435 vanilla ice cream recipes

Peach ice cream crown cake stacks vanilla ice cream and ladyfingers in a springform mold, finished with sliced peaches and a glossy white wine sauce. A no-bake summer showstopper.

Caramelized bananas in brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, and lemon juice. A five-minute warm dessert served over vanilla ice cream.

Margarita ice cream pie folds tequila, triple sec, and frozen lemonade concentrate into softened vanilla ice cream, then freezes solid in a graham cracker crust. The frozen cocktail in pie form for summer parties.

Classic bananas flambe with rum and banana liqueur, sauteed in butter and brown sugar with cinnamon. A dramatic tableside dessert served over vanilla ice cream.

North Pole cherry pie: vanilla ice cream packed into a baked pie shell and topped with cherry pie filling. Three ingredients, no oven needed, frozen and ready to slice.

Frozen pumpkin pie made with vanilla ice cream, pumpkin puree, and brown sugar in a baked pie shell. Topped with meringue and flash-baked like a Baked Alaska.

May use fresh or frozen strawberries, or may substitute other fruit of choice such as blackberries, peaches, etc.

Peach-rhubarb crisp pairing sweet peaches with tart rhubarb under a buttery oat-and-coconut crumble. Made with canned peaches and frozen rhubarb so you can bake it year-round, in the oven or microwave. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

Layered banana split ice cream cake with strawberry, vanilla-pineapple, and chocolate ice cream layers, homemade chocolate sauce, and fresh strawberry sauce. Serves 12.

Bananas and pecan foster simmer halved bananas in a brown sugar, butter, orange juice, cinnamon, and toasted pecan sauce, served warm over vanilla ice cream. A New Orleans classic with a Southern pecan twist.

Pink lemonade cake stacks yellow cake layers around a frozen pink-lemonade ice cream filling, then frosts the whole thing in lemonade-spiked whipped cream. A picture-perfect summer dessert.

A boozy coffee punch with Kahlua, vanilla ice cream, and whipped cream that serves 14 from one batch. This crowd-pleasing holiday drink comes together in minutes with no cooking required.

A fizzy chocolate strawberry milkshake float made with milk, chocolate syrup, frozen strawberries, vanilla ice cream, and club soda. Ready in 10 minutes with fun fruit swap variations.

No-bake malt shop pie with vanilla ice cream, crushed Whoppers malted milk balls, and whipped topping in a graham cracker crust. Four ingredients and zero oven time.

Whole apples wrapped in pastry and baked in cinnamon sugar syrup. Fill cored apples with spiced sugar and butter, wrap in pastry, bake in hot syrup.

A no-bake ice cream pie layered with softened vanilla ice cream and cherry pie filling in a cookie crust. Freeze, slice, and serve with whipped topping.