Sugar Sugar, Honey Honey - Making Sweet Ice Cream

I recently wrote about sugar free ice cream. Today's post, however, is about the opposite - ice cream that is particularly sweet.

I must admit to preferring sweet ice cream to savory so there's perhaps a little bias in this post!

Here are two of my favorite sweet ice creams ....

Crunchy Pecan & Maple Syrup ice cream
(above = screenshot from my recipe page)

Honey ice cream

An ice cream blog post that is truly short and sweet!

Making Ice Cream Without Using Sugar

A friend asked me recently how to make sugar free ice cream.

To be honest, I knew there was more than one answer, the most obvious being to use artificial sweetners. However, I don't favor that option - I would rather use natural ingredients if possible.

Honey and maple syrup are the obvious subsitutions but the texture of the ice cream can be effected if you don't redress the balance of solids in the ice cream ingredients. As with most things in cookery, a little experimentation is usually required to get the balance right but the reward of your patience is an exciting new way to make ice cream!

Read more about how to make sugar free ice cream. Please note - this is not about ice cream suitable for diabetics, more for people just keen to cut out using so much real sugar in their diet.

** If you like honey or maple syrup in your ice cream, check out my recipes for honey ice cream and pecan and maple syrup ice cream **