Comments on: Black Raspberry Ice Cream

By: Renee

Renee — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:29:38 +0000

I now live in MI and cannot find black raspberries anywhere to save to my life! i have just recently ordered some black raspberry puree off a site that sells ice cream ingredients and mixes hopefully this will be worth it when it gets here. I too have used the smuckers simply fruit but it is not what I am looking for flavor wise!

By: BruceL

BruceL — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 11:57:30 +0000

I also found this out. In the IL-MO area, they are carried at Dierberg’s…at $4.99 per 8oz bag! Yikes!

By: Allison

Allison — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 04:42:59 +0000

Trader Joes has stopped carrying black raspberries nation wide. They weren’t selling enough. I did, however, find them today at Whole Foods. Just FYI.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:25:26 +0000

I live in WI and I also crave the black raspberry ice cream that I’ve had where I’m from in PA. I just bought an ice cream maker and was sitting here wondering where I might find black raspberries. I’ve been wanting to try Trader’s Joes and for some reason haven’t made it there yet, so now all the more reason to get there! Thank you so much.

By: Mary

Mary — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 19:54:48 +0000

I’ve found this stuff in Maine my whole life…I don’t think it’s only available in Mid Atlantic states. Thanks for the recipe, though! This is way better than Breyer’s.

By: Howard

Howard — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 21:55:46 +0000

I have made delicious black raspberry ice cream by using a basic vanilla recipe and adding a jar of Smuckers’ Simply Fruit Seedless Black Raspberry Jam. It’s delicious. Add as much as you want to intensify the flavor and color.

By: Aleta Marlyn

Aleta Marlyn — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:29:49 +0000

I am from NJ and live in MI…everytime I come out to the Adirondacks, I buy Stewart’s Black Raspberry Icecream; its the creme de la creme!!!! I can’t stand that I can’t get it in MI…I dont like to cook, but will try the recipe….BUT a Big BUT, why not open up Stewart’s Icecream shoppe here in mid west…start with Grand Rapids, MI…PLEASE, Mr. Stewart’s; can you mail it in dry ice….I can’t stand it that I can’t have this delicious icecream!!! I want it please…HOW can I get the company to ship their icecream to Meijer’s Grocery Store…Inquire with Fred Meijer and family and send your selection…you will make big time money with this flavor…I know MI has it’s Hudsonville, Breyer, and other brands, but Stewart’s tops them all…please, Mr. Stewart’s inquire and see if you can spread the shipment elsewhere!! what a boost in the economy that would be for employees; trucks delivery, truck drivers, inventory, accounting, and stores local such as Meijer’s and Family Fare and D&W.

By: Jenraec

Jenraec — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 04:36:42 +0000

Just wanted to comment….am making this recipe because I am a transplanted East-Coaster (New Hampshire) who grew up on Black Raspberry Ice Cream, but I am now living about 30 miles south of Fairbanks, Alaska and cannot buy it here. I am working on putting the steps together and realized there are no instructions as to when to add the sugar! I am quite an experienced cook, so I am going to incorporate it into the warm milk/cream mixture so as to achieve maximum dissolving, however, I am curious as to when you add it since you have gotten nice reviews. By the way, I do enjoy your website and want to congratulate you on staying truest to the tradtional homemade ice cream recipes I grew up hand-cranking every summer of my life. Some things are just worth the work! Thank you and have a great day!

By: cyndi

cyndi — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 04:38:10 +0000

Oh, I forgot to mention…if you’re hand picking, it’s hard to make anything with the berries because it’s hard to not eat them before you make it back to the kitchen!! LOL

By: cyndi

cyndi — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 04:35:42 +0000

Well I live i the Eastern Panhandle of W.V., and I have to say that black raspberries probably aren’t sold in the stores here because they grow on bushes all along the roads and in most backyards. You do have to pick them every day or the sun will shrivel them up. My arms are covered with tiny little scratches right now from wading through bushes. Anyway I have never made ice cream with them. We have always just put them n a bowl with milk, sugar, and vanilla extract and put it in the freezer. You have to stir it ever now and then as the mixture freezes so the berries don’t all float to the top, and to break them up a little to swirl the juice around. But there are still many whole ones. It tastes wonderful and is easy. Also we make black-raspberry shortcakes. Those are wonderful.