Making ice cream out of Jell-O pudding mix is quick and simple; just add whole milk, sugar, whipping cream and vanilla extract. Depending on whether you use an ice-cream maker or your freezer, you'll be enjoying a soft-frozen treat in 20 minutes to 2-1/2 hours. Create any flavor of ice cream that's available as a pudding, or combine flavors for a new taste. Making ice cream from pudding mix is so easy your kids will want to get in on the fun, too.
Ice-Cream Maker Method
Step 1
Combine the whole milk, sugar, pudding mix, whipping cream and vanilla extract in a bowl and whisk them together.
Step 2
Cover the bowl and refrigerate it for 2 hours.
Step 3
Remove the bowl from the refrigerator, whisk the ingredients again and pour the mixture into your ice-cream maker.
Step 4
Mix the ice cream for 15 to 20 minutes or until it thickens.
Step 5
Serve the ice cream as is, or freeze it until firm in an airtight container, about 2 hours.
Freezer Method
Step 1
Combine the whole milk, sugar, pudding mix, whipping cream and vanilla extract in a 3-quart bowl and whisk them together.
Step 2
Pour the mixture into an airtight container. A metal container is best, but you can use plastic. The ice cream will freeze faster in a wide, shallow container rather than a deep one.
Step 3
Chill the mixture in the refrigerator for a minimum of 1 hour.
Step 4
Put the cold ice-cream mixture in the freezer for 30 minutes.
Step 5
Beat the mixture with an electric mixer to soften it, then return it to the freezer.
Step 6
Freeze the ice cream for 40 minutes, then beat it again with the electric mixer.
Step 7
Repeat the 40-minute freezing and beating process twice more.
Step 8
Continue freezing the ice cream until it's firm, from 30 minutes to 2 hours longer.
Tips and Warnings
- Make pudding pops by pouring the thickened mixture from the ice-cream maker into paper cups. Add a wooden stick to the middle of each cup and freeze them until they're firm, about four hours. Add extra ingredients such as chocolate chips, nuts, crumbled cookies or candy bits to your ice cream mixture when it's thick enough to hold them in place. If you're using an ice-cream maker, add these ingredients after the machine completes its cycle and before you freeze the ice cream. If you're using your freezer, add them after the freeze-and-beat process and before the ice cream is frozen to firmness.
Things You'll Need
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1/2 cup sugar
- One 3.5 oz. pkg. instant chocolate fudge pudding mix
- 2 cups whipping cream
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 3-qt. bowl
- Ice-cream maker
- Airtight container
- Electric mixer
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