Goodness. When’s the last time I shared a no-churn ice cream recipe with you guys? Too long, I’d say. It seemed for a while, it was all I could think about, but hey – you can’t eat ice cream every week, or can you? Anyway, this Strawberry Cheesecake No-Churn Ice Cream has been quietly sneaking into my consciousness and I was more than ready to respond!
The idea for this creamy delight actually began with fireflies. True story.
It seems that Dom and I have been pretty busy in the evenings lately as we find ourselves driving home after dusk a lot, and the winding road that leads to our abode has provided quite the spectacle. Fireflies, like dainty fireworks, gather and crowd the edges of our path as if to light the way home. And once home, a welcoming committee of fireflies are there to greet us. They beckon us to sit and enjoy their light show along with the chatter of the crickets, the rare hum of a mosquito (luckily, we live in a place where mosquitos don’t frequent), and a frosty summertime treat or two.
Enter Strawberry Shortcake No-Churn Ice Cream.
Fresh strawberry ice cream says summer to me. It’s as summer as cotton candy clouds set against feathery periwinkle skies…long sunlit days….short starlit nights…$3 flip flops…and the sounds of a crackling campfire…
I’ve made a lot of no-churn but this is the first time I’ve used cream cheese as part of the base. Of course we’re using cream cheese – it’s cheesecake ice cream after all.
For the strawberry – I made a strawberry sauce reminiscent of my blueberry sauce.
Once the base for the ice cream is ready, you’ll swirl the strawberry sauce into the ice cream along with a healthy scattering of graham cracker crumbs.
After that, it’s all about the freeze. I find it’s best when allowed to rest overnight in the freezer.
Then – nothing left to do but munch.
Here’s an endorsement for you – pretty sure Dom has liked everything I’ve made (that he’s tried) for the blog. I know – I can’t believe it either. (Thanks, honey!) But – he did say – this strawberry cheesecake is, by far, his favorite of my no-churns.
So there you have it!
Buon Appetito!
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Strawberry Cheesecake No-Churn Ice Cream
- Category: Dessert
Ingredients
- Strawberry Sauce
- 1 – 16 oz. pkg. fresh strawberries, hulled
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- Juice from 1/2 lemon
- Ice Cream
- 1 pt. heavy whipping cream
- 1 can (14 oz.) sweetened condensed milk
- 4 oz. cream cheese, room temperature
- 1/2 cup crushed graham cracker
Instructions
- For the strawberry sauce, combine strawberries, sugar, vanilla and lemon juice in a medium saucepan.
- Cook over medium heat until sugar dissolves and the strawberries soften, 6 – 8 minutes. You may need to break the strawberries down a bit with a fork or a potato masher.
- Transfer sauce to a bowl and refrigerate until cool.
- For the ice cream, using a hand held mixer, begin by whipping the cream cheese until smooth. Add the sweetened condensed milk and continue beating until smooth.
- In a separate bowl, using the hand mixer with whisk attachments, whip the heavy whipping cream until stiff peaks form.
- Fold whipped cream ever so gingerly into the cream cheese mixture.
- Pour half the whipped cream mixture into a 9×5 loaf pan.
- Drizzle with strawberry sauce and 1/4 cup crushed graham crackers and using a butter knife, swirl.
- Pour remaining whipped cream mixture on top.
- Drizzle with remaining strawberry sauce and graham cracker.
- Swirl again.
- Freeze for 4 – 8 hours or overnight.
CIAO!
This ice cream is beyond stunning, and I love the way in which you included cream cheese (which is quite possibly my favorite ingredient ever). Lovely photos!
It’s pretty amazing how just 4 oz. of cream cheese changes the flavor… Thank you so much for stopping by with a kind word, Sam! 🙂
This looks amazing! I am all about strawberries this week, I can’t get enough of them. I wish I had a bowl of this right now! I found myself staring out the window the other night watching the fire fly light show, they’re so cool! Take care.
I can’t seem to get enough berries these days…thank goodness they’re readily available! Fireflies are so cool! Thanks for stopping by, my friend! 🙂
Annie I love no churn ice creams!! This looks amazing!
Thank you, Ami!! Have a lovely day, my friend! 🙂
Those pastels! If I was making an inspiration board to decorate a room, I’d pin your ice cream. I’m not even joking. I can only imagine how delicious it is! Your photos are so lovely and create the perfect mood to go with your beautiful writing and recipe. Brava, Annie!
Wow! That just made me very happy! Now I want to make an inspiration board! You are so kind for saying that! Thank you Thank you!! 🙂
No mosquitoes? Lucky you! I’d take fireflies over mosquitoes any day! I would also take some of this strawberry cheesecake ice cream every single day of the week! And no-churn is definitely the way to go! These photos are absolutely stunning too, girlfriend! Pinned!
Thanks, friend! What would we do without our no-churn?? 🙂
What a fun summery post! The ice cream looks amazing! I rarely make no churn ice cream, but would love to try this one! PINNING!
I think you’ll really enjoy it! Thanks, dear!
I’m double dipping in the comments here today. Too much deliciousness! Such beautiful photos and I can just taste this strawberries! Cheesecake too? SOLD!
