Cherry Cheesecake Magic Ice Cream is the perfect treat on hot summer days! Made with just a handful of ingredients, this easy ice cream recipe doesn’t require a machine – it’s magic!
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The past two weeks I have been busy picking cherries off of our tree almost every day. I feel incredibly blessed and lucky to have such a fabulous tree but I must admit I do feel a little bit pressured to come up with new and exciting ways to enjoy our cherries each year. Last year we made Very Berry Cherry Smoothies and Cherry Fritters and the boys LOVED those recipes. This year we’ve been busy yet again and this Cherry Cheesecake Magic Ice Cream has been hitting the spot on the already warm summer days.
You might be wondering where the “magic” is. Magic comes in the form of sweetened condensed milk in this recipe. And as easy as it is to just eat it straight from the can (wait – is that just me?), I urge you to try it in this magical recipe that doesn’t even need an ice cream maker. If that’s not magic, I don’t know what is!
The boys helped me whip this recipe together. I had them pitting cherries with their cherry chomper that my sister bought for them a few years back. I don’t think they realized how many cherries I needed pitted…after about ten cherries I kept hearing “Are we done yet?” about every three cherries. I work those boys HARD.
Once the cherries were pitted and roughly chopped, I went ahead and made the base for the ice cream using sweetened condensed milk, heavy whipping cream, and cream cheese. (I did use light cream cheese….I’m wondering if we could call this recipe “Light Cherry Cheesecake Magic Ice Cream” then??) Once the base is ready to go (takes only a few minutes) it’s time to fold in the cherries and graham cracker “crust”. Make sure you gently fold in the graham crackers so that you have “chunks” instead of just grainy ice cream.
I can’t even begin to describe how decadent and delicious this ice cream is. I gave my dad and brother of bowl of this when they were working at my house yesterday and I didn’t hear a word while they ate. Not one word. Then….”You made this?” “That was incredible!”
If you had a cherry tree – what would you make? Seriously! I need ideas on how to use up these cherries 🙂
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Cherry Cheesecake “Magic” Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 1 pint heavy whipping cream
- 14 oz sweetened condensed milk 1 can
- 8 oz light cream cheese softened
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups fresh cherries roughly chopped
- 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 2/3 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 1/4 cup butter melted
Instructions
- Beat cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk together until well combined.
- Combine cherries and lemon juice. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, whip heavy whipping cream and vanilla until peaks form.
- Fold in cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk mixture.
- Fold in cherries.
- Transfer to a freezer-safe container that has a lid.
- Combine graham cracker crumbs and butter.
- Drop in clumps on top of ice cream mixture and fold in gently keeping the clumps together.
- Place lid on container and freeze until it reaches ice cream consistency.
Nutrition
More of our favorite treats:
Greek Yogurt Berry Smoothie Pops
Chocolate Cherry Marshmallow Crunch Bars
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Paula Judge says
I saw this Cherry cheesecake magic ice cream and was curious if this would work with frozen cherries?
Like you we have cherry trees, and this year was a bountiful year for fruit so I pitted and froze the majority of our cherries.
(I have just made the Chocolate Cherry banana Bread and it is currently in the oven! )
Linda Carmical @DoFoodBetter says
#OMGoodness this is making my head hurt it looks so good! I love fresh cherries and love them more in a mix of cheesecake and ice cream! You’ve got some #SeriousYum™ on your blog! This is going on my FB page (facebook.com/DoFoodBetter/posts/10152284370298447)! And a link will be on Do.Food.Better. soon too! Love your blog too! Pinning you as a blogger I dig! (pinterest.com/pin/87960998946444266/)
Thanks for sharing it!
Linda
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thanks so much Linda!
Ricki says
I can’t wait to make this “Light” Cherry Cheesecake Magic Ice Cream 😉
I’m kinda obsessed with Ice Cream (and am a big believer that you can’t have just one flavor) so if I can put the word light in front of the name I’m all for it. Also, I hear if you eat it standing up there are no calories…
Thank you for sharing, looking forward to trying it.
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Oh totally Ricki! Definitely throw that light in the front – makes me feel better too 😉 Have a great weekend!
Caroline Sudduth says
Just wanted to tell you that the ice cream was a HIT for the 4th….Strawberry was voted the best…They could not believe I did not use an ice cream machine…Thanks so much!…gonna try the zucchini ,carrot & apple bread next using zucchini from the garden…LOVE your Facebook page…keep up the good work!….
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
That is SO awesome Caroline! Definitely try the bread 0 it’s delicious 🙂 Thank you so much for stopping back by and letting me know!
Laura @ The Rookie Cook says
Looks great! Any idea how much this makes?
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Hey Laura! It makes about 2 quarts of yumminess 🙂 Have a great weekend!
Gail @ BibleLoveNotes.com says
This sounds and looks wonderful (your photos are delicious). I would love a cherry tree. My mom used to make jam from a small tree we had in the back yard. But I think cherries are one of the best fruits. I wrote a devotion about them once (http://biblelovenotes.blogspot.com/2011/12/my-compliments-to-ultimate-candy-maker.html).
And this combination of cheese, cherries and graham cracker crumbs sounds so good!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thanks Gail! I love my cherry tree and I feel so blessed that it puts on such an abundance of fruit each year. Thank you for visiting!
cassie says
Can’t go wrong with cherry cheesecake, making it into an ice cream is genius. I just had to include it in my ice cream round up. Happy Fourth of July!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thanks so much for including my recipe in the round-up!
Becca @ Crumbs and Chaos says
Oh.my.goodness, Trish! I see this ice cream in my future…I just picked cherries yesterday – can’t wait 😉
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Oh I love fresh cherries! Enjoy Becca!