cookie butter ice cream

Homemade cookie butter ice cream is an ice cream lover’s dream! We start with a super creamy cinnamon-scented base, churn it up with a handful of crushed biscoff cookies then swirl in thick ribbons of cookie butter.

I’ll admit it, I’ve been late to the cookie butter game. What can I say? I’m a late adapter. It honestly just sounded too outrageous for me. Cookies, blended up with extra sugar and spread on toast? For breakfast? We have to draw the line somewhere, people. So I ignored it. But as it has steadily taken the food world by storm and inserted itself as a pantry staple, I finally gave in to see what the fuss was all about.

And yeah, it’s good. I get it. It’s shockingly smooth and creamy for something made out of crunchy cookies. And it tastes exactly like a spoonful of biscoff cookies (which, as a kid, were the best thing my Dad could bring home after a work trip).

So now, a decade after the rise of cookie butter and its creative uses in all things food, I bring you a delicious treat: biscoff ice cream. I’ve honored actual biscoff cookies here (made by Lotus), since cookie butter is their brain child and I love them. (#notsponsored!)

But you can easily use any brand of cookie butter you like the most. You can even make your own cookie butter and swirl it in! The important thing is to be generous with your swirls and the crunchy bits of cookies. And then invite all of your friends over-- it will change their life!

what is cookie butter ice cream?

This cookie butter ice cream recipe is a cinnamon ice cream that gets churned with crunchy biscoff cookie crumbles and thick ribbons of cookie butter.

Biscoff ice cream is a type of cookie butter ice cream made and sold by Lotus brands. It can be purchased at most grocery stores, as well as online. But why buy it when you can make a delicious, homemade biscoff ice cream from the comfort of your home? It’s simple to make with an ice cream maker and your family will be obsessed.

what does cookie butter ice cream taste like?

This biscoff ice cream tastes like sweet, fresh cream with a delicate hint of cinnamon and a spiced trail of fudgy cookie butter. It’s what I’ve always wanted cookie dough ice cream to be. Full of crunchy, creamy, smooth texture, warm baking spices and deeply caramelized cookies. In this recipe, I use a ton of egg yolks and equal parts milk and heavy cream to produce a luscious texture and full cream flavor.

what you need to make cookie butter ice cream:

• Heavy cream
• Whole milk
• Sugar
• Egg yolks
• Cookie butter
• Biscoff cookies
• Cinnamon
• Vanilla extract
• Salt

how to make cookie butter ice cream:

1. Whisk yolks and half the sugar together
2. Heat milk, cream, remaining sugar, salt and cinnamon
3. Temper egg yolk mixture
4. Heat custard until thick, strain, and stir in vanilla
5. Chill custard at least 4 hours
6. Churn in an ice cream maker until a soft-serve consistency is reached
7. Mix in crushed biscoff cookies
8. Transfer half the ice cream to a frozen loaf pan
9. Drizzle half the cookie butter over top, cover with remaining ice cream and drizzle with more cookie butter
10. Sprinkle with more crushed biscoff cookies and freeze until firm
11. Enjoy!

more ways to enjoy biscoff ice cream:

• In a bowl, with whipped cream and chocolate syrup
• With extra drizzles of warm cookie butter
• In a chocolate dipped waffle cone
• Turn it into cookie butter ice cream truffles: scoop it into small balls, freeze until hard, dip in chocolate and freeze again until firm
• Blend it into a cookie butter milkshake
• Use it for homemade ice cream sandwiches (with snickerdoodles!)
• In a cookie butter ice cream cake

more homemade ice cream recipes to try!

black walnut ice cream with dark chocolate

buttermilk ice cream with roasted strawberries and peaches

coffee ice cream

lavender ice cream with honey, lemon and yogurt

pumpkin ice cream

rum raisin ice cream with oat clusters

stracciatella ice cream

toasted coconut ice cream with dark chocolate

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