Root Beer Ice Cream – Barefeet in the Kitchen

If you’re a fan of root beer floats -and who isn’t?- you’re going to go wild for this Root Beer Ice Cream. This is a summer treat that could fast become a family favorite!

Root Beer Float Ice Cream

Creamy, dreamy, cold, and refreshing, this root beer ice cream has all the chill-out power of a frosty root beer float; but scoopable. If you want to get very meta, you could make your root beer float with root beer ice cream!

I recently learned that root beer is not as popular anywhere else in the world than it is here in North America. It makes sense that it started here, since the sassafras it was originally made from was native to North America and East Asia.

It can be hard to describe the flavor of root beer to someone who hasn’t grown up drinking it because there are so many components to the flavors.

Root beer is commonly made with vanilla, caramel, wintergreen, black cherry bark, licorice root, sarsaparilla root, nutmeg, acacia, anise, molasses, cinnamon, sweet birch, and honey. No wonder it’s tough to describe!

But those of us who love it, love it dearly. And I’m willing to bet that if you’re Team Root Beer, you’re going to love this ice cream.

Psst; if you’re a true aficionado, you may want to try making your own root beer syrup. Endless root beer sounds amazing!

And if root beer ice cream sounds like your thing, you may also want to try our Dr. Pepper Ice Cream. Dr Pepper ice cream blends the nostalgia of a soda fountain drink with the indulgence of freshly churned ice cream.

Root Beer Ice Cream Recipe

To make this recipe, you’ll need the following ingredients:

The most popular question I get is whether it’s possible to make ice cream without a machine. The answer is YES. You can make ice cream without a machine. Find the full directions here!

Root Beer Ice Cream

Combine the cream, milk, root beer syrup, and salt in a large bowl and whisk to combine.

Pour into your ice cream maker and freeze according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

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With over 70 ice cream recipes here to choose from, there’s sure to be an ice cream for everyone! If you’re new to making ice cream, the best and easiest vanilla ice cream is a great place to start.

These are my favorite inexpensive containers for storing ice cream. They’re perfect for gifting (who doesn’t love homemade ice cream?) storage, re-using, etc. I write the flavors on the lids with a sharpie and it washes off with dish soap.

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