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Blueberries are one of my favorite fruits! I love the flavor and versatility of the fruit. We use blueberries for snacking, in smoothies, baked goods (like these Blueberry Banana Muffins) and in ice cream.
What Makes Wild Blueberries Different?
- Wild blueberries are smaller than regular blueberries, but they are also more flavorful.
- Wild Blueberries have two times the antioxidant capacity of the larger cultivated blueberries. A growing body of research shows the potential health benefits of Wild Blueberries including gut health, diabetes, cancer, and brain health.
- 99% of the Wild Blueberry crop is frozen fresh at harvest, which locks in their nutrition and taste.
- Wild Blueberries are not planted— they have occurred naturally in barrens and fields in Maine and Eastern Canada
Wild Blueberry Ice Cream
I think I could eat ice cream every night! In fact, when I was growing up many nights we had ice cream for dessert. So, when I was thinking about what to make using Wild Blueberries, ice cream was my natural choice.
This ice cream is easy to prepare! I also reduced the calories and fat by using fat free half and half and skim milk instead of heavy cream and whole milk. I have also had success substituting part of the sugar with Monk Fruit in the Raw. The ice cream tastes just as good but I feel better about eating it.
Tip: When making ice cream be sure to keep your cold ingredients in the fridge and your frozen ice cream insert in the freezer until you are ready to use.
When S tasted my Wild Blueberry Ice Cream, she said “I don’t like it; I love it!”
To find your own bag of Wild Blueberries, use the find a retailer feature on the Wild Blueberry Association of North America’s website.
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1½ cups wild blueberries
- 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
- ¾ cup sugar
- 2 cups fat free half and half
- 1 cup skim milk
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla
- In a small saucepan, combine sugar, blueberries and lemon juice.
- Bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes or until slightly thickened, stirring occasionally.
- Cover and refrigerate until chilled.
- In a large bowl, whisk the ice cream ingredients.
- Fill ice cream maker with mixture and run for 15 minutes.
- Add in chilled blueberry sauce.
- Once blueberry sauce is mixed in, serve or freeze for later.
To learn more about Wild Blueberries, find delicious recipes and to stay up to date, visit the Wild Blueberry Association of North America website, or their Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook and Twitter accounts.
You know come to think of it… I have never made ice cream before. What better reason to start! Love Blueberries!
I hope you get started making homemade ice cream! I love that I can use nonfat half and half and nonfat milk to make it better for me 🙂
This looks so delicious!! I love blueberries! Pinning!
Thank you Logan! S is begging me to make more!
This looks so yummy! I love blueberries and I love ice cream!
Me too Nadeen!
I love blueberries, but I’ve never had blueberry ice cream. This looks fantastic. I had no idea wild blueberries were more flavorful than the bigger ones.
Thanks Stephanie! It was so yummy and S is already asking for more!
We love ice cream at my house and in fact one of our family favorites is Blueberry Cheesecake Ice Cream. You can find that recipe at livingwithlorna on Youtube. Check it out. I would love your comments.
That sounds so yummy Lorna! I am a big fan of cheesecake ice creams!
I am OBSESSED with blueberries! If I could eat them every single day I most definitely would! I’ve been on the hunt for a recipe to try for my first batch of homemade ice cream, and this is very inspiring! Thank you for posting the link to where you got your wild blueberries from as well!
Awesome Ariel! Blueberries are so good for you too! I hope you give my recipe a try!
I’ve never tried blueberry ice cream…this looks amazing! Thanks for sharing at the #HomeMattersParty 🙂
Thank you Brittany! It was really yummy!
total ice cream heaven! love blueberries so I am sure they are super delish in ice cream! I have a sudden craving to go berry picking! thanks for sharing with us at Snickerdoodle!
Berry picking is always the best!
Your wild blueberry ice cream looks so yummy Paris! Thanks for the clarification about wild blueberries, I would’ve never known about them not being planted.
I had not realized that there was such a difference either!
This ice cream looks amazing! Thank you for sharing at Merry Monday!
Thank you Amanda!
This does look really tasty… the flavor of the wild berries is usually so intense also, so this must be great! 🙂
Thank you. The wild blueberries are more flavorful than regular!
OK WOW. I’m such an ice cream girl, but this takes the cake. Wild blueberry?!?! YUMMERS.
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Thank you Erica! It was awesome!
Gosh that looks good — what an amazing colour too! Looks *almost* too good to eat!! YUM! I absolutely love blueberries — and so do my babies. I’m going to give this a go! I always thought making ice-cream without an ice-cream machine would be more complicated. Thanks so much for sharing and thanks for linking up to #TwinklyTuesday!
Please could you add the #TwinklyTuesday link to your linky list. Thanks! x
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I hope you enjoy the recipe Caro! Thanks so much!