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You can make the best Mint Cookies and Cream Ice Cream without a machine! All you need are a few simple ingredients to make this mint ice cream with cookies. It’s the perfect treat for hot summer days!
Easy Mint Cookies and Cream Ice Cream
This mint cookies and cream ice cream is the most simple, easiest ice cream you’ll ever make. You don’t have to make a custard base, and you don’t need an ice cream maker!
I call it Cookies ‘n Mint Ice Cream…but the other name for it would be Jordan’s Ice Cream. She loves mint. It’s her favorite flavor combo. Her birthday cake was mint. She asks for mint everything…including ice cream.
So what makes it so easy? It’s a no churn ice cream – the best invention ever in the ice cream department.
You only need four ingredients!
I used to buy Ben and Jerry’s or Great Value ice cream before I learned how to make this easy ice cream recipe. Now I stock my fridge with it – the only hard part is deciding if Jordan or I should get the last scoop!
Ingredients in Easy Mint Cookie Ice Cream
- Chopped Oreo cookies – for extra minty ice cream, use Mint Oreos!
- Sweetened condensed milk – regular or fat-free will work.
- Peppermint extract – not mint extract.
- Heavy whipping cream
How to Make Mint Cookie Ice Cream Without a Machine
- Whip the cream with an electric mixer in a large bowl until stiff peaks form. Fold in the sweetened condensed milk and extract.
- Carefully fold in the chopped cookies until they are evenly distributed.
- Pour the mixture into a 9×11 loaf pan and freeze the ice cream for four to six hours or until it’s firm.
Substitutions
- Want to skip the whipping part? You can use Cool Whip instead. Mix the sweetened condensed milk and extract and then fold in the whipped topping.
- Instead of Oreos, make mint chocolate chip cookies and cream ice cream with crushed Chips Ahoy cookies.
- You can use regular Oreos for this recipe or up the mint flavor with Mint Oreo cookies.
- You can skip the green food coloring if you prefer.
Expert Tips
- When you fold the ingredients to combine them, be sure to do this slowly and don’t stir. Folding will keep the air in the whipped cream – stirring will deflate it. If you deflate the whipped cream, your ice cream won’t be as creamy and smooth.
- Also, be sure to scrape the bottom of the bowl while you fold. This will ensure all of the ingredients are thoroughly combined.
- This ice cream will keep for up to two months as long as it’s covered with plastic wrap and stored in an airtight container.
Other Favorite Easy Ice Cream Recipes
- Basic Vanilla No Churn Ice Cream can be made so many ways!
- Peanut Butter Ice Cream with brownies!
- Caramel Ice Cream with chocolate too!
- Funfetti Ice Cream and ice cream sandwiches with funfetti cookies.
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Mint Cookies and Cream Ice Cream Recipe
Ingredients
- 10 Oreos (regular or Mint)
- 1 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk (regular or fat-free)
- ½ teaspoon peppermint extract see note
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream (see note about Cool Whip)
- Green food coloring optional
Instructions
- Chop Oreos to small pieces.
- Whip the cream in a large mixing bowl until stiff peaks have formed.
- Once the cream is stiff and fully whipped, add in the sweetened condensed milk, peppermint extract, and green food coloring. Gently fold the mixture together until it is smooth and homogenous.
- Slowly fold in Oreos until they are evenly distributed throughout the mixture.
- Pour the ice cream mixture into a 9×11 loaf pan and place it in the freezer for 4-6 hours, or until the middle of the pan is fully set.
Recipe Notes
- Be sure to use peppermint extract NOT mint extract. Add up to 1 teaspoon (this is personal preference).
- Substitute 2 containers (8 ounces each or 16 total ounces) cool whip in place of the heavy whipping cream. Just fold the cool whip into the sweetened condensed milk mixture in place of the whipped cream.
- This ice cream will last for 2 months in the freezer if it is covered with plastic wrap or moved to an airtight container.
- This recipe also tastes great with chips ahoy instead of Oreos. Use Mint Oreos for even more minty flavor.
- It is important to gently fold the ingredients into the heavy cream, so you avoid knocking air out of the ice cream mixture. This will help keep the final product smooth and creamy.
- When folding the ingredients together, be sure to scrape along the bottom of the mixing bowl several times to ensure no sweetened condensed milk is sticking.
Recipe Nutrition
Mint Cookies and Cream Ice Cream – easy ice cream without a machine – like homemade mint chip ice cream but with Oreos instead!
Your family sounds like mine! My brother and I had to stay in our rooms until 6 am in the mornings. No ifs, ands, or buts. (Especially on Christmas morning!) Mom and Dad got up earlier than that, but they needed their “adult” time to go running or drink coffee.
And your ice cream looks lovely! We grew up on mint chocolate chip (Mom’s favorite flavor), so it brings back good memories. It’s one of the hardest things to photograph though — I just tried to do froyo, and it melts so quickly in this Sac heat!
P.S. What font did you use for the “Cookies ‘n Mint” in your top photo? It’s so cute!
If only I could make her stay in her room for my coffee time. #purebliss #nevergonnahappen
It’s the sketch block font on Picmonkey! My favorite. You can also download it for free…I can’t remember where, I googled it. 🙂
If only she took baths in the morning… Or had 10 minutes of “silent reading time” in her room before she came out. Anything for a quiet cup of coffee! 😉
Oooh thanks! I already found it on Google. And started playing around with it. Like a giddy 3-year-old on Christmas morning. (I’m too easily amused!)
Yes, but that would assume she took baths alone… Sigh…
Aww! Silent reading time… In the bathtub? (Gah I’m going to be a helpless parent!)
No way! That is my most favorite font ever! I’m off to google it:) Dorothy, you are a genius.
Oooh…my daughter would go nuts for this, too! And I’m up before the crack of dawn as well…I can have this ready by dinner!!!
That’s the best part of being an early bird. 🙂
Cool mint Oreos? Where have they been all my life? This is such an easy way to add mint to anything! I’m jealous of your early bird life. I could get so much done on the weekends!
I know, sometimes I’m all…how is it only 9:30am??? 🙂
Oh wow – there is no way I could resist this!! YUMMY.
Mint Oreos are my favorite flavor! And I like to crumble them on top of vanilla frozen yogurt. This ice cream is perfect Dorothy!
Thanks Sally!
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