Peppermint Ice Cream Recipe | Julie Blanner (2024)

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Does Blue Bunny make peppermint ice cream? ›

The BEST peppermint ice cream !

It is simply the best one I have every had--creamy and natural tasting with the perfect intensity of peppermint. I'm hooked !

Ingredients: Milkfat and nonfat milk, sugar, peppermint candy (corn syrup, sugar, coconut oil, natural flavor, glycerin, soy lecithin, Red 40, Yellow 5, Blue 1), corn syrup, sweetcream buttermilk, whey, contains less than 2% of natural flavor, guar gum, mono and diglycerides, xanthan gum, carrageenan, Red 40.

Milk, Cream, Sugar, Skim Milk, Corn Syrup, Peppermint Chips (Sugar, Corn Syrup, Palm Oil, Peppermint Oil, Bue #1, Red #40, Turmeric [Color], Soy Lecithin), Whey, Stabilizer (Mono and Diglycerides, Carob Bean Gum, Cellulose Gum and Carrageenan), Peppermint Oil.

Most fresh mint sold in grocery stores is spearmint, but you can also use peppermint in this ice cream recipe. In fact, many mint ice creams are made with peppermint rather than spearmint. Just keep in mind that since peppermint has a higher menthol content, you'll want to use a bit less of it.

Some Cold Stone Creamery ice cream flavors, 13 out of the 85 offered, contain trace amounts of propylene glycol. And just eight of Blue Bunny's 106 ice creams list propylene glycol as an ingredient.

Rich, creamy Brigham's® Peppermint Stick Ice Cream is made with flakes of real peppermint candy. Available all year long, like a caroling, dancing, drumming, candlelit stocking full of joy.

Pink Peppermint Stick Ice Cream | Our Flavors | Gifford's Ice Cream.

The coolest classic, Peppermint is just as nostalgic as it is delicious. In 1946, Baskin-Robbins created Green Mint Stick — a mint-flavored ice cream with green peppermint candy. Since then, we've fine-tuned this flavor into the cult classic scoop it is today.

One or two drops goes a LONG ways! With the ice cream I'm finding 1 drop of peppermint oil to 1 cup of cream a good ratio.

DoTERRA peppermint essential oil is approved for internal use, so you can safely put it in your ice cream. (Not all brands of essential oil are approved for internal use, so be sure that the kind you are using is safe before adding it to your ice cream or any other food).

Why is peppermint ice cream green? ›

In some cases the liqueur crème de menthe is used to provide the mint flavor, but in most cases peppermint or spearmint flavoring is used. Food coloring is usually added to make it green, but it may be beige or white in "all natural" or "organic" varieties.

Peppermint has a significantly higher concentration of menthol, which gives the herb its signature cooling flavor and aroma. Because of the difference in menthol concentration, they are not ideal substitutes for one another despite having similar properties.

The stem of a spearmint plant is green, square, and slightly hairy. It is native to Europe and Asia, and it grows wild, meaning it is not a hybrid. Peppermint is a hybrid of spearmint and water mint. Its flavor is similar to spearmint, but it packs a more potent punch with spicy notes (hence the pepper in the name).

Mint extract is a mixture of spearmint and peppermint, whereas peppermint extract is just that. Mint brings a bright, bold flavor to recipes. On the savory side, spearmint is usually the mint of choice, however when it comes to sweet, peppermint is the herb of choice as it pairs well with chocolate and citrus flavors.

There are 70 Blue Bunny® ice cream flavors.

The Texas creamery announced the reintroduction of its beloved Peppermint Bark Ice Cream Thursday. The seasonal flavor is available now in half gallons and pints, but only for a limited time.