Low Carb Cookie Monster Ice Cream

This is another low carb conversion of a recipe I found in the book “Scoop Adventures” by Lindsay Clendaniel. She was inspired to make a homemade version of this flavor from Serendipity Homemade Ice Cream in St. Louis, Missouri.

Walk into any ice cream shop with children and they are often drawn to the most colorful flavors, with blue flavors at the top of the list. When owner Beckie Jacobs decided to make a blue flavor, she started with a cotton candy ice cream. One day she decided to mix in cookies so the flavor was reminiscent of the favorite Sesame Street character Cookie Monster, and now it is her most popular flavor. Bright blue and full of flavor, this ice cream is sure to please any color-loving child (or adult).

Ice cream makers can get their hands on blue cotton candy ice cream flavoring, but it’s not as easy for the home chef. Lindsay uses Duncan Hines Cotton Candy Frosting Creations Flavor Mix packets, but I prefer to use LorAnn Oils candy flavoring and blue food coloring. I’ve made low carb versions of Oreos in the past and used them in my own Low Carb Gluten Free Cookies and Cream Ice Cream. I could also use the dough from my Low Carb Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream, but there’s an easier low carb option. HighKey Snacks make the best mini low carb chocolate chip cookies ever!

The cotton candy flavoring is “super strength,” so it’s approximately 2-4 times stronger than a normal extract. A dram is equal to ¼ tablespoon, so only 1-2 drams should be necessary for a quart of ice cream.

UPDATE 2019-03-27: Alpha Freezz has a blue cotton candy ice cream flavoring in an 8 oz. size that has the coloring included. I’ve heard some not-so-nice things about WiO products since I wrote this recipe, so buyer beware.

UPDATE 2020-06-29: Friendship ended with WiO. Now HighKey Snacks is my best friend.

Ingredients

Low Carb Sweet Cream Base
1-2 tablespoons Alpha Freezz Blue Cotton Candy flavoring
4 Low Carb Gluten Free Oreo Cookies with extra filling, cut into pieces
2 bags HighKey Snacks Keto Food Low Carb Snack Cookies, Chocolate Chip

Directions

1. Make a batch of the Low Carb Gluten Free Oreo Cookies and freeze four of them. Chop them into quarters/fifths while frozen. Place them and the chocolate chip cookies into an empty ice cream container.
   
   
   
   
   Put the container upright in the freezer.
2. Follow the instructions for the Low Carb Sweet Cream Base and mix in the cotton candy flavoring. Cover and chill in the refrigerator for a few hours, if necessary.
3. Follow your ice cream maker’s directions for making ice cream. Remove from the ice cream using a silicone spatula and add some to the container. Add a layer of chopped cookies. Repeat until done. Freeze until solid.