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Do you love ice cream but not all the added sugar and fat found in most store-bought varieties? Have you tried easy homemade cottage cheese ice cream? It’s gone viral across the internet and on TikTok.
It’s so easy to make too. You can sweeten it with your favorite liquid sweetener (honey, agave nectar, maple syrup, etc.) and flavor it with all your favorite add-ins.
To get started, all you need is 2 or 3 common ingredients: whole milk (4%) cottage cheese, liquid sweetener of choice, and vanilla extract (optional). And then it is time to get creative with additional flavors—very vanilla, chocolate, coffee, peanut butter, almond butter, frozen fruit, etc.
Recipe Ingredients
- 16 ounces 4% cottage cheese
- 2 tablespoons agave nectar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup chopped frozen dark cherries
- 2 tablespoons miniature chocolate chips
How Many Calories and WW Points in this Homemade Cottage Cheese Ice Cream?
According to my calculations, each serving has about 137 calories.
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How to Make Cherry Chocolate Chip Cottage Cheese Ice Cream, Step-by-Step
Step 1: Gather and prepare all ingredients.
Step 2: Add cottage cheese, agave nectar and vanilla to blender (affiliate link) or food processor (affiliate link) and process until smooth and creamy. (Alternatively, process cottage cheese, agave nectar and vanilla directly in container using an immersion blender (affiliate link).)
Step 3: Pour cottage cheese mixture back into rinsed out cottage cheese container (or other freezer-safe container).
Step 4: Stir in chopped cherries and mini chocolate chips until well mixed; smooth the top.
Step 5: Place cover on container and freeze for at least 4 hours or until firm.
Step 6: Before serving, you may need thaw frozen container at room temperature until it softens. Divide evenly among four small bowls.
Step 7: Store any leftover cottage cheese ice cream in a covered container in the freezer.
Recipe Notes
Use your favorite liquid sweetener when making this homemade ice cream—agave nectar, honey, maple syrup, brown rice syrup, etc. If you don’t like vanilla, you can leave it out.
More Flavor Ideas:
- Blueberry or Strawberry Cheesecake: Replace the chopped cherries with blueberries or chopped strawberries and add 2-3 tablespoons crushed graham crackers. You can keep the mini chocolate chips or leave them out.
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip: Leave out the cherries and blend in 2 tablespoons peanut butter.
- Cookies ‘n Cream: Replace the cherries with 2 crumbled Oreo cookies.
- Coffee: Omit the cherries and blend in a shot of espresso, strong black coffee or instant coffee powder. You can keep the chocolate chips or leave them out.
- Maple Walnut: Substitute pure maple syrup (not pancake syrup) for the agave nectar and stir in chopped walnuts. You can keep the chocolate chips or leave them out.
Remember to adjust your WW Points when making any ingredient substitutions.
Serving Suggestions
- Enjoy this frozen treat by scooping into small bowls or ice cream cones.
- If desired, top with chopped nuts, low-fat granola, a drizzle of chocolate-raspberry sauce, banana slices, light whipped cream, etc.
- Add ice cream sandwiched between two cookies for a homemade ice cream sandwich. I think these salted peanut chocolate chip cookies, Halo Top peanut butter chocolate chip cookies or s’mores cookies would be yummy!
Ways to Use Leftovers
Store any leftover cottage cheese ice cream in a covered container in the freezer. Before serving, allow to stand at room temperature until it is soft enough to scoop.
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Cherry Chocolate Chip Cottage Cheese Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 16 ounces full fat 4% cottage cheese
- 2 tablespoons agave nectar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup frozen dark sweet cherries, chopped
- 2 tablespoons mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Add cottage cheese, agave nectar and vanilla to blender (affiliate link) or food processor (affiliate link) and process until smooth and creamy. (Alternatively, process cottage cheese, agave nectar and vanilla directly in container using an immersion blender (affiliate link).)
- Pour cottage cheese mixture back into rinsed out cottage cheese container (or other freezer-safe container).
- Stir in chopped cherries and mini chocolate chips until well mixed; smooth the top.
- Place cover on container and freeze for at least 4 hours or until firm.
- Before serving, you may need thaw frozen container at room temperature until it softens. Divide evenly among four small bowls.
- Store any leftover cottage cheese ice cream in a covered container in the freezer.
Notes
- Blueberry or Strawberry Cheesecake: Replace the chopped cherries with blueberries or chopped strawberries and add 2-3 tablespoons crushed graham crackers. You can keep the mini chocolate chips or leave them out.
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip: Leave out the cherries and blend in 2 tablespoons peanut butter.
- Cookies 'n Cream: Replace the cherries with 2 crumbled Oreo cookies.
- Coffee: Omit the cherries and blend in a shot of espresso, strong black coffee or instant coffee powder. You can keep the chocolate chips or leave them out.
- Maple Walnut: Substitute pure maple syrup (not pancake syrup) for the agave nectar and stir in chopped walnuts. You can keep the chocolate chips or leave them out.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Recipe inspiration: TikTok
A note about WW Points
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so easy and fun! I did substitute greek yogurt for part of the cottage cheese because I had read the comment about cottage cheese’s high sodium content. Still a little salty, but good.
Happy to see that you enjoyed it Mary. Thanks for taking the time to let us know! ~Martha
Can you use fat free cottage cheese?
Hi Mary, We’ve not tried it with fat free cottage cheese. If you do we would love to know how it turns out for you. ~Martha
Why does this taste like straight SALT! No salt in recipe and DID not add salt to it! I don’t understand this.
Hi Heather. Cottage cheese is high in sodium. ~Martha
I made this but next time I will half the vanilla and I used powdered stevia in place of agave, used a tablespoon but could have done 1/2 a tablespoon.
And bigger container lol!
OOPS! I just reread the recipe and it says “whole milk cottage cheese”. It was written o on 2 lines. sorry.
When you describe the recipe, you mention whole milk. Where is it used in the recipe?