Bubble Gum Ice Cream

Blue Bubble Gum Ice Cream Recipe

This keto bubble gum ice cream is a delicious summer flavor that will bring back many fun memories. There are only a few ingredients including heavy cream, powdered erythritol, salt, bubble gum flavor extract, blue butterfly pea powder, and vodka or white rum. If you have an ice cream maker, you can churn the ice cream quickly and make blue bubble gum ice cream on the spot. If you do not have one, there are also no-churn options included below. This recipe is keto and sugar-free and we use bubble gum extract to get that fragrant bubble gum flavor. This recipe is especially creamy and scoopable because of the vodka. With just a tiny amount of vodka, your homemade ice cream mixture will become soft and creamy.

Bubble Gum Flavor

To get that iconic bubble gum flavor, this recipe uses a  bubble gum flavoring extract. If you want to make your bubble gum ice cream more festive, you can add sugar-free sprinkles to create fun textures and colors or if you don’t mind small bubble gum balls make a fun addition.

Blue Color

Bubble gum ice cream is iconically blue or pink. If you are looking for a natural blue food dye, you can use Butterfly Pea Powder. Butterfly Pea Powder is also said to have health benefits such as relieving stress and enhancing your mood. But if you don’t have this natural blue food dye, then you can use food coloring drops too. You can even dye this ice cream pink to create a pink bubble gum ice cream.

The Secret to Creamy Ice Cream

The best part of ice cream is of course the creaminess! To make this keto bubble gum ice cream creamy, add some white distilled spirit. We recommend using 2 tablespoons of vodka to soften the ice cream, but you can also use white rum too if you don’t have vodka in your cabinet.

If you can’t use alcohol, I have some suggestions below on other ingredients you can use to make soft, creamy ice cream.

Substitutions

You can also use a sugar free syrup instead of alcohol to soften the ice cream. Some of the best brands include allulose syrup or ChocZero’s vanilla syrup. All you need is ¼ cup of a sugar free syrup and it will have the same creamy effect as alcohol.

Ice Cream Maker

If you want to enjoy freshly churned, creamy ice cream right away, you should use an ice cream maker. An ice cream maker is a fail-safe way to make ice cream with the perfect texture and consistency. Once you add the ice cream mixture into the ice cream maker, it will take under an hour (usually  20 minutes) to make your delicious ice cream!

No-Churn Instructions

No ice cream maker? No worries! Although no-churn options take longer than if you were to use an ice cream maker, you can easily make ice cream without any fancy appliance. You can add the ice cream mixture to a mason jar and shake it until it thickens or mix it in a blender or with an electric mixture. Either way, once the mixture thickens, it must be frozen overnight.