I know, right? Another ice cream recipe, sheesh! I can’t help it, I’ve been experimenting with different flavors and came up with this as soon as I remembered I had some root beer extract in the pantry. We love root beer floats (and root beer floats for grown ups!) so this was a given. Usually made with vanilla ice cream and root beer soda, root beer floats have been a favorite for many years. Well, now you can have it in ice cream form.
All four of my kids are huge root beer fans. I am too, and I really don’t drink soda. I will make an exception for root beer though. This is really easy to make and if you start early enough, you can be enjoying it that same evening.
Ingredients
- 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1 cup 1% milk
- 4 teaspoons root beer extract
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
Instructions
- Whisk all ingredients together then place in ice cream maker and process according to manufacturer's directions.
- Turn churned ice cream into a freezer container and freeze overnight, or a minimum of 4 hours.
Nutrition Facts
Root Beer Ice Cream
Amount Per Serving (1 half cup)
Calories 379 Calories from Fat 234
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 26g 40%
Saturated Fat 16g 80%
Cholesterol 99mg 33%
Sodium 98mg 4%
Potassium 272mg 8%
Total Carbohydrates 30g 10%
Sugars 28g
Protein 6g 12%
Vitamin A 21.3%
Vitamin C 2%
Calcium 21.6%
Iron 0.5%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Amanda Formaro
President at Amanda's Creative Studio, Inc.
Amanda Formaro is the crafty, entrepreneurial mother of four children. She loves to bake, cook, make kid's crafts and create decorative items for her home. She is a crafting expert and guru in the kitchen and has appeared online and in print publications many times over the years. She is also a craft book author five times over and product developer as well as the owner of FunFamilyCrafts.com. You can find her on social media by using the buttons to the left!
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Derek says
I noticed that the recipe doesn’t call for any Sugar, Does the condensed milk make it sweeter enough?
Thanks
Amanda Formaro says
Yes that’s correct!
AC says
Made this over the weekend and it is delicious!! The root beer flavor isn’t overwhelming and it’s super creamy and easy to scoop.
Amanda Formaro says
So glad you liked it, we loved it here! :)
dad says
i know
kristin Laxson says
Did yours really turn that brown?.
Amanda Formaro says
Yes, the root beer extract is a dark brown. Was your extract not?
Pat says
Amanda, It’s Christmas so I made eggnog root beer ice cream. Used soda stream root beer with cream, egg nog and vanilla. Easy and delicious.
Amanda Formaro says
Interesting! I never would have thought to put those flavors together :)
Jennifer says
I saw this on a 4th of July roundup and just had to pin it.
Adica says
I made this for my boyfriend’s birthday party, and it was a big hit. He loved it. It tasted just like a root beer float. I could only find root beer candy flavoring by LorAnn, so I just added the flavoring by taste. I used 2 drams (about 2 tsp). Thank you for sharing!
Amanda Formaro says
So glad you enjoyed it Adica, thank you!
Ford says
How much ice cream does this make? I’m planning on using a 4-quart ice cream maker, and I need to know whether to double or triple.
Amanda says
About 1.5 quarts
Wendy A. says
Yes! I find it completely frustrating that these recipes seem to never say how much they make! AND, why would ANYONE go to all the trouble of making ice cream (even the electric makers are back-breaking – let alone the hand-cranked) for only a few people?! I have dozens of people over on the Fourth of July and use two different gallon-sized ice cream makers to give everybody a small bowlful. Root beer ice cream is my next try! Last year, it was honey ice cream, the year before it was licorice, the year before that it was grape, I could keep going..!
Erin @ Making Memories says
This looks totally heaven. We just made vanilla (my first time EVER) but I was thinking root beer sounded so much better. Totally making this tomorrow. Thanks!