Ninja Creami Lover Ice Cream

Delicious pink ice cream with candy toppings in a white bowl, perfect for dessert lovers.

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5 from 1 vote

Prep Time5

Freeze Time1

Total Time1 5

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cotton candy ice cream, lover ice cream, ninja creami cotton candy, ninja creami taylor swift, taylor swift, taylor swift ice cream

Servings: Pint

Calories: 811kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

Ice Cream Base

8 Fluid Ounces Whole Milk
6 Fluid Ounces Half and Half
¼ Cup Sugar
½ Teaspoon Vanilla Bean Paste
¼ Teaspoon Cotton Candy Flavoring Loranns Oil
5-6 Drops Red Food Coloring Optional
¼ Teaspoon Guar Gum

Mix-Ins

¼ Cup Conversation Hearts Cut in half

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Make the Ice Cream Mixture

Pour the milk, half and half, sugar, vanilla bean paste, , cotton candy flavoring, red food coloring, and guar gum into a small blender and blend until all ingredients are fully combined. Pour the mixture into a Ninja Creami pint container.
Freeze on a level surface for 24 hours. Your freezer should be between 9 and -7 degrees Fahrenheit. To avoid getting a bump on the top of the frozen mixture, freeze with the lid off of the container.

Process the Ice Cream

After 24 hours, remove the pint container from the freezer.
Place the pint container into the outer bowl of the Ninja Creami and then process on “ICE CREAM."
If the ice cream is dry or crumbly looking, pour in a tablespoon or two of milk and then re-spin. If the ice cream looks more like dippin dots, (little balls of ice cream), re-spin without adding liquid. Since I was going to be adding mix-ins and the texture was very thick and not sandy looking, I did not respin. Instead, I just moved on to the mix-ins process.
Dig a hole in the center of the ice cream and pour in the conversation hearts that have been cut in half. Process on mix-ins.
Your ice cream is ready to eat! Top with more conversation hearts and enjoy!

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Notes

What does Lover ice cream taste like?

Lover ice cream tastes like cotton candy with crunchy bits of sweet candies. The ice cream base is sweet and creamy. The red food coloring turns the ice cream pink, but the ice cream is not cherry, strawberry or any pink flavor.

How to prepare leftovers?

Since this recipe has candy mix-ins, eating the leftovers can be a challenge. If you freeze the leftovers and then process on ice cream again, the candy pieces will get pulverized by the paddle. Instead of having a smooth ice cream with candy pieces in it, you will end up with a slightly grainy/chalky ice cream with no chunks. So, for this recipe if you plan on having leftovers I would recommend thawing the leftovers on the counter or in the microwave until it's soft enough to scoop, or add food grade vegetable glycerin to the ice cream base before freezing. See the note in the recipe card for instructions on how much to add.

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