…ICECREAM!!!!
So I halved all ingredients—and did not add the additional milk.
It was LOVED in my house—thank you so much for sharing this very simple easy to do recipe~
I don’t like Cool Whip. Do you think this would work with real whipped cream? Thanks!
I’m sure it would work fine!
Found you on pinterest………so I came over to check it out……..I’d like to invite you to share this amazing recipe @ CountryMommaCooks Link and Greet Party (now-Mon)
thanks again I can’t wait to try this : )
This sounds like a great idea! And so simple too. :)
I make this ice cream with crushed butterfinger
candy bars. Great!!
I have made this twice already in 2 wks and it is a huge success at my house.
The second time I made it I added 2 cups powdered and it turned out even creamier. Thank you for this delicious recipe.
Can’t wait to try this recipe. Does anyone know what 2 cups powdered ingredient that Kelly added is? Is it powdered milk maybe? thx
I usually can tweek a recipe to be sugar free, but using the sweetened condensed milk, that seems a bit more difficult to replace. Got any ideas?
I don’t know how I would substitute for Sugar free with this recipe, since all three ingredients contain sugar. Sorry! :(
Just made this and it was delicious! Made one change, instead of regular chocolate milk we used Nesquik Chocolate Milk. Their big bottle is 1/2 gallon. This was actually forced on me since the local grocery store had no other option at the time. Very much enjoyed this. Thanks again!!
I have made this using white milk and adding crushed up Butterfinger Candy bars. So Good and can’t wait to try the chocolate. Thanks
I LOVE this ice cream! I also love the fact that my picture is in the recipe.
Oh for the love of God, people PLEASE do not eat Cool Whip. It is FULL of artery clogging hydrogenated fats!!! Not to mention a billion other chemicals. This is not a THREE ingredient recipe. It is three PRODUCTS with multiple ingredients, most of them chemicals that humans should not eat. You’d do yourself a lot better to mix up a frozen banana with milk and cocoa powder.
I added a few tablespoons of chocolate Ovaltene as it was freezing when I could taste that the chocolate flavor was extremely faint. Adding the Ovaltene gave a better chocolate flavor yet is still a lighter chocolate like wendys frostys are. Very easy & tasty!
So I am planning on making this this weekend but for the chocolate milk do we use the whole 1/2 gallon or do you use just half of the 1/2 gallon of milk?
Looks yummy and I can’t wait to make it!! :))
Yes, use the whole half gallon. Enjoy!
Thanks so much Laura!! So excited for this!!
OMG…she looks just like my daughter! They say everyone has a twin and I believe we’ve just found her ;)
Wow! I’d love to see. :)
I made this tonight with out coolwhip, just used 8 oz of heavy whipping cream and not quite all my half gallon of chocolate milk. Part of mixture froze well and part was soft like frosty consistency. I put everything in the icecream canister and set it up no premixing required.
We love this! I have made it twice in a week and a half. lol The second time we tweaked it a bit and added some chocolate syrup to up the chocolate flavor though. We think it tastes just like a Wendy’s Frosty. My son is wanting to try a vanilla version so we are going to whip that up soon. I am scheduling a post on my blog to share this recipe. Would you like for me to send people here to get the recipe or just list the recipe and add a link to your blog? Thanks for sharing.
Either way is fine. Thanks for linking back! And I’d love to hear how the vanilla version turns out! ~Laura
Hi Mama Tutu!
Thanks for the great recipe! Just wanted to let you know that I understand the “Viva snob” attitude toward paper towels, but have a nice surprise for you to try….if they have an Aldi’s store near you, they now have a generic version of Viva that, dare I say it, is equal to or better than Viva!! Check it out…..a real bargain. One roll lasted me over a week (in which I would normally go through two or two and a half Brawny pick-a-size!). God bless you!
Oh! Thanks for the recommendation! We just got an Aldi. I haven’t been yet, but it sounds like I might need to make a visit!
Just finished this in my small table-top maker… It was wonderful – and so easy! Thanks.