This Semi-Homemade Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream is dangerously good—and the best part? It only takes 6 simple ingredients! There are no fancy machines or cooking, just creamy, dreamy layers of strawberry and cheesecake flavor with a sweet graham cracker crunch in every bite.
Whether you’re making it for a summer treat, a party, or just because you need a scoop of something amazing, this recipe is foolproof and crave-worthy. It’s rich, refreshing, and ridiculously easy. Dessert just got a whole lot more fun!
I love cheesecake, especially no-bake cheesecakes. And I love ice cream so combining the two just seemed natural to me. And after my son created his Semi-Homemade Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Ice Cream we have been making other versions. Basically our favorite ingredients mixed into vanilla ice cream, then calling it our own. What I love about this Semi-Homemade Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream is that it is made with fresh strawberries! You could easily substitute it for strawberry preserves, but with it being summer strawberries are so cheap why not make it with fresh ones instead?
I am sharing another ice cream recipe this week because today I teamed up with some amazing friends and bloggers to give away a KitchenAid mixer AND ice cream attachment. I am so jealous with whoever wins it. While I have two KitchenAid mixers myself, I dropped one last year and it makes a hideous noise, then the other is my moms and it is as old as me…not saying, but it is up there.
You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream and KitchenAid mixers, because well they both are just the best.
Good luck & enjoy! XOXO San
How do you make Semi-Homemade Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream?
After you have rinsed and drained the strawberries, add them to a food processor with sugar and puree until smooth, you should have about 1 – 1 ¼ cup of fresh strawberry puree.
Using a large bowl and hand mixer or KitchenAid mixer, which is what I used add cream cheese and beat until smooth.
Add ice cream and Cool Whip and mix until combined. Add graham crackers crumbs and mix until all the crumbs are mixed in.
Remove bowl from mixer and stir in ½ cup of the fresh strawberry puree into the ice cream. Add more if you would like, set the remaining puree in the fridge to serve as a topping.
Pour the ice cream into your serving bowl, cover and place in freezer for 2-3 hours until completely frozen. Then serve, enjoy and devour!
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Semi-Homemade Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 1.5 quarts vanilla bean ice cream
- 3/4 lb. fresh strawberries
- 4 ounces Cool Whip
- 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
- 12 ounce cream cheese softened
- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
Instructions
- After you have rinsed and drained the strawberries, add them to a food processor with sugar and puree until smooth, you should have about 1 – 1 1/4 cup of fresh strawberry puree.
- Using a large bowl and hand mixer or KitchenAid mixer, which is what I used add cream cheese and beat until smooth. Add ice cream and Cool Whip and mix until combined.
- Add graham crackers crumbs and mix until all the crumbs are mixed in.
- Remove bowl from mixer and stir in ½ cup of the fresh strawberry puree into the ice cream. Add more if you would like, set the remaining puree in the fridge to serve as a topping.
- Pour the ice cream into your serving bowl, cover and place in freezer for 2-3 hours until completely frozen. Then serve, enjoy and devour!
Notes
Strawberry cheesecake AND ice cream…sounds like a winning combination to me! This recipe looks so delicious. And what a fun giveaway! Fingers crossed 🙂
I am loving this simple recipe! I can’t wait to try it!!!
I cannot look at this ice cream without wanting to take a bite of my screen!!!!
Oh my gosh!! I need to make this totally!
Thank You