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Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia Ice Cream (Copy Cat)

Published: Jul 9, 2015 · Modified: Oct 6, 2022 by Jenna · This post may contain affiliate links · 10 Comments

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Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia Ice Cream (Copy Cat)

Cherry Garcia ice cream has chunks of chocolate and cherries in there, and oh man it is my favorite ice cream to eat on a hot Summer day. It really hits the spot!

This ice cream you don't need an ice cream maker to make it. The whipped cream gets beat until stiff peaks form, and you can even do that with your hands. If not just use some electric beaters or a stand mixer! I've never tried whisking my own whipping cream, but I've seen the chefs on tv shows like Chopped do that. Then you fold in all the ingredients. I seem to have an ingredient problem whenever I make ice cream. Either I don't put in enough add-ins or I'll put in too much!

Since it's Cherries for Charity week, I picked up  a 3 pound bag of cherries for a $1.99 a pound. The grocery store donates .25  of every pound of cherries sold to a local charity here in town. That is the best deal ever for cherries. Lately, they've been 3.99 a pound. Trust me, I'll be back for about 2 or 3 more bags of cherries by the end of the week. I'll be looking for more cherry recipes to make too.

What Ingredients do I need? 

In this section, you can find substitutes or suggestions for certain ingredients. I also will try and list out what the ingredients' purpose is for. 

Heavy Whipping Cream    -  or 2 8 oz containers of frozen whipped topping such as Cool Whip 

Sweetened Condensed Milk - such a Eagle Brand unsweetened condensed milk 14 oz container 

Chocolate Chunks  - or chocolate chips 

Cherries  - make sure they are pitted, if frozen let them defrost 

Vanilla extract - no imitation kind please

How to make Cherry Garcia Ice Cream 

You can print off the full recipe below. 

  1. In a stand mixer, beat the heavy cream until stiff peak forms.
  2. When the stiff peaks have formed, fold in the sweetened condensed milk, chocolate chunks, cherries, and vanilla.
  3. Freeze in a bread loaf pan until the ice cream has set.

Equipment Needed 

Here are some tools that will help will help you with the recipes. All links will open in Amazon. Yes I do get a small earning if purchase from the link 

Stand Mixer 

Aucma Stand Mixer,6.5-QT 660W 6-Speed Tilt-Head Food Mixer, Kitchen Electric Mixer with Dough Hook, Wire Whip & Beater 2 Layer Red Painting (6.5QT, Red)

Bread Loaf Pan 

Amazon Basics Nonstick Baking Bread Loaf Pan, 9.5 x 5 Inch, Set of 2

Other Recipes To Try 

25 Recipes for the Slow Cooker 

Maple Bacon Corn Bread Muffins

Knock You Naked Brownies 

Sweet Potato and Sausage Hash 

Buffalo Chicken Taquitos 

Sour Cream Noodle Bake 

If you’ve tried this Cherry Garcia Ice Cream or any other recipe on the site, let me know in the comment section how it turned out. Snap a picture and upload it to Pinterest.

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Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia Ice Cream (Copy Cat)


  • Author: Jenna
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Ingredients

  • 1 pint of heavy whipping cream
  • 1 15 ounce can of sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 cup of chocolate chunks
  • 1 ½ cups of fresh cherries, pitted and cut in half
  • 1 tsp of vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. In a stand mixer, beat the heavy cream until stiff peak forms.
  2. When the stiff peaks have formed, fold in the sweetened condensed milk, chocolate chunks, cherries, and vanilla.
  3. Freeze in a bread loaf pan until the ice cream has set.

Notes

Not WW Friendly 

  • Category: Easy
  • Method: Mix
  • Cuisine: American

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1
  • Calories: 615
  • Sugar: 60
  • Fat: 36
  • Saturated Fat: 23
  • Unsaturated Fat: 8
  • Trans Fat: 0
  • Carbohydrates: 65
  • Fiber: 3
  • Protein: 9

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  1. Susan Sieg says

    June 03, 2021 at 5:17 pm

    i HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS RECIPE!!!!

  2. Jill says

    April 24, 2017 at 10:28 pm

    Can you put it in an ice cream maker

  3. June @ How to Philosophize with Cake says

    July 11, 2015 at 9:35 am

    Oooh, I used to love cherry garcia! Love this ice cream flavor, I bet the homemade version is fantastic 🙂

  4. Katherine says

    July 10, 2015 at 10:24 pm

    I think that is the most beautiful ice cream I've ever seen, the giant cherry chunks look amazing and scream summer!

  5. Susan | LunaCafe says

    July 10, 2015 at 9:01 pm

    Wow, what a fantastic flavor combo. And so easy too. Now if I just had a bowl of it here RIGHT NOW. 🙂

  6. Jenna says

    July 10, 2015 at 10:22 am

    Oh I know! I love their caramel sutra flavor!

  7. Jenna says

    July 10, 2015 at 10:21 am

    Levan you literally just made me laugh out of at my desk at work. 🙂

  8. Julie @ Texan New Yorker says

    July 10, 2015 at 9:46 am

    I love this!! Ben & Jerry's is so creative with their flavor profiles and I love ripping them off at home. This looks amazing!!

  9. Levan @ MyWifeMakes.com says

    July 10, 2015 at 9:43 am

    I don't care what this recipe is named. Cherry Garcia Ice Cream. Cherry Joseph Ice Cream. Cherry Jamie Ice Cream. Cherry Stuart Ice Cream.
    A CHERRY ICE CREAM BY ANY OTHER NAME... IS... STILL... AMAZING!
    Brilliant stuff Jenna! Oh, yes, let's call this a Cherry Jenna Ice Cream -- because you made it your own! Amazing stuff 🙂

  10. Sara says

    July 10, 2015 at 1:56 am

    OMG, cherry garcia is one of my favorite flavors of all time! And I have to say, I think yours looks better than the original. Pinned!

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