Get your spoons ready for the easiest, 3-ingredient ice cream—okay, so it’s not legit ice cream, it’s Italian ice. But I promise you, it’s just as refreshing. And this Italian ice recipe couldn’t be easier!
As an added plus, this is egg free and dairy free, so go ahead—eat up, your bikini won’t hate you. 
Well, maybe a little from the sugar, but let’s not nit-pick, because any dessert recipe as easy as this one deserves a place in your recipe collection.
But for those of you who want to quibble over the sugar, try using some agave or honey, just make sure you use an ice cream machine. It needs the churning for the aeration to give it the distinctive Italian ice texture. Otherwise you’ll just end up with sorbet.
Coffee Italian ice
Yield:
Makes 8 (1/2 cup servings)
Ingredients
- Recipe adapted from McCormick
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon McCormick's Coffee Extract
Instructions
- Place water and sugar in a small saucepan over medium high heat and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and let simmer for 10 minutes.
- Remove from heat and stir in coffee extract. Transfer mixture to refrigerator and let chill, about 2 hours. Once chilled pour into ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer's instructions.
where is the recipe?
I would like to try this, but there is no recipe… Have I somehow missed it?
Wow seriously? Three ingredients! Your pics look gorgeous!
I’m drinking a cup o’ hot joe right now, and am reallllly wishing that scoop was in my mouth, and not on the internetz.
Gorgeous as always! Pinned!
I just mad Italian ice for Food 52, but did mine a little differently. I wish I would have tried the ice cream maker method and I LOVE the coffee flavor. Looks awesome!
How cool is this?! Literally 🙂
WOW – THIS is “Egg free and dairy free” ??? And only 3 ingredients??? My mind is blown!!! totally delish – thanks for sharing!
I love coffee ice cream so this sounds fantastic! Super refreshing for summer. 🙂
Italian Ice brings me back to my childhood. Love this simple recipe!
Love the coffee flavor! So refreshing!
These pictures are amazing! Three ingredients is awesome 🙂
Great summer treat!
Fabulous dessert idea!
I love this. So fun and so simple.
Mmmmmmm! Summer perfect!
Love the simplicity; I don’t have any coffee extract so I might have to play with some instant espresso. Like today!
Wow! How simple is this. Love it!
This looks perfect Naomi! So simple, so sweet, and coffee flavor, my favorite!
Coffee is my favorite flavor of ice cream so I know I will love this!!
Simple and delicious, this is perfect for cooling off in the summer!
So simple and beautiful! Bring on the shuga!
I don’t have coffee extract either. Let me know how yours turns out, or any other substitutions you try for the coffee flavor. Please and thank you. 🙂
mmmmm, this look so fantastic!
I am wondering if we can just us a cup of already made coffee and make it that way?? I do not drink coffee but the Hub loves it, he loves ices and he loves coffee ice cream so why not give it a shot??? Thanks for sharing!
Mmmm cooling and caffeinated? SOLD!!
Coffee flavored cold treats are so hard for me to resist, love this simple way to enjoy it!
Just found you through your hubs and I think it’s very cool that you are both food bloggers! These pictures make me crave your Italian ice, especially on a hot day. I have only ever made ice cream via an ice cream maker so this is new to me!
I can’t get over how easy this is!
Sounds lovely but I do not have an ice cream maker. Is it a requirement I have one to finish off the recipe?
Holycrap! I didn’t know it was this easy to make Italian ice!!! There’s this place, called Confetti, in the OC , where. I’m obsessed with their mocha Italian ice!