Bi-Rite Creamery's Salted Caramel Ice Cream

[Photograph: Max Falkowitz] The salted caramel ice cream from Bi-Rite Creamery is one of the best I've ever tasted. It's wildly complex, a tad smoky, and just salty enough. Just as important, it's ridiculously creamy thanks to an especially high...

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.

Cookies 'n Cream Ice Cream

Don't hesitate to use real Oreos in this recipe, but if you'd like to go all the way, follow my Fauxreo recipe for a 100% homemade version. There is a gluten free variation with the Fauxreo recipe, so it may be used to make this ice cream gluten free as well.

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.

The Best Mint Chip Ice Cream

No mint leaves can match the charged blast of a slug of mint extract, but fresh mint ice cream has an unbeatable roundness of flavor you just can't find in a bottle. Add in lacy straciatella swirls that don't turn brittle like regular frozen chocolate for a mint chip ice cream that'll put all the others to bed.

No-Churn Vanilla Ice Cream

With just five ingredients, including vanilla and salt, this no-churn ice cream tastes pure and simple, with a fresh dairy flavor. Just like the ice cream you might pick up at the supermarket, this ice cream is ready to scoop straight from the freezer, with a classic vanilla profile everyone will love.

Bi-Rite Creamery's Strawberry Balsamic Ice Cream

This is a bright, fresh, and impressively fruity ice cream that rises above the strawberry pack. A touch of balsamic vinegar adds sweet complexity and some of the acidity lost by cooking the fruit.

Scooped: Smoked Chocolate and Tequila Ice Cream

What could be better than chocolate, tequila and ice cream on a hot August afternoon? So why not put them all together in one amazing ice cream concoction? Funny you should ask, because that's exactly what we did.

The Darkest Dark Chocolate Ice Cream

This intense chocolate ice cream leverages high-quality bar chocolate and premium cocoa powder. Infusing the milk with cacao nibs adds another layer of complex, chocolaty flavor.