Nothing screams Summer [1] like ice cream, but you don't have to run to your favorite ice cream shop every time you have a craving. Ice cream makers can be found pretty inexpensively (Cuisinart makes a great one [2] for under $100). After you're up and churning, we've found 11 homemade ice cream treats that will appeal to kids of all ages — and their parents. From gelato-topped cupcakes and ice-cream-stuffed waffle sandwiches to unique recipes that will make your ice cream taste like strawberry Pop-Tarts, oatmeal cookies, or bananas and peanut butter, these treats are sure to add some cool, tasty fun to your Summer! Keep clicking to find your favorite sweet treat.
Strawberry Pop-Tart Ice Cream
Strawberries, graham cracker crumbs, and sprinkles inspired foxeslovelemons [3] to make a Pop-Tart-inspired ice cream [4].
Ice Cream Waffle Sandwiches
Martha Stewart [6]'s ice cream waffle sandwiches [7] actually use store-bought ice cream and cookies, but hey — you put them together. We call that homemade!
Caramelized Banana and Peanut Butter Ice Cream
Roost's caramelized banana and peanut butter "ice cream" [9] actually only includes four ingredients: ripe bananas, honey, coconut oil, and peanut butter.
Blackberry Rosewater Ice Cream
Cafe Johnsonia's blackberry rosewater ice cream [11] is a sophisticated take on ice cream, but don't worry: the recipe is kid-approved, too!
Ice Cream and Mixed-Berry Pops
Martha Stewart [13]'s ice cream and mixed-berry pops [14] are simple to make. Just blend your favorite berries into vanilla ice cream, pour into a popsicle [15] mold, and freeze.
No-Churn Blueberry Ice Cream
Raspberri Cupcakes' no-churn blueberry ice cream recipe [17] doesn't require an ice-cream maker to create. She suggests serving it over brown-butter waffles. Yum!
Salted Caramel Brownie Milkshake
Salted caramel is one of our favorite sweet treats, and Two Peas and Their Pod has made it even better by incorporating it into a brownie milkshake [19]. Drool-worthy!
Strawberry Sour Cream Ice Cream
Katie at the Kitchen Door's strawberry sour cream ice cream [21] is the perfect early-Summer treat.
Ice Cream Cupcakes
What's better than a cupcake? One topped with ice cream! Martha Stewart [23]'s Martha Stewart [24]
