It’s not quite as exotic walking on hot coals… but I used to chase the neighborhood ice cream truck barefoot. If you’ve ever heard asphalt sizzle on a blistery Texas day, though, you know it’s pretty much the same thing.
These days I still love ice cream, but not all the weird additives and non-food ingredients in most commercial brands. After our garage sale ice cream maker went kaput a couple of years ago, the kids and I tried several, ahem, creative techniques for making it. Unfortunately they’ve never come close to the slow-churned goodness of real homemade ice cream, so you can imagine my excitement when Daddypotamus walked through the door with a Cuisanart Pure Indulgence last week. You guys, I am in LOVE!

My first batch: Rasbperry Swirl Ice Cream
Since desserts only get sweeter when shared . . .
I gave away two when we first bought ours!
Who will you share your first batch of ice cream with?
nicky
with my mum!
Kathryn
Con mi familia! My family!
Norma
With my family
Marcia Owens Harris
Shared
Eli
Is it true we gotta wait for a month until the winner is announced? 🙁
Michelle Turner Tilley
Liked and shared with Amy Ball Gatlin!
Dara Pond
me too!
Christie Pastorett
shared
Estelle
I would share my first batch with my mum too, she would love to try homemade icecream recipes 🙂
Vivi Ann
My 2 1/2 year old!
Janet Cross Harrison
Shared Michelle Cross Byrom
cathy
1st batch is shared with my kids!
Vicki
Can’t wait to make scads of healthy connections of ice creams!
Eloise
I would make a batch of mango-passion fruit ice cream and share it with my wonderful sister 🙂
Tania Clausen
Loved liked and shared is this open to Canadians as well?:)
Amanda @ Mommypotamus Support
Tania, This giveaway is open to everyone, but the ice cream makers will be shipped to continental U.S. residents only. Winners who are residents outside of the U.S. will receive a gift card for the lowest listed price for the prize on Amazon.
Brittany
I would share my first batch of Icecream with my kids!
Robyn
I would share with my hubby and sons!! We are serious ice cream lovers, can’t wait to make our own crazy flavors!!!
Laura R.
I would share with my hubby and kids who love ice cream!!!!!!
Ginger
I want my toddler to get a taste of homemade ice cream! So far she hasn’t had any because it’s so hard to get store bought without all the crap.
Candace N'Sean Sonderleiter
Liked and shared!
Laura Loots
Done! Yes please! Homemade ice cream is the best!
Delila Mathia
I would love to make sherbet,too!
Alicia
my friend Angela
Sandy Peckenpaugh
Shared!
Leslie B
I’ll share with my bestie!
Kelly
I’ll share it at my baby boys first birthday 😀
ktr
I’d share it with my son and husband.
Cindy B
I would share my first patch of ice cream with my daughter…maybe 😉
Leslie
My 2 y/o! =) he looovess “a-kweem” !
Kristina Prater
Liked & shared with Shelsey Brown
Heather Helfand
Like and shared with Debra Simas Gomes because everyone could use an ice cream maker!
Mommypotamus
Tania Clausen – The giveaways that I pay for myself are always open to everyone, but winners outside of the continental U.S. will get an Amazon gift card for the value of the prize instead of the actual item 🙂
Karen Leszczuk Bader
Shared
Janie
I’d test out my first ice-cream on DH
Phyllis R.
I would share with my grandboys! They always [try to] eat their dinner “all gone” at Grams house so they can have their dessert!
Felicia J
Shared
Elizabeth
My kids– my 1 and 4 year old LOVE ice cream, but I rarely buy it because the good stuff is so expensive, and I don’t want them eating the cheap stuff!
Lydia @ Five4FiveMeals
I would share with my boys and my husband. We all scream for ice cream!
Hillary
With my husband and children!!
Brooke
I will share my first batch of yummy goodness with my three little kiddos 🙂
Shelley Hoskins
Thank you Mommypotamus!!! Entered & Shared! <3 🙂
Jennifer Lever Heenan
Liked and shared
Thanks!
Jessica Pol
Liked and shared with Kerri Sutliff
Banana
I would make some raw-milk ice cream for my kids. We love ice cream!!
Coryann Pittman
Done!
T.a. Sardina
liked and shared
Darcy Leiterman Williams
Hope I win because I can’t eat store ice cream… would love 2 make my own.
laury
With my husband
Maia
With my 7 kiddos and hubby! ❤️
Kathy G
With my hubby and sons, as well as my parents (they live next door!)
Laura
You were reading my mind, I was just checking ice-cream makers at out local store.. Oh, how I want one(: Hope to get lucky this time!(:
Janette
I would share my first batch of ice cream with my best friend(husband).
Rebekah
I’ll share