Happy 1st of July! It’s National Ice Cream month and I’m kicking it off with THE ice cream flavor of summer: Cotton Candy Ice Cream! It reminds me of the state fair and theme parks. 
If you’re on a diet, stop reading this now. I mean it. This ice cream is so fucking good, I don’t want you to blame me your wrecking your bikini body! Thank god it’s so sweet that you can really only eat two scoops at most! 
But let’s get back to that first sentence. It’s the 1st of July!! Where the hell did the first half of the year go? Seriously. Why does time speed up so much as you get older? My mother-in-law had an explanation that sounded pretty good: something about how as a kid you really have nothing to compare the length of one year to and then, as you get older, you start accumulating years that you can compare to and then they just seem to speed up. I mean, I swear we just celebrated the holidays. Right? 
Oh well, the first half of the year is gone, so let’s just celebrate summer with this ice cream, outdoor concerts, the county fair, and some ditch days to the beach!
Ready for the recipe so you can make this insanely delicious ice cream yourself? Here you go: 
- 1 cup milk
- 2 cups heavy cream
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- ¾ cup cotton candy syrup
- 2 pinches salt
- 5 egg yolks
- 1 tsp vanilla
- optional: pink food coloring
- optional: add cotton candy floss to ice cream while churning
- Combine the milk, whipping cream, half the sugar, salt, and vanilla in a saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat, whisking intermittently.
- While heating, combine the egg yolks and the other half of sugar in a large bowl and whisk to combine. Then add the cotton candy syrup and mix.
- When the milk mixture has come to a boil, pour ⅓ of it into the egg mixture and stir. Then pour another ⅓ and stir, and then the final ⅓ and stir.
- Next, pour the entire mixture back into the saucepan and heat, stirring constantly for 2 minutes, but do not let it come to a boil. If you want to add pink food coloring, add it now.
- Then transfer the mixture to a new bowll, allow it to come to room temperature and then refrigerate for 1-2 hours.
- After mixture is chilled, follow the manufacturer's instructions on your ice cream maker to make the ice cream.
- Optional addition: add cotton candy floss into the ice cream during its last 3 minutes of churning.
- Then transfer ice cream to a freezer safe container for storing.
- When serving, top with extra cotton candy as garnish.
- Enjoy!
I didn’t add any extra cotton candy into my ice cream – I wanted to keep the pink coloring perfectly pink. Of course, if you want purple, color yours purple. Or blue!
Next friday’s summer ice cream? Churrrrrooooos!! Check back! Or, you if can’t wait, check out last year’s S’mores Ice Cream recipe.
Where do you suggest that I find the Cotton Candy Syrup?
Here’s a link to it on Amazon, but if you Google it, you might be able to find it at a store nearby like Bed, Bath, and Beyond or Michael’s. Let me know how the ice cream turns out!
I didn’t read the directions thoroughly…but is it made with out an ice cream churned?
No, it’s made WITH an ice cream maker.