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Circus Animal Cookie Ice Cream

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Easy no-churn vanilla ice cream full of chopped Circus Animal Cookies and rainbow nonpareil sprinkles. This dessert is what childhood dreams are made of! 

Circus Animal Cookie Ice Cream

It’s seven weeks until the twin’s third birthday and today we started swim lessons for the first time. I always pictured myself as one of those really intense Mom’s who has her 6 month old swimming underwater like the cover of a Nirvana album, but turns out I’m not. I kinda wish I had it all together in that way, but here we are almost 3 years in and we’re just getting around to it. 

Circus Animal Cookie Ice Cream

Driving to the pool this morning I was scared. Like really scared that my children would be the ones screaming bloody murder and clawing the instructor like little cats trying to get out of the water. In the back of my mind I thought, you can bribe them…there is a brand new batch of Circus Animal Cookie Ice Cream waiting for good swimmers in the freezer. That’s how this whole parenthood thing works, right? Bribery. 

Circus Animal Cookie Ice Cream

There were a few tears when I walked away from the pool but they were champs. Brave little fishies who didn’t even need to be bribed with Circus Animal Cookie Ice Cream or stickers or anything else for that matter. I watched from a hidden spot in the swim office as they floated and jumped into the water, put their faces (partially) into the water and generally surprised the hell out of me.

They looked a little shell shocked and I’m sure I did too. When it was time to go I had to drag them from the pool. I guess I’ll be buying another box of swim diapers!

Circus Animal Cookie Ice Cream

And unlike learning to swim, this ice cream couldn’t be easier! If you have kids, they will absolutely love helping you make, and eat this recipe. It all starts with a basic no-churn vanilla ice cream base. The base is the same recipe I use for all sorts of mix-ins and flavors, just sweetened condensed milk, heavy whipping cream, vanilla extract and a pinch of salt. 

Circus Animal Cookie Ice Cream

After the base is good and mixed, add in your chopped cookies and more sprinkles. I will make one very important recommendation at this point after I learned the hard way. CHOP YOUR COOKIES SMALL. It’s tempting to leave large chunks of cookie in the ice cream but I found that it made it nearly impossible to scoop into any resemblance of a round scoop shape. 

Circus Animal Cookie Ice Cream

Top with even more nonpariels to create a pretty topping, cover in plastic wrap and freeze overnight. That’s all it takes, along with a whole lot of self control required to not eat the entire bag of cookies while you make this recipe. Lucky for you there will be a few leftovers for snacking. 

Circus Animal Cookie Ice Cream

Now all that’s left is the eating part. Scooped into bowls or served on a cone, this treat will bring back childhood flavor memories of sweet iced pink and white Circus Animal Crackers. Who else absolutely loved this cookie as a kid and still does? 

Circus Animal Cookie Ice Cream

Looking for more no-churn ice cream recipes? Try these:
No-Churn Strawberry Ice Cream
No-Churn Real Mint Chip Ice Cream

Circus Animal Cookie Ice Cream

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Circus Animal Cookie Ice Cream

Circus Animal Cookie Ice Cream

Ingredients

  • 1 pint heavy whipping cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 (15 oz) can sweetened condensed milk
  • pinch of salt (about 1/4 tsp)
  • 1 1/5 cups Circus Animal Cookies, chopped smallish
  • nonpariels for top

Instructions

  1. With a sharp knife, chop Circus Animal Cookies on a cutting board.
  2. In a mixer, whip heavy whipping cream and vanilla until you have firm peaks.
  3. Mix in sweetened condensed milk and salt until combined.
  4. Stir in chopped cookies.
  5. Pour mixture into a loaf pan, sprinkle with nonpariels and cover with plastic wrap. Freeze overnight until firm before scooping.
© Leah Bergman

 

Easy No-Churn Circus Animal Cookie Ice Cream

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Comments

  1. Melody Stivers says

    July 5, 2018 at 10:59 am

    Any workaround for someone who doesn’t have a mixer? 😉

    • Leah Bergman says

      July 5, 2018 at 11:24 am

      Do you have a hand mixer? You can always beat the heavy whipping cream by hand with a whisk but it will take some time and lots of muscle. It’s totally doable however! If you chill your mixing bowl first it will make it faster as well.

      • Melody Stivers says

        July 5, 2018 at 12:21 pm

        Yes! This is great – thank you, Leah!

  2. MaryAnne Locher says

    July 5, 2018 at 6:32 pm

    I’d love to try this! Frozen Circus Animal Cookies are delicious by themselves, then add ice cream and WOW!

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