Easy Marshmallow Ice Cream

ByIris and Honey

You only need 4 ingredients and 5 steps to make a sweet and delicious marshmallow ice cream.  There’s no churning required!

Jump to RecipeBowl of marshmallow ice cream with crushed Oreo on top

I love ice cream.  Who doesn’t?  Have you ever made homemade ice cream?  In addition to ice cream, I also love vintage recipes.  I found this recipe for marshmallow ice cream in a newspaper from 1937 and decided to give it a try.  Believe me, you want to try it, too.  Did you know you can search digital newspapers for vintage recipes for free on Chronicling America?

Newspaper clipping with marshmallow ice cream recipe from 1937

We had an ice cream maker growing up where you had to get a bag of ice and salt and turn a handle until the ice cream was set.  That’s a lot of work.  Thankfully, you don’t need an ice cream maker for this recipe for marshmallow ice cream.

Milk

I used whole milk for this recipe.  Feel free to use your favorite milk.  I might want to try this recipe again with oat milk and maybe some Dandies to make it vegan.  I’ll need to find a vegan heavy whipping cream, too.  Let me know if you have a favorite vegan whipping cream.

Heavy Whipping Cream

Easy peasy to prepare, simply use a hand mixer and mix until it’s fluffy and holds its shape.  

Vanilla

I don’t think we need to elaborate on this.  Although, consider substituting the vanilla extract with orange extract for a nice creamsicle flavor.  Let me know if you try it that way!

Marshmallows

Okay, so this recipe calls for 20 marshmallows cut in quarters.  This is what I did, but I wondered how many mini marshmallows equal 20 regular marshmallows, so you don’t have to do any cutting.  I’m not doing any fancy conversions here.  20 marshmallows came to about half a 10 oz bag.  So you’ll need 5 oz of mini marshmallows which is about 3 cups.  I hope that helps!

First you mix the milk and marshmallows in a pan over medium to medium-low heat until the marshmallows are creamed.  Be sure to stir constantly and don’t turn the heat up too high or you risk it sticking to the bottom of the pan.Marshmallows and milk in a pot on the stove

Next, beat the heavy whipping cream and pour the marshmallow and milk mixture on top.  Stir in the vanilla and stir everything together.Heavy whipping cream before and after beating

Finally, pour it all in a freezer safe container, let it cool a bit, cover, and freeze.  An optional step here is to lick the spoon, although, I’d say you should probably not skip this step.  Let the marshmallow ice cream freeze overnight.  It looks pretty good, don’t you think?

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Marshmallow Ice Cream

Course Dessert

Ingredients

  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 20 marshmallows quartered

Instructions

  1. In a pan over medium to medium low heat, add the milk and marshmallows until marshmallows are creamy, stirring constantly.

  2. Beat the heavy whipping cream until it is thickened and holds its shape.

  3. Pour the milk and marshmallow mixture on top and mix together.

  4. Stir in the vanilla.

  5. Freeze.

Ideas for serving:

Make a s’mores sundae by topping the marshmallow ice cream with hot fudge and graham cracker crumbles

Top with toasted marshmallows

Serve on top of a fresh brownie 

Crush an Oreo cookie on top

Make it fruity with Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce

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