Ice cream, for me, is a year round food. It doesn’t matter how cold it is outside or what season it may be. I just make the flavor go with the season.
Take this pumpkin pie cheesecake ice cream, for instance. Most people are starting to think about pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving.
I’m thinking about ice cream. So, I make a pumpkin pie flavored ice cream!
Since I’m actually not a huge fan of plain pumpkin pie, I would gladly take a big bowl of ice cream over a slice of pie! Of course, I can’t just stop with a plain pumpkin pie flavor.
Rich cream cheese and some crushed graham crackers are added to give extra flavor and a bit of crunch to this sweet, creamy ice cream.
The result is a fun variation to a classic fall dessert (and you don’t even have to make a pie crust!).
So, if you’re looking for a way to switch up your Thanksgiving desserts, or if you just love ice cream, you need to give this easy pumpkin pie cheesecake ice cream a try this season!
- 14 oz fat-free sweetened condensed milk, chilled
- 8 oz ⅓ of the fat cream cheese, softened
- 1½ tsp vanilla extract
- ⅛ tsp salt
- 1 C pumpkin puree, chilled
- 3 tbsp brown sugar
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
- ⅛ tsp cloves
- ⅛ tsp ginger
- 2 C milk
- ½ C crushed graham crackers
- In the bowl of a food processor or in a blender, add sweetened condensed milk, cream cheese, vanilla, salt, pumpkin, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger. Pulse until well-blended.
- Pour mixture into a large bowl and gently whisk in milk.
- Pour milk mixture into ice cream machine and churn according to manufacturer's instructions until ice cream is soft set.
- Pour ½ of ice cream in a freezer safe container. Sprinkle with half of crushed graham crackers. Pour remaining ice cream over top. Sprinkle remaining crushed graham crackers on top. Gently swirl a knife through ice cream and graham cracker layers.
- Place ice cream in freezer to finish freezing or serve soft set.
Jennie @themessybakerblog says
I am in lurve with this ice cream. I agree, ice cream is a year-round treat. Pinned!
Natalie @ Tastes Lovely says
Yum! Good idea to add graham crackers too. I got an ice-cream maker as a wedding present and haven’t used it yet. This would be a good recipe to use to break it in : )
Meagan @ A Zesty Bite says
Ice cream is definitely a year round food! In fact I had some yesterday with it being 50 degrees outside.
Emily @ Life on Food says
I stopped making ice cream back in August before we moved. I probably won’t make more before next summer but I am all for eating it all winter long. Love pumpkin ice creams in the fall. This looks marvelous!
Rachel @ Bakerita says
This isn’t even fair…I don’t have my ice cream with me at school, but this is SO getting bookmarked for when I’m back home. Looks amazing!
Kelly says
This pumpkin pie ice cream looks divine! I am with you and can totally eat ice cream all year long and I love that this is pumpkin pie in ice cream form. Sounds wonderful especially layered with the graham crackers! Pinning and thanks for sharing Jessica 🙂
Mimi @ Culinary Couture says
This looks too good to be true!
Cate @ Chez CateyLou says
I’m with you – ice cream is definitely a year round food! I bet this flavor is out of this world! What an amazing combo of flavors!
Whitney @ The Newlywed Chefs says
HELLO! This looks too good, Jessica! Ice cream is delicious no matter the weather!
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says
Gorgeous, and fantastic. I love pumpkin ice cream!
Stephanie says
Oh my gosh this looks absolutely delicious!
Zainab @ Blahnik Baker says
So beautiful!! This ice cream is delicious and I can’t get over the addition of crust in it. Love!
Valerie | From Valerie's Kitchen says
Oh, I want this so bad. Forget dinner…I want this ice cream! Looks SO good, Jessica!
Sarah K. @ The Pajama Chef says
this sounds wonderful! i love crusts in ice cream…delicious 🙂
Dedy@Dentist Chef says
Lovely sweet ice cream, pumpkin and cheesecake is the duo killerr!
btw, what did u mean by fat cream cheese???
isn’t it whole/unskimmed creame cheese???
Jessica@A Kitchen Addiction says
The ingredient is 1/3 of the fat cream cheese. So, it’s a lighter version of regular cream cheese.
Jess @ On Sugar Mountain says
Ice cream can definitely be an all-year-round food! Especially when it’s filled with autumny goodness like this pumpkin pie ice cream! YUM. 😀
Ramona says
What a lovely ice cream… I would really want a big bowl of this to try out. 🙂
Jocelyn (Grandbaby Cakes) says
This ice cream is making me so happy in my heart! Gorgeous!
Tonette Joyce says
Very interesting! I always said the ice cream tastes like pumpkin pie with a lot of whipped cream. But, fat-free?It’s the holidays!
Jen @ Fresh from the... says
Oh man, pumpkin pie PLUS cheesecake in an ice cream?! Sign me UP!