Fall in Love with National Ice Cream Month

Food       From Hilary Pollack, your About Food Editor   Trending now on About.com: Trying to Eat Low-Fat? Here’s What to Avoid What’s the Deal with Sinkholes? 10 Crucial College Tips for Incoming Freshmen Girls   Follow us on:         A whole month dedicated to summer’s best sweet, cold, and creamy treat? Yep! It’s National Ice Cream Month, and we’ll be digging into tons of celebratory scoops and sundaes. Just don’t forget to add the cherry on top! Want more from About.com Food? Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, or visit our Pinterest page and our brand new Instagram account for daily recipes, cooking tips, and more.     Do It Yourself Once you have an ice cream maker, you can make ice cream out of just about anything! Use your imagination to combine fresh fruit, chocolate, or crazy mix-ins. READ NOW Chocolate-Coconut Candy Ice Cream Summer Blueberry Ice Cream The Best Eastern European Ice Creams and Sorbets The Easiest Coconut Ice Cream Amazing Nougat Ice Cream   No Maker Required No ice cream maker? No problem. Our Local Food Expert has a handy guide to making the sweet stuff sans machine. READ NOW How to Make Ice Cream Without an Ice Cream Maker Easy Tangy Buttermilk Ice Cream Ice Cream-Making Tips and Hints   Pretty Pies, Truffles, and More The ice cream itself is just the beginning. From truffles made with ice cream flavor to fudge made with store-bought ice cream to ice cream pies, it pays to think beyond the spoon. READ NOW Mint Chocolate Chip Truffles 2-Ingredient Ice Cream Fudge Crunchy Italian Ice Cream Pie Mississippi Mud Ice Cream Pie The Easiest Ice Cream Pie   Sorbet, Sherbet, and More Looking for something a little lighter? These water-based sorbets and milk (not cream)-based gelatos and sherbets will cool you off without giving you a bellyache. And they’re just as delicious as their übercreamy counterparts! READ NOW Simple Raspberry Sorbet Creamy Strawberry Gelato 4-Ingredient Raspberry Sherbet French Strawberry Champagne Sorbet   ADVERTISEMENT Featured Articles Chocolate-Covered Potato Chips Cinnamon Butter Pecan Bread Broccoli Casserole with Rice and Cheese Crouching Tiger Shooters with Lychee Bacardi's Signature Rum Cake Easy Red Velvet Cake Homemade Banana Nut Bread More from About.com Sign up for Shareables! An every-morning rundown of the day in history, with headlines and trends produced by your pals at About.com. Click here to sign up! It's free (of course) and we think you'll like it! Want More From About.com? Check out our social channels tailored to every interest! Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Healthy Eating newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 Privacy Policy © 2014 About.com