How to make ice cream in 10 minutes – without a freezer!

Have you run out of ice cream for the kids? Don’t rush to the shops, you can make your own in a zip lock bag in just 10 minutes, including 5 minutes of freezing time, and the kids can even make it themselves!

How to make ice cream in a bag

What you’ll need:

1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup cream
3 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence (or another flavour if desired)
ice
8 tablespoons rock salt

Method:

1. Combine the milk, cream, sugar and essence in a bowl.

2. Transfer the mixture into a medium ziplock bag.

3. In a large ziplock bag, place 4 cups of ice and 8 tablespoons of rock salt.

4. Place your smaller ziplock bag into the big one with the ice.

5. Shake the bag for 5-10 minutes (you may want to wear gloves).

6. Remove the smaller bag and rinse to remove any salt.

7. Scoop your ice cream out and eat with your choice of toppings.

How amazing is this!? You have to watch the youtube video to believe it:

It’s a great activity to do with the kids and perfect for Summer. It’s on my list of things to do!

Try it out and let me know how you go. SHARE your thoughts with us below!

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35 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 09 Sep 2021
    12:02 pm
Well this sounds like awesome fun for sure

- - ella12 said
  - 07 Sep 2016
    3:50 pm
Oh wow, this sounds just brilliant!

- - mom94125 said
  - 04 Sep 2016
    9:15 am
that is a clever idea! the kids will love shaking it

- - Melissa89 said
  - 27 Jul 2016
    12:08 pm
What?! That is really cool

- - mom81879 said
  - 23 Apr 2016
    8:43 pm
I’m going to have to try this! It just looks too easy to be true

- - mom62624 said
  - 19 Apr 2016
    5:03 am
Wow, a great article and I watched the video; this is ingenious – definitely an activity on the to do list!.

- - sharna_booth_weinrowski said
  - 10 Apr 2016
    12:20 pm
A great thing for kids to do!

- - june11 said
  - 08 Mar 2016
    6:54 pm
You don’t need a freezer? lol The ice would have come out of the freezer.

- - mom102977 said
  - 04 Mar 2016
    11:41 pm
Ice cream in few minutes and without ice cream machine?! Oh yeah!!!! Thanks 🙂

- - Kasey said
  - 03 Mar 2016
    9:38 pm
This looks amazing and so tasty I’ll have to try it for myself.

- - Naomi said
  - 02 Mar 2016
    4:21 pm
It worked! But I didn’t shake it for long enough cause I didn’t use gloves… It was still thick/solid and I did another few minutes in the freezer.
I replaced half the sugar with milo instead

- - rovermum said
  - 29 Feb 2016
    11:17 am
Wow, how easy. I love ice-cream soooo much and I’m definitely going to try this.

- - curlytops said
  - 29 Feb 2016
    10:35 am
that sounds amazing. I dont have an ice-cream maker so I am so going to try this!!

- - Mummytoabeautifulprincess said
  - 28 Feb 2016
    11:07 pm
Soooo going to try this! Wow!

- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 28 Feb 2016
    5:33 pm
tHIS IS UNBELIEVABLE! I will have to try this! This is a similar action when you use an ice cream maker.

- - Naomi said
  - 27 Feb 2016
    10:12 pm
That is amazing! I made icy poles the other day but it took hours.

Do you think yoghurt would work instead of cream? (I then have everything in the cupboard!)

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 27 Feb 2016
    5:44 pm
gosh, I am such a plain and boring cook – I love this idea! thanks for sharing the recipe

- - mom103920 said
  - 27 Feb 2016
    12:10 pm
A great experiment to try with the kids. Thanks Jessica.

- - mum4107 said
  - 27 Feb 2016
    5:36 am
Sounds easy. To much sugar for my liking though

- - lizgh said
  - 27 Feb 2016
    4:41 am
I love this recipe. The kids will have a lot of fun making it then will be very happy eating it.