A can’t-miss dessert at this summer’s cookout is Very Berry No-Churn Vanilla Ice Cream! Homemade vanilla ice cream couldn’t be easier with this 3-ingredient, no churn recipe. The addition of 4 kinds of berries creates a patriotic treat for all ages that helps beat the heat!
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Life is better with ice cream
When it’s hot outside, not a day goes by that I don’t have cravings for ice cream. It’s creamy and delicious and is the perfect antidote to get through a blazing hot day.
July 4th is the perfect excuse to break out this recipe and impress your friends and family at your cookout! For other festive treats, make sure you check out my Firecracker Funfetti Sugar Cookies and Mixed Berry Cast Iron Cobbler. Don’t forget the Red, White, and Blue Cheeseburgers!
Not that I don’t love cookies, pies, or other warm desserts, but you don’t even need to touch the oven when it comes to no-churn vanilla ice cream. And waiting what feels like hours on your ice cream maker is a thing of the past thanks to this simple 3-ingredient recipe!
How To: make no-churn vanilla ice cream
This 3 ingredient recipe could NOT be any easier!
No-churn takes the guesswork and arduous waiting period out of ice cream making. No gourmet equipment is required, all you need is a blender and freezer-safe dish.
Churning is essentially a long process that allows air to mix with cream, making the round and buoyant ice cream scoops that we know and love.
No-churn ice cream swaps out this process for a blender, which quickly whips the heavy cream and introduces air into it. Sweetened condensed milk is also used instead of eggs or sugars, removing the cooking time required for a traditional custard without sacrificing the sweetness.
Pour your heavy cream, sweetened condensed milk, and vanilla extract into a blender for a few minutes and voila! That’s IT.
How to: very berry-fy the ice cream
This no-churn vanilla ice cream base can be used as a foundation and built upon to create an endless amount of delicious ice cream concoctions!
Swap in cocoa powder for chocolate ice cream, mint extract and chocolate bits for mint chocolate chip, or chopped fruit for a fruity take.
That’s where we start to have fun and put the berry in Very Berry No-Churn Vanilla Ice Cream.
Chop up an assortment of fresh berries until you have about one cup. For a July 4th theme, use a mixture of red and blue berries to ensure the colors pop.
Pour the cream mixture into a freezer-safe dish. Next, stir in the chopped berries until mixed through.
Allow to freeze at least a few hours, overnight is preferred. Enjoy!
Ingredients Needed
Materials Needed
Very Berry No-Churn Vanilla Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 14 oz sweetened condensed milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ cup strawberries, diced
- ¼ cup blueberries, diced
- ¼ cup raspberries, diced
- ¼ cup blackberries, diced
Instructions
- In a blender or my hand, mix heavy cream, sweetened condensed milk, and vanilla extract for about 30 seconds until well combined.
- Pour mixture into a loaf pan or other freezer-friendly container. Stir in diced strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries.
- Cover and freeze overnight. Set out for 15 minutes at room temperature to soften before serving.
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Wow I have to give this recipe 5 stars. I love that you’ve added some fruits to keep it healthy. This is my kind of summer recipe
Rosie
Wow this recipe looks amazing! Thank you for sharing x
I’ve actually never heard of no-churn ice-cream but this sounds bloody delicious and absolutely perfect for Summer. I love anything with a ton of berries in it x
I am a huge fan of ice cream and your recipe looks and sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing.
This is perfect for the hot weather!
Fruit in ice cream…that sounds amazing. I would love to try out this recipe.
Oh, I definitely agree that life is better with ice cream. Love the recipe, thanks!
And that’s all? So easy and fast? Wow… I am saving this recipe and will give it a try! I really love how easy it is and how tasty it looks!
Ummm YUM!!! I just pinned this because I absolutely need to make it for my husband and me. This sounds like such a refreshing summer dessert – and easy too. Thanks so much for sharing it!
