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Staying cool this summer with this Blueberry Cheesecake Ice Cream! A super simple cheesecake that’s only four ingredients(!!), mixed with the creamiest vanilla custard, and swirled with homemade blueberry jam. Every bite is nice and cold, full of bright lemon-y cheesecake flavors, and delicious blueberries! It simply does not get better than this. Bonus? The ice cream is really so simple to make, tastes JUST like a cheesecake, and is truly a crowd pleaser. Serve this ice cream all summer long with some graham cracker crumbs sprinkled on top for a frozen treat that nobody can resist! SO. GOOD.

blueberry cheesecake ice cream in coupe glass with smaller glass beside with graham crackers and blueberries on top, blueberries, graham crackers, and white flowers around with two empty glasses behind

About The Recipe

Cheesecake is one of those desserts that almost everyone loves, you know? It’s so customizable, flavorful, creamy, decadent, and delicious! It’s definitely one of our favorite desserts to eat (and make!), but during the brutal heat that is this summer, we are trying to find ways to keep cool.

Which brings us to this ice cream! Because sometimes, you just really don’t want to turn the oven on to bake something.

angled close up of blueberry cheesecake ice cream in coupe glass with piece of graham cracker, white flowers, and blueberries on top

coupe glasses with four scoops of ice cream and smaller glass beside with two scoops and a spoon on marble surface with flowers, graham crackers, and blueberries around

This ice cream was originally supposed to just be a cheesecake, but when I tell you that it’s HOT outside, I’m not joking. After we made our blueberry jam a few days ago, my mom and I looked at each other, as the inside of our home pretty much felt like the outside.

There was no WAY we were about to preheat the oven!

So, what could we do? We had already gotten all the ingredients for cheesecake prepped, but we didn’t want to deal with hot ovens, water baths, and all that.

Thankfully, my mom came up with the idea to turn this into ice cream! We always have eggs, sugar, cream, milk, and vanilla, which are the ingredients for a vanilla custard.

And, while we still used our stovetop, since it’s been so hot, the custard came together in NO time! Seriously. I think the vanilla custard reached it’s proper temp in 5-8 minutes. Crazy!

angled close up of coupe glass with scoops of ice cream in it, pie pan, ice cream pan, and smaller glass beside

I was thankful, though. I didn’t have to stand and stir for a while, because sometimes…custard can be a little finicky and like to take a while

The rest was simple. Mix up a basic cheesecake (without the eggs!), stir in the custard, freeze it, swirl in some blueberry jam! And, just to be honest, we couldn’t be happier with the outcome!

We sprinkled each ice cream with some graham cracker crumbs, that way, there was some texture difference and really gave it the feel of cheesecake. It’s creamy, sweet, lemon-y, tangy, and, most importantly, full of blueberry! So. Good.

Reasons You Will Love This Blueberry Cheesecake Ice Cream

Tastes just LIKE blueberry cheesecake.
Creamy, cold, and so delicious.
Made with simple ingredients.
Uses an ice cream machine to achieve the creamiest ice cream EVER!
A crowd pleaser.
The perfect treat to keep in the freezer all summer long.

angled photo of coupe glass with four scoops of blueberry cheesecake ice cream with piece of graham cracker, white flowers, and blueberries on top, with blueberries, pan of ice cream, and ice cream cones around

Equipment Needed

Ingredients

(Full ingredient amounts and instructions can be found in the recipe card at the bottom of the post)

For The Blueberry Jam:

Blueberries
Granulated Sugar
Lemon Juice

blueberries, sugar, and lemon juice on marble surface

For The Custard:

Egg Yolks
Granulated Sugar
Whole Milk
Heavy Cream
Vanilla Extract

egg yolks, sugar, vanilla, milk, and cream on marble surface

For The Cheesecake:

Cream Cheese
Granulated Sugar
Lemon Zest
Lemon Juice

cream cheese, sugar, lemon zest, and lemon juice on marble surface

How To Make Blueberry Cheesecake Ice Cream

Step 1: Make the jam

In a medium saucepan, combine blueberries, sugar, and lemon juice. Cook, stirring continuously, over medium heat until thickened, about 15-20 minutes.

Step 2: Make the custard

Beat egg yolks and 1/2 cup sugar with an electric mixer until light and thick.

Heat milk over medium low heat until it starts to bubble around the edges.

Temper egg yolk mixture by whisking in a small amount of hot milk. Continue whisking in hot milk, small amounts at a time.

milk being poured into egg mixture in glass bowl

Return mixture to saucepan. Cook, while stirring, over medium low heat until mixture coats a spoon, about 15 minutes.

Strain through a fine mesh sieve into a clean bowl.

Stir in cream and vanilla. Chill.

Step 3: Make the cheesecake

In a medium bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar, lemon zest, and lemon juice. Beat with an electric mixer until smooth.

lemon zest, lemon juice, sugar, and cream cheese in glass bowl

Step 4: Combine cheesecake and custard

Mix custard into cheesecake.

vanilla custard and cheesecake in glass bowl

Step 5: Freeze

Pour into ice cream machine.Freeze according to manufacturer’s instructions.

cheesecake ice cream cheese in ice cream machine

frozen cheesecake ice cream in ice cream machine

Step 6: Swirl in jam and freeze

Spoon ice cream into a 9-inch square pan. Pipe jam over the top and swirl through. Cover with plastic wrap and freeze until hardened.

blueberry jam piped over the top of ice cream

Serve once hardened!

square pan of blueberry cheesecake ice cream on marble surface with graham crackers around, blueberries, and white flowers

How To Store

If you plan to keep this ice cream long term, instead of using a cake pan, it’s best to use an ice cream container. This will keep this ice cream fresh for about 2-3 months! If you need to store it after making it in the cake pan, no worries! You can simply scoop the ice cream out into an ice cream container or airtight container and keep in the freezer 1-3 months.

Substitutions

Fresh or frozen blueberries can be used to make the jam.
You can use store-bought blueberry jam for this recipe!
You can also use any flavor jam that you like.

Looking for more recipes like this? Here are a few you may like: Peaches and Cream Ice Cream, Lemon Blueberry Icebox Cake, Caramel Apple Ice Cream, Lemon Blueberry Loaf Cake

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Expert Tips

Be sure to stir the jam continuously as it cooks! You don’t want it to burn.
When making the jam, remember that, as it cools, it will thicken!
When heating the milk, do not let it boil!
Be sure that you are whisking constantly as your pour in the heated milk.
Don’t skip straining the custard! This is a very important step to make sure you don’t have any egg in your custard.
When making the custard, the temperature needs to be 180 degrees. That should very lightly coat your spoon.
Freeze your cake pan before making the ice cream to help the ice cream keep from melting as soon as you add it to the pan.
With the cheesecake, try and get it as smooth as you can before adding the custard.
The custard needs to be COLD before adding it to the cheesecake mixture.
This recipe is naturally gluten-free!

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