Summer's Best Homemade Ice Cream

Make a nonalcoholic version of this grown-up ice cream by substituting cranberry juice cocktail for the wine.

No ice cream maker required. This recipe is ready fast but needs three hours to refreeze for the perfect consistency. Fresh figs are the key ingredient in this over-the-top ice cream.

It's hard to imagine a more fresh, summery combination than that of peaches and homemade ice cream.

Recipe: Peachy Peach Ice Cream

This make-ahead creamy treat is the refreshing end to a meal and is the ideal dessert for summertime entertaining.

It is hard to beat the sweet and salty flavor of this indulgent yet lightened ice cream.

Take a trip down memory lane and reminisce about the experience of drinking frozen chocolate malt at the drugstore soda fountain. The pleasure no longer has to be a mere memory.

Recipe: Chocolate Malt Ice Cream

One spoonful of this ice cream version of key lime pie will take you to a tropical paradise–at least in your mind.

Recipe: Key Lime Pie Ice Cream

Refresh yourself with the bright tingle of peppermint candies in a frozen custard treat.

Recipe: Peppermint Ice Cream

Celebrate fresh produce by introducing it to the final course of the night: Dessert. Sweet corn is a favorite ice cream flavor in Mexico, so serve this kernel-laden treat at your next fiesta.

Recipe: Sweet Corn Ice Cream

This creamy homemade ice cream doesn't start with an egg-based custard, so it doesn't require cooking. Just combine three kinds of milk with sugar and strawberries, and pour into the ice cream freezer. If you’re not a strawberry fan, try the Chocolate-Almond or Peach version.

Recipe: No-Cook Strawberry Ice Cream

Whole milk and half-and-half contribute the creaminess, while buttermilk and lemon juice add a subtle tanginess. Even with the whole milk and the cream, one serving has only 3.6 grams of fat.

Recipe: Lemon-Buttermilk Ice Cream

"Dulce de leche" literally means "sweet milk." Here, in the form of a thick sauce, it's poured over a decadent coffee-and rum-flavored ice cream.

Recipe: Cuban Coffee Ice Cream with Dulce de Leche

Get the same rich thickness of an egg-based custard without using eggs by combining mascarpone cheese and sour cream with the mango. Mascarpone is a buttery, double- or triple-cream Italian cheese that's often used in the popular Italian dessert tiramisu.

Recipe: Mango-Mascarpone Ice Cream

If you've just come back from the blueberry farm with overflowing baskets of berries, use some of them for this creamy frozen treat. Research shows that blueberries may help improve memory, so maybe after a spoonful of gelato, you can remember where you put your car keys. Also, try the Pineapple-Coconut Gelato pictured in the photo.

Recipe: Wild Blueberry Gelato

Give ice cream an elegant twist by adding lavender-infused syrup to the ricotta cheese ice cream mixture. Guests will rave at the wonderful richness of this cool dessert. Make it ahead and let it freeze as the party heats up.

Recipe: Honey-Lavender Ricotta Ice Cream

You can feel good about this low-calorie dessert because it's made with fresh fruit, milk, and yogurt.