Hold onto your hats, because this cinnamon roll ice cream is gonna blow your mind! Start with cinnamon ice cream. Add a tangy cream cheese swirl and toss in gobs of cinnamon roll bites. Whip this up in 15 minutes, no ice cream machine required!
And it is studded with chunks of chewy cinnamon roll. Because life is better with gobs of cinnamon rolls.
Sometimes the best laid plans just don’t go as planned. During June I had high expectations to work out to finally achieve ripped abs; totally vain, I admit. I wanted to prove to myself that moms can have rock hard midsections too. Nevertheless, my six pack endeavors were waylaid by an everlasting cold. It started as a sore throat, became a lower respiratory infection and then finally a typical head cold… and lasted the entire month. So much for my abs of steel.
Actually, I did get flat abs last month because of that blasted cold.
Why? I couldn’t taste food for about two weeks. TWO WEEKS! No seconds, no decadent desserts, no satisfaction.
Do you know how discouraging that is for a foodie? Eating becomes routine if you can’t get any palette pleasure from it.
As soon as that glorious day came when I could almost smell my chocolate cupcakes baking, it was time to CELEBRATE!! And celebrate I did, with this incredible cinnamon roll ice cream.If you’re ever in a bind for easy ice cream recipes, then you’d better have this homemade ice cream recipe in your arsenal! It’s a goldmine. The base is a simple mixture of heavy cream and sweetened condensed milk. To that you can add just about any mix-ins or flavorings you’d like and almost always end up with some outstanding ice cream.
Here’s how we’ll make it. First, chop up 3 cinnamon rolls. Eat the gooiest bits because you’re the chef and it’s your prerogative. Beat together the cream cheese frosting. Then make the cinnamon ice cream by whipping the cream and stiring in the sweetened condensed milk and cinnamon. Layer it all in a loaf pan and freeze. Couldn’t get much easier!
Now, you could use store-bought cinnamon rolls or the bake-and-eat tube variety, but nothing beats homemade cinnamon rolls! A friend gave us some cinnamon rolls while I was sick and everything tasted like cardboard, so I stashed those treasures in the freezer for later nibbling. Those frozen rolls inspired this ice cream that you and your pals will absolutely go bonkers for!
- Cinnamon ice cream base
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons cinnamon
- pinch salt
- Cream cheese frosting swirl
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 6 oz. cream cheese
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 3 cinnamon rolls
- Chop 3 cinnamon rolls into bite sized bits and freeze.
- Make cream cheese frosting by beating cheese and butter until smooth. Add remaining ingredients and beat until everything is mixed together. Set aside.
- Whip heavy cream to a bit beyond soft peaks and stir in sweetened condensed milk and cinnamon.
- Assemble ice cream by layering cinnamon ice cream base with cream cheese frosting and cinnamon roll bits into a loaf pan. I arranged mine: ice cream-rolls-frosting-ice cream-rolls..
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Say what?!!?! Oh man, I bet that’s good! I’m pinning, my tummy just growled haha. Happy Saturday!
If you like cinnamon rolls, and let’s face it, who doesn’t, then you’d be crazy for this ice cream. It’s really spectacular. Thanks for stopping by, Leslie.
I can’t wait to make this. I’m going to be in cinnamon roll ice cream heaven! Thanks for sharing this recipe.
Yay, finally! I have been dying over here waiting to see this awesomeness! I cannot wait to try this insanely delicious looking ice cream Jelli… my hubs is a huge cinnamon lover!
I like the way you think -> chef prerogatives are the best. Cinnamon rolls are my indulgence of choice because who doesn’t like gooey, cinnamon-y, sugary, buttery, and carby desserts? And you put it in ice cream?! Yep, you’ve blown my mind. This is a must try for sure! Pinned!
Jelli, you are killing me over here! Cinnamon rolls are my weakness and I adore that you put them in ice cream! Definitely going to kiss flat abs goodbye with this recipe in the world now 🙂
Haha, thanks Amy. Between this ice cream and your bistro fries, we might as well pull out the sweat pants, right? 😉 Thank you so much for stopping by.
Oh goodness. This looks AMAZING! I love how so many of your recipes are so simple yet so decadent. This is definitely going on my
“to make” list!
Thanks, Chelsea! I know what you mean. I see some spectacular recipes out there, particularly at HalfbakedHarvest.com but sometimes all the steps seem overwhelming, especially since I have 2 kiddos running around the house. I like naptime friendly recipes that I can whip up in max two naptimes 😉
Okay this looks ridiculously good, and now I want a cinnamon roll at 10 p.m. so thanks!
I know what you mean. I just finished a slice of chocolate mousse cake and STILL wanted a scoop of this ice cream. Too bad we scarfed it down only a couple of days after it was made. Guess it’s time to make another batch. Thank you so much, Megan, for stopping by.
Oh my gosh you are killing me!! This is just plain evil and GOOD!! What a genius idea 🙂
Thank you, Zainab! The thought of cinnamon rolls in ice cream never even occurred to me until I was sick and stashed a few in the freezer for a future date when my head cold eased up and I could taste food. Seeing them in the freezer next to the ice cream machine bowl, I had a lightbulb moment and the rest is sweet, sweet history. Thanks for stopping by.
oh wow this is like the most amazing ice cream flavor ever!
I love cinnamon rolls! But honestly, I haven’t tried them on ice cream. This post gave me such a brilliant idea!