Why We Love This Bubblegum Ice Cream Recipe
It’s funny how a certain food can epitomize your childhood. This Bubble Gum Ice Cream with bubblegum pieces is that food for me. I remember going to the local ice cream shop with my parents when I was a kid, slowly floating down the case, taking in all the flavors, pondering whether it was time to try Rocky Road or Butter Pecan. Yet secretly, I always knew what I would pick, the iconic pink bubblegum ice cream. Sweet creamy bubble gum ice cream, loaded with rock-hard gumballs that you scoop around, saving them for later. A pile of half-thawed gumballs was the reward in the bottom of your cup. Best of all, when everyone else had finished their treat, YOU were still chomping away on your giant wad of bubble gum. Sigh… I loved that. What makes this homemade Baskin Robbins bubble gum ice cream recipe pretty wonderful is that the ice cream base itself tastes just like bubble gum. (So technically you could leave the gumballs out, but WHY?) Although you can purchase bubble gum extract (artificial flavor), at cake supply stores to add the bubble gum flavoring, I infused real bubble gum pieces into the ice cream mixture. All that nostalgia wrapped up into one bowl of ice cream, who can resist? (And it even has a little protein in it, which is a bonus!) The recipe is made with an ice cream maker for a treat so easy, even your inner child can make it. wink
Ingredients You Need
Half & half AND heavy whipping cream – for the most rich and delicious ice cream base Sugar – simple granulated white sugar is best Egg yolks – you can use the rest of the eggs (the egg whites) to make Angel’s Food Cake Vanilla extract – use high quality extract Pinch of salt – essential when making ice cream so the mixture does not freeze rock-solid Red food coloring – this is optional since the mixture can turn into a light pink color with the gum Pink Bubblegum like Dubble Bubble – my favorite brand, but you can use any other type of “pure” bubblegum you like Small Gum Balls – also optional, used mostly for decorating
Pro Tip: In this batch of homemade bubblegum ice cream, I picked through the gumballs, selecting only the red, white, and pink ones for a FUN Valentine surprise. But feel free to use any colors you like!
How to Make Pink Bubble Gum Ice Cream
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