Soft and Rich Vanilla Frozen Custard

This recipe makes rich, soft frozen custard like you'll find at Shake Shack, Kopp's, Leon's, and all sorts of custard shops around the South and Midwest.

New England–Style Frozen Custard | The Food Lab

True New England-style frozen custard (which is to say, ice cream) without the need to buy an ice cream machine.

Malted Milk Chocolate Ice Cream

Seek out high quality milk chocolate for this recipe; Valrhona and Callebaut have very good versions. Freezing the malted milk balls before adding them to the ice cream will keep the temperature down and prevent melting during the final minute of churning.

No-Churn Chocolate Ice Cream

Light and creamy custard-style chocolate ice cream, no ice cream machine required.

Bi-Rite Creamery's Smooth and Mellow Chocolate Ice Cream

This may be the best version of a milk chocolate ice cream that I've ever had. It's definitely chocolate-forward, and plenty rich, but it really lets the milkiness of lower cocoa chocolates shine. Should you want to branch out to peanut butter chocolate swirls, rocky roads, or chocolate brownie chunk ice creams, this should be your base.

Chocolate Thin Mint Ice Cream

Fair warning: this is some really rich chocolate ice cream. It's plenty dark, and so pumped with chocolate that it melts more into pudding than custard. The mint keeps things light enough, but a little of this goes a long way.

Scooped: Duck Fat Caramel Soy Sauce Ice Cream

If this sounds like something up your alley, you can look forward to what may be the richest caramel you will ever eat. Besides adding complex flavor, the duck fat lets the caramel linger on the tongue long after the ice cream is gone. Soy sauce works surprisingly well with caramel, drawing out its buttery qualities.

New England-Style Ice Cream

New England scoop shops are some of the country's best, in part because they specialize in dense, rich ice creams with a distinct, pleasant chewiness.

Bold and Bracing Coffee Ice Cream

Like your iced coffee dark with just a splash of milk and sugar? This is the ice cream for you. Loads of coffee and a restrained amount of cream make for an eye-opening coffee flavor with a bold, but not overwhelming, amount of bitterness.

Eggless Chocolate Mousse

The creamy toffee notes of homemade condensed milk set this recipe apart from the custardy, yolk-rich profile of traditional chocolate mousse. The result is a dark, silky smooth chocolate custard that lightens to a mousse-like texture with the addition of freshly whipped cream. If you like, the chocolate base can be made up to a week in advance to help streamline dessert prep for special occasions.