I love making no-churn ice cream. It’s so easy and so yummy. I love that you added a ton of berries to yours!!
Yum! This is such a great idea, especially for the hot weather we’ve been having this summer. Thanks for the recipe.
This looks so yummy! I just learned how to make no-churn ice cream a couple years ago. Now it’s my families favourite summer treat. I will definitely give this one a try. Thanks for sharing!
Oh absolutely in love with this! I would have ice cream day and night if it was possible but never had an ice cream machine, so this sounds right up my street x
This looks so delicious, I need to give it a go!! Ice cream is the best, especially homemade x
Kalin this looks delicious! This sounds like the perfect summer treat on a hot day! Thanks for sharing
Love it! Such a smart idea! Thanks for sharing!
Ohh hun! You’ve always got such exciting stuff going on. The ease and simplicity of this. One to keep in the top drawer for summer!
This looks amazing! Perfect for 4th of July!
This no churn ice cream is going to be a hit at my Fourth of July party! So easy and delicious!!
This looks so good! I will definitely make some time to try out this recipe
This sounds delicious and so easy! I pinned it and may need to make it this summer
oh this looks creamy rich and delicious!
This recipe sounds delicious! I’d love a scoop of that now 😍
Perfect for this time of year. Refreshing and looks amazing. Cannot wait to make it
The simpliest ice-cream recipe. This is perfect to blend with milk to make a smoothie.
Ooh that looks delicious 🤤
Oh wow, does this look good! I love that it is no churn and so easy to make, especially with all the stores around me being sold out of most things cold.
With a dip in the tempature, though, our berries and cream are going into a fruity jelly roll! 🙂
I’ve never heard of ice cream with these ingredients before. And air to get in it with blender is really great. I’ll be doing this recipe… its my express way. thanks xx
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So smooth and creamy! The perfect summer dessert!
I love this this looks so good.
This looks delicious! I love that it is so easy to make and is perfect for summertime
Delicious!!!
This very berry vanilla ice cream was delicious and such a refreshing treat for these hot months. My son’s birthday is coming up and I want to try making it into an ice cream cake as well! So yummy!
Loved making this very berry vanilla ice cream. It was delicious and such a refreshing treat for these hot summer months. Gonna try using this recipe again in an ice cream cake for my son’s birthday!
Wow! This sounds so delicious and easy! I would add edible cookie dough pieces to mine. 🙂
I love a recipe that doesn’t require equipment I don’t have. I have all the fruits at the allotment; I only need to pick them. Will make!:)
I just made no churn Coffee ice-cream last week. The Ice-cream Gods have listened. Your recipe looks bomb. Will definitely try it out someday and let you know!
Lots of love from India.
This ice cream is perfect for the summer & it looks so good! I love how easy it is to make too!
This looks absolutely delicious! Just what I need next time we have a super hot day in London 🙂
This sounds so amazing! I may have to make it for my sons birthday, he’s such a fruit lover. Thanks for sharing!
Wow! This ice cream recipe sounds all kinds of delicious. And yay for the fact you can do it without an ice cream maker. 🙂
Wow… just 3 recipes plus berries and it looks this amazing 😻. Love it
This looks incredible. I love fruity ice creams for the summer. They make me feel all fresh!!
This looks amazing! I love ice cream so I can’t wait to try it!
This looks so handy to make! Something I’ll defo be trying.
My kids loved this! We had extra berries that needed to be used.
So fun and festive for July 4th! So creamy!
Looks amazing, I can’t wait to try!
This very berry vanilla ice cream was such a perfect summer treat. I love the simplicity of ingredients and the variety of different berries. It was so yummy and easy to make!
Great recipe! I just got an ice cream maker for my birthday so I am able to “churn” the ice cream now. I’m interested in trying your recipe with my machine. I wish had had your recipe earlier though before my machine. I didn’t realize there were no-churn methods.
Thanks for sharing, I like a non-churn ice cream, the fruit makes it look lovely 🙂
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