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A close up of homemade cotton candy ice cream.

Cotton Candy Ice Cream

Cotton candy ice cream is colorful, delicious, and easy to make. With just 4 ingredients you can make this unique crowd-pleasing dessert.
Prep Time:10 minutes
Cook Time:0 minutes
Chilling Time:8 hours
Total Time:8 hours 10 minutes
Servings:6 servings

Ingredients

  • 2 cups heavy whipping cream chilled
  • 10 ounces sweetened condensed milk chilled
  • 2 teaspoons cotton candy flavoring oil
  • food coloring pink, blue, and yellow

Instructions

  • Place a loaf pan, a large mixing bowl, and a whisk in the freezer for at least 30 minutes before starting. Make sure your whipping cream and sweetened condensed milk are both nice and cold.
  • Remove the large mixing bowl and whisk from the freezer. Add the chilled whipping cream to the bowl and beat until stiff peaks form.
  • In a separate bowl, mix together the chilled sweetened condensed milk and cotton candy flavoring until smooth, and then gradually add this mixture to the whipping cream by very gently folding it into the whipped cream.
  • Divide the mixture into 3 separate bowls. Color one bowl pink, one blue, and one yellow.
  • Remove the loaf pan from the freezer. Transfer the ice cream mixture from the 3 colored bowls into the loaf pan by the spoonful. Alternate spoonfuls between the 3 different colors as you scoop them into the loaf pan.
  • Freeze overnight. Serve and enjoy!

Notes

  • Chill not only the ingredients but also the mixing bowl, whisk and pan as well. Get everything nice and cold before you start for the best results.
  • The only interchangeable ingredients are the food colorings. I like to use pink, blue, and yellow, but you can use any colors you want, or use 2 colors instead or even 4! Purple would be cute too. Have fun - get creative!
  • Serve it in bowls with your preferred toppings or scoop it into cones, as you prefer.

Nutrition

Calories: 425kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 33g | Saturated Fat: 21g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 125mg | Sodium: 90mg | Potassium: 235mg | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 1292IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 186mg | Iron: 1mg