Frozen Desserts That Put Your Local Ice Cream Shop to Shame

You can't always get what you want, but that should never be the case when it comes to ice cream. This recipe combines the summery tartness of lemonade with the cold refreshment of iced tea into one creamy scoop. Because why make a choice when you can have it both ways? Get the recipe on Food52.

Even raisins like a little booze. After a nice bath in bourbon and vanilla, the plump raisins join candied cashews in a silky maple-flavored ice cream. It's like eating your favorite pancake breakfast, only it'll keep you cool a hot day, and there's alcohol involved. Get the recipe on Food52.

Our philosophy is go big or go home. So when you're veering off the traditional chocolate or vanilla route, you've got to go wild. This mango ice cream is exotic enough to be exciting and delicious enough that you'll scarf down a scoop in seconds. Get the recipe on Food52.

Cheese is a beautiful thing that should be eaten as much as possible, especially in ice cream. And after just one lick of this ice cream, you'll see what we mean. Ricotta combines with the cream to make a smooth, rich filling that tastes like your favorite Italian dessert: the cannoli. Get the recipe on Food52.

This ice cream deserves its sexy name: it's the silkiest, most luscious chocolate ice cream you'll ever taste. And don't forget chocolatey. An ice cream this rich, dark, and dense is what chocolate lovers dream about. Get the recipe on Food52.

You're a multi-dimensional guy, so why should your ice cream be just one boring flavor? Forget the vanilla, this ice cream is striped with layers of flavors—addictive orange caramel and savory-sweet olive oil and saffron—that are great on their own, but even better together. Get the recipe on Food52.

If you think store-bought ice cream cake is great, you might want to take a seat when you try the Brooklyn Blackout. With layers of chocolate cake, chocolate ice-cream, and chocolate icing, it's sure to be the best, most chocolate-packed ice cream cake you've ever tasted. Get the recipe on Food52.

You haven't lived 'til you've tried this ice cream. Sure that's a bold statement, but when you've got an ice cream that's got all the best flavors—brown butter, pecans, and...ahem...bourbon—bold is the only way to be. Get the recipe on Food52.

Don't get us wrong, we're all about ice cream, but sometimes we need something a little lighter. This icy slushy is an iced tea for those days when you're in such serious need of cooling off that an iced tea just won't cut it. And with only three ingredients, the granita is, luckily, just as simple to make. Get the recipe on Food52.

Put a banana in the freezer and watch its texture transform from mushy to decadently creamy in no time. Frozen bananas practically beg to be coated in a layer of dark chocolate and dipped in spicy-sweet peanuts. And because the bananas are on popsicle sticks, you'll get to feel like a kid again. Get the recipe on Food52.