Quick and easy watermelon ice cream recipe, homemade with 2 ingredients. This no churn ice cream is healthy, creamy, vegan and requires no ice cream maker.
It has been so hot that I just had to cool down with this ice cream. This is just as much fun to make as this Watermelon Cake and these Watermelon Cupcakes (Pull Apart Cupcakes). My Mom used to make this no churn ice cream for me and it's very refreshing. I don't have an ice cream maker, but I have a heavy duty food processor and used that to make this 2 ingredient version. This is the perfect treat to make with or for kids after a great day of outdoor play or swimming, and it's healthy too!
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Table of contents
How to make easy homemade watermelon ice cream recipe without ice cream maker?
- Freeze watermelon slices.
- Blend ingredients- Including frozen watermelon and coconut milk.
Key ingredients
- Watermelons- These should be ripe and seedless.
- Coconut milk- This should be full fat.
- Food coloring- This is optional and used to enhance the pink color.
Variations for 2 ingredient healthy vegan ice cream
Make frozen ice cream cake- Just prepare the ice cream mixture and spread it in a round pan. Chill in the freezer until firm. Then, remove it from the pan and frost it with whipped cream and decorate with fresh watermelon slices.
Make sandwiches- Just prepare the ice cream mixture and then scoop out ice cream and spread it between two Soft and Chewy Sugar Cookies.
Add pink or red food coloring- Because even though it is naturally pink, the food coloring will enhance the color.
Use Greek yogurt or sweetened condensed milk- If you don't have coconut milk, you can use either substitute in the same quantities.
Add a little honey- If you want the ice cream to be sweeter.
Make watermelon popsicles- Simply pour this ice cream mixture in popsicle molds and freeze until firm.
Add extracts- Such as vanilla, mint, or rum extracts.
Add mini white chocolate chips or shredded white chocolate- For added sweetness and decadence.
Add "seeds"- For a cool watermelon appearance, mix in some mini semisweet chocolate chips. They will look like seeds.
Add other fruit- Such as lime or Kiwi.
Tips and techniques
Allow it to sit at room temperature for 15 minutes and then dig in- Because when it is frozen for very long, it can get quite hard.
You must use a strong heavy-duty blender or food processor- Because this is how you get the smooth consistency.
You can't use regular coconut milk- It has to be full fat canned coconut milk because it's thicker.
How to freeze watermelon? Cut the watermelon into slices, place them on a foil lined tray, and freeze until solid about 3-4 hours.
Why didn’t my soft serve ice cream set? This is most likely because it didn't freeze long enough, or if there is not enough fat in the ice cream. Make sure to use full-fat coconut milk.
How to pick a ripe watermelon? Look at the field spot on the watermelon. The larger and more yellow this spot is, the sweeter the watermelon will be because it sat and ripened in the field longer.
Storage of no churn ice cream
Freeze- Store it in a sealed, airtight container for up to 1 month. This is the only way to store this dessert.
More frozen desserts
- Snow Ice Cream
- Ice Cream Cake
- Ice Cream Sandwich
- Healthy Chocolate Banana Ice Cream
- Homemade Fruit Popsicles
- Chocolate Banana Popsicles
- Coffee Popsicles
Recipe
Watermelon Ice Cream (2 Ingredients)
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Ingredients
- 3 cups Watermelon Cut into 1 inch cubes
- ½ cup Canned coconut milk Or condensed milk
- Red or pink food coloring Optional
Instructions
- Freeze watermelon slices for 3-4 hours in a cookie tray, lined with foil paper.
- Add the frozen watermelon slices and coconut milk in a strong blender or food processor and pulse until smooth OR pulse it a little if you like bits of coconut in each bite.
- Add a few drops of food coloring if you like.
- Serve immediately for a soft serve ice cream or freeze for another hour to make firm ice cream. Enjoy!
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Notes
- Read all my tips above.
- Leftovers can be stored in a sealed container in the freezer for up to 1 month.
Nutrition
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Laura Hall
What a cool idea! I'd love to try this with my protein breakfast tart crust, and maybe with the watermelons doe as a granita. Dessert for breakfast!
Swathi
Sure I will try this, may be i can change strawberry for watermelon. Delicious.
Reiko
How pretty! And such a unique idea. Love it!
thoma
Refreshing truly! And the pics...Cute, beautiful...is it just like you?
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Something serious: I'm in a cold clime now. I baked a choc cake but it over rose and sunk perfectly ;p. It's soft and delicious but not presentable. And turned out a lil sticky too. I've baked the same cake elsewhere. Has come out perfectly. And the other cakes I baked here came out well too. What do you think it is?
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Baker
Oh these look absolutely fantastic!
torview
wow these looks delicious maashallah
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Squishy
Watermelon is hands down, my favorite fruit so I will definitely be trying this out very soon!!
Amber
Love this ice cream! I think I'd call it a tart (because you've made cute, individual servings). Love the added texture from the crust and watermelon chunks. Yum!
kitchenriffs
Boy, our AC has been working flat out but it just isn't big enough for the kind of heat we're having. I don't think our AC has turned itself off in several weeks! Anyway, we're getting terrific watermelon at the moment, so I'm always looking for new ideas to use it. This looks so cool and refreshing! Great post - thanks.
jenn and seth
these look AWESOME! yum!!
Carol
They do look fantastic, and refreshing. Perfect warm weather treat!
Anne
Oh Abeer...first of all...the color is so pretty! This looks so sweet and refreshing. How odd that it tastes a bit 'off' the next day. I wouldn't have to worry about that....these beauties would be gone before I went to bed! I love finding new watermelon recipes! Hope you are managing to stay cool!
Liz
Oh, yeah, the heat has been oppressive here! Your mini pies would have been the perfect tonight!
Jen L
Oh yeah, we're having a HOT summer here! Watermelon is always a refresher, no doubt! It's high water content is perfect for summer! And your dessert looks like it came from a cool place...!
Kim Bee
Good gawd this is stunning.
Hotly Spiced
Sorry to hear about all the heat. Living in a top floor apartment clearly has its ups and downs. Right now we're in the middle of winter and I would love some sunshine and warm weather. Very dreary here today. Your watermelon ice cream dessert looks so lovely. I just love the colour. Great for cooling you down in that 80 degree apartment too