Wow has it been HOT! Hot Hot Hot Hot Hot! But this Watermelon Ice Cream is a delicious cure for the heat and it’s just in time for National Watermelon Day! Ok, so if you’re making this ice cream on National Watermelon Day, then you won’t be able to celebrate National Watermelon Day with this recipe because it should sit in the freezer and harden overnight, but you can enjoy it for the rest of the hot summer! I’m not going to say that this is my best ice cream flavor ever because making ice cream with watermelon is difficult. The water content of the watermelon is very hard to work with, but I still think it’s a tasty ice cream flavor! It’s refreshing and it definitely tastes like watermelon. I just can’t eat more than 2 scoops of it, so if you make this, plan to share with a larger group.
You can also make seeds for the watermelon ice cream using black candy melts or even chocolate! Simply follow the manufacturer’s instructions to melt the candy melts and pipe seeds onto parchment paper and let harden. I usually melt my candy melts in a pastry bag then slice the tip off and draw my design onto parchment paper – it’s easier than melting candy melts in a dish that you’ll later have to clean.
Note: you need an ice cream maker to make this ice cream. Sure, there’s a ton of no-churn ice cream recipes on the internet, but an ice cream maker is going to give you a really creamy and smooth ice cream and for $40-ish consider it an investment for your tastebuds!
You don’t need the most expensive ice cream maker – I have this inexpensive Cuisinart ice cream maker, NOT the type of the line ice cream maker (which actually has some bad reviews), and I really like mine.
I served my watermelon ice cream in green ice cream cones and topped them with seeds, but you could also scoop out half a mini watermelon and use it as a bowl or make watermelon bowls using green candy melts! Any way you serve your Watermelon Ice Cream, enjoy, and stay cool this summer!
Watermelon Ice Cream
Ingredients
Instructions
Oh, and click HERE for a free printable of this recipe from the talented La Luisa Illustrations to hang in your kitchen for summer!