Yepppp – cheescake ice cream = a whole new level of deliciousness! Thanks, Kevin!! 🙂
Oh yum, I want to dive into a big scoop of this beautiful strawberry cheesecake ice cream! It’s the perfect mix of freshness and decadence 🙂 I’ll take the cone, please!
Comin’ right up! Thank you, friend! 🙂
Oh wow! This is gorgeous, and I can almost taste the strawberry cheesecake ice cream! Also I am so jealous that you have firefies! We don’t have them here, and I always thought they were magical. Pinning!
Thank you, Meghan! This is a definite favorite!! Awhh – fireflies are the best! 🙂
What a delicious no churn ice cream you made, Annie! It looks so pretty and I’m sure the flavor is even better! That was such a nice picture you painted of you and your husband coming back home at dusk and watching in stillness the fireflies, listening to the crickets. Beautiful!
Thank you so much, my friend… Quiet summer moments like these are priceless.
Oh boy, can I please request that this is in the freezer the next time I’m home?! Looks sooooo good
Of course you can, sweeta!! Done! Thanks, dolly! xoxo
Yum! Yum! Yum! I am pining for some good ice cream right now and yours, Annie, looks like it would hit the spot. I can’t figure out why anyone would want to drag out an ice cream maker when this is so easy 🙂 Great recipe. Have a great day!!
It sure would hit the spot! And who doesn’t love how simple it is! Hardest part is waiting for it to freeze! Thanks, friend!! 🙂
I can easily tell how this would be someone’s favorite no-churn ice cream. It looks so addictive! And thank goodness for no-churn. I haven’t touched my ice cream maker in years. ?
Yep – I am with you 100%! Haven’t touched my ice cream maker either! This is a yummy one!! Thanks, Amanda! 🙂
I am a massive fan of no churn ice cream! This strawberry cheesecake version sounds incredible! I wish I had a few scoops of it now!
Can’t beat no-churn! Thanks so much, my friend! 🙂
Yummy in my tummy (soon)! heeheehee This ice cream looks so delicious and loving that you used a lot of strawberries in it. I need to get on this no churn ice cream bandwagon before summer is over! lol! Wish I lived closer to you because I’d be over every evening, hanging with you and Dom on the porch, watching fireflies and eating ice cream cones 🙂
You can’t be so far that that can’t happen… Let’s see, if you leave now, you’ll be here by the time the ice cream’s ready! Thank you, friend!
First of all can I say that I’m super jealous you guys don’t really have to deal with mosquitoes?! Ugh, those pesky things LOVE my skin! There aren’t enough citronella candles in the world to keep me safe… or bug spray for that matter. Okay, now that that is out of the way – this ice cream Annie!! WHOA! Not only is it so gorgeous, but it sounds and looks incredibly delicious!! Cream cheese anything makes my skirt fly up, but used in ice cream!? GAH!! YUM! With that gorgeous strawberry sauce swirled in and some graham cracker crumbs dusted on top, this beauty is PERFECTION! Gimme alllll the no churn strawberry cheesecake ice cream!! Pinned! Cheers, friend! xoxo
I hear you, girlfriend! The town we moved from, I’m pretty sure, is the mosquito capitol of the world, so when we quickly discovered that our new home had next to none – we celebrated in a big way!! The flavor of the cream cheese shines through so perfectly! Not too much – just enough to know that you’re eating ‘cheesecake’! So happy you like it!! Have a great weekend, lovely! Watch out for those squits! Cheers! xoxo
This looks INCREDIBLE! Seriously, each photo is better than the last! It definitely screams summer and I love that it’s no churn. Pinned 🙂
Thank you so much, Sues! I really enjoyed photographing this little beauty! hahah – Maybe it’s the pink… 🙂
Isn’t no-churn ice cream the best? And I love cheesecake flavored ice cream too. I made a cherry version a few weeks ago, but I’ve got to try this strawberry one! It’s just calling my name, especially with this hot weather that we’ve been having!
Okay – I’ll make a batch for you, if you share a batch of your cherry version with me! What do you say? Thank you, friend! 🙂
Annie, wow – this is so creamy – looking at your pictures is like dreaming with my eyes open! I am spellbound by this 5 ingredient, no churn ice cream! I can totally relate to what Don said – though, just about every one of your recipes I’ve seen, have become my favorites!Cheers to long summer nights filled with long rides and long walks and fireflies and treats like this!
xo
Yessss! Cheers to all of it! At about this point in summer I start to realize that it’s whizzing by….Thank you for your sweet words, my friend – wish we could all get together sometime to share in each others’ offerings! Have a great weekend! 🙂
This HAS to taste good with all those great ingredients, Annie! Cream cheese, strawberries, graham crackers. Yum! Gee…you’re so descriptive….it’s like I was on that walk with you with the fireflies and crickets wearing my flip flops (toenails painted, of course 😉 ). We don’t have fireflies around here, but I bet they are beautiful to look at. Awesome recipe, girl….big scoop for me 🙂 Pinned! Have a lovely weekend, my friend.
Awhhh! Thank you, friend! Love that you ‘walked’ with me! Gotta have cute cheap flip flops and painted toes, right?! This combination of flavors is a yummy one! I’m a fan of cheesecake – but this ice cream takes the experience to a whole new level! Have a great weekend, lovely! 🙂