Mason jar ice cream is a child’s play to make and relish as a summer treat. Did you know? King Solomon relished iced drinks and Alexander The Great flavored snow and ice with honey and nectar? Nero, the Roman Emperor was unofficially the creator of ice cream flavoring it with fruits and juices. After 000 years, Marco Polo introduced ice cream to European countries.

The first ice cream-making machine was invented in the 18th century. Now you can create umpteen ice cream recipes with these basic ingredients and adding flavors of your choice. Ice cream with milk was first made in China in the 7th century. Just like luxury make up elite ice cream is produced in UK and Ireland.

When making a mason jar ice cream the trick is to check the consistency so you do not end up with a dessert that looks like a frozen cream that melts easily. When you shake the mason jar do not use a lot of force or lesser force. Keep checking the consistency with a wooden spoon. If only all issues in life are fixed with a scoop of ice cream, may there be an avalanche of recipes that bring joy and happiness?

Basic Mason Jar Ice Cream Recipe

This is the basic mason jar ice cream recipe. You can add your style, flavors, and ingredients and create a lovely dessert that brings a lot of happiness to you. Doesn’t ice cream make you happy or set you in a good mood. Coffee has been the famous mood-uplifter for ages. Let’s give ice cream some credit now.

Ingredients

• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 1/2-2 tbsp sugar
• 1/2 tbsp vanilla extract
• 1 mason jar
• pinch of kosher salt

Pour all ingredients into the mason jar and put a light on it. Shake it vigorously for 4-5 minutes until the cream thickens. Freeze for 3 hours. Serve with your favorite toppings. Chocolate syrup, fruits, cookies, or candies of your choice make for the perfect summer treat for kids. This is an instant vanilla ice cream you can make at home.

Chocolate Mason Jar Ice Cream

Who said, popcorn is your only side-kick when watching a movie or a sitcom? You could rustle it up 3 hours before the movie time. Movie and chocolate ice cream, not a bad combination at all. Or, maybe taking a short break from work and come up with your signature-style ice cream recipe. Work not tedious anymore? hmm?

Ingredients

• 1 cup heavy cream
• 2 tbsp sweetener or sugar
• 1 tbsp cocoa powder or chocolate syrup
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• pinch of salt
• 2 tbsp choco chips or crushed cookies
• 1 mason jar

Mix all the ingredients in the mason jar and shake for 4-5 minutes till the consistency doubles and the cream thickens. Freeze for 3 hours. Scoop out the ice cream and add the toppings of your choice. It serves two.

Low Carb Mason Jar Ice Cream

Maybe once in a while cut some slack on those diets and enjoy the sweetness of life. But, if you are passionate about sticking to a healthy lifestyle, you can make a keto mason jar ice cream that is low on carbs and tastes good.

Ingredients

• 1 cup heavy cream
• 2 tbsp keto sweetener with the flavor of your choice
• Banana or strawberry blend
• pinch of salt
• 1 mason jar

Keto sweeteners are low on carbs. It is a healthy replacement for sugar. Choose any flavors or ingredients of your choice and tightly cap the mason jar pouring these ingredients. Shake well for 4-5 minutes till the cream thickens and consistency doubles. Enjoy the yummy treat after freezing it for 3 hours.

Coconut Mason Jar Ice Cream

Coconut adds a unique flavor to ice creams. If you are tired of chocolate, this is a nice flavor to go with. It adds a fresh lease of taste to your taste buds with the creamier ingredients.

Ingredients

• 1 cup heavy cream
• 2 tbsp coconut cream
• 1/2 tbsp coconut and vanilla extract each
• a few drops of food color of your choice
• 1 1/2 sweetener or sugar
• 1 mason jar

Pour all the ingredients and shake for 4-5 minutes securing the jar with lid tightly. Freeze for 3 hours. A lovely treat for any season when you have pangs for something sweet and delish. Add toppings of your choice. You could also add coffee or cream cheese to make it creamier.

Mason Jar Ice Cream Cake

As you take the scoop out, there are layers of yummy waiting to unveil to treat your senses with this treat waltzing on your taste buds and that life is good, regardless of all that happens. A cup of ice cream cake is all you need to feel the joy of the finer side of life, looking for the rainbow and sunshine.

Ingredients

• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 tbsp chocolate sauce
• 1 pack wafer cookies in your favorite flavor
• 1 1/2 sweetener or sugar
• pinch of sugar
• 1 mason jar

Melt butter and pour on top of wafer cookie crumbs. In a jar pour all ingredients and shake well for 4-5 minutes. Layer it with fudge or syrup, and cookie crumbs. Freeze for 3 hours. Delish ice cream cake with coffee is a lovely overdose of good times in sweetness. An easy treat to make for your loved ones or when your friends visit you.

Almond Mason Jar Ice Cream

Crunchy ice cream, anybody? yeah!! You could come up with your very own version and relish it any day, anytime. Take it along with you on the commute or short trips. A nice scoop of ice cream, lost in your thoughts as you take errands and the hullabaloo does not affect. Did the crunchy almond do that for you?

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cup almonds
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 2 tbsp granulated sugar or sweetener
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract
• fudge sauce of your choice or butterscotch sauce
• 1 mason jar

Chop almonds into small pieces and roast in butter on a skillet for a few seconds. Let it cool down. Pour all the ingredients in a mason jar and shake vigorously for 4-5 minutes. When the cream thickens, freeze for 3 hours.

Food cravings, I tell you, and this lockdown, these recipes savor your day with delish memories and delightful thoughts. What a delish break to take and rustle up the dessert of your choice in a jiffy!

Conclusion

Mason jar ice cream brings a smile to your kid’s face. Create umpteen flavors of summer treats for your kids and loved ones and beat the blues of lockdown. If the ice cream parlors are closed, no problem! You have a long list of recipes handy.