Sweet strawberry cheesecake in ice cream form.
I love ice cream. And one good thing about living in a warm climate is that an ice cold ice cream is ALWAYS a good idea. This No Churn Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream is super easy and an awesome way to use up all the gorgeous strawberries that are out and about this season.
In addition to fresh strawberries, this Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream also features biscuit crumbs, reminiscent of the cheesecake crust that we all know and love, as well as chunks of cream cheese.
One of the best parts of Strawberry Cheesecake is that all important tartness from the fresh strawberries – allowing it to be sweet but not too sweet. Irresistible but not my-teeth-hurt-because-of-all-the-sugar. And that’s what I love about this ice cream.
It is absolutely sweet and creamy, thanks to the condensed milk and whipped cream, but adding in fresh strawberries, tangy cream cheese and plain biscuits means you get a sweet and slightly tart flavour. JUST like cheesecake.
Wanna know a secret? This right here is one of the very first recipes to ever be published on Sweetest Menu, over two years ago. I’ve given it a face lift (hello cream cheese nuggets) and redid the photos after having quite the giggle at my old ones and voila – my new favourite ice cream!
I hope you had a great weekend! It is blue skies here as spring has officially sprung. I went to a Chocolate Festival down on the harbour yesterday which was awesome! People were milling everywhere, enjoying the beautiful sunshine and the gorgeous sweet treats on offer.
I had an epic Zumbo dessert – A Milo & malt cake, complete with milo ganache, milo marshmallow, vanilla ice cream with milo powder ALL layered inside a chocolate cup.
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No Churn Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream
This easy Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream is packed with fresh strawberries, biscuit crumbs and chunks of cream cheese – JUST like a real cheesecake.
Ingredients
- 500 grams (3 cups) fresh strawberries
- 50 grams (1/4 cup) caster sugar
- 100 grams (1/2 cup) cream cheese
- 90 grams (1 cup) Digestive biscuits or graham crackers
- 480 ml (2 cups) thickened or heavy cream
- 240 ml (1 cup) condensed milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Remove the tops and then finely chop your strawberries. Place them in a medium saucepan and add the sugar. Pop on the stove on a low heat and stir with a wooden spoon for about 5 minutes or until the strawberries are nice and juicy.
- Set the strawberries aside to cool slightly. Then, chop the cream cheese into small pieces and crumble the biscuits/cookie into bite-sized pieces. Next, add your cream to a large bowl and whip until stiff peaks form.
- Then in a large mixing bowl, add the condensed milk and vanilla. Strain the strawberries and set aside the juice. Add the strawberries to the condensed milk mixture, followed by the cream cheese and cookie crumbs.
- Finally, gently fold in the whipped cream. Then add in 2 tablespoons of the reserved strawberry juice. Spoon the ice cream mixture into a airtight container and place in the freezer for at least 6 hours, or even better, overnight.
Nadia says
Sounds good! Do you think it will still work if I use strawberry jam instead of fresh strawberry and swirl it to the ice cream?
Jessica Holmes says
Yesss absolutely!
Adriana says
Could you blend the cream cheese in with the condensed milk before folding in the whipped cream?
Jessica Holmes says
Hi Adriana, yes you can if you’d prefer it! ☺️
Josh says
Yum!
★★★★★
Beeta says
Wowzers!! This looks incredible, Jess! I love that you kept biscuit crumbs in the batter 😀
Ashley says
I WISH it was ice cream weather here instead of hot chocolate weather! Lol. I mean, I can definitely go for a batch of THIS any day, regardless of the weather!
Amy says
Jessica! This is amazing! Just when I thought I was strawberry-ed out – I think I can suddenly fit a few more into my life 😉 I’m so grateful to live in a place where ice cream is a year round dessert 🙂
That Zumbo dessert sounds incredible too!
Jessica Holmes says
Thanks Amy! 🙂
Amanda says
I’m envious of that chocolate festival. That sounds like my kind of place. 🙂 And this is my kind of ice cream. I love strawberry cheesecake, so I know I’d like this!
Jessica Holmes says
It was so good Amanda! A chocholic’s heaven! 🙂
Denise says
This ice cream is just gorgeous! I’ve never made my own ice cream before but it looks like I need to start!
Jessica Holmes says
Oooh you would love this Denise, it is ridiculously easy!
Sues says
I’ve been seriously craving strawberry ice cream lately, but strawberry cheesecake ice cream sounds even better! Such pretty photos 🙂
Jessica Holmes says
Thanks Sues!
Kristy says
This looks amaaazing! Two of my favourite desserts in one easy recipe 😉 xo
Jessica Holmes says
That’s it! And it’s SO easy!
Rachel says
Holy cow Jessica, I am dying to grab that cone right now! Strawberry cheesecake sounds like the best ice cream flavor ever.
Jessica Holmes says
Thanks Rachel! It tastes SO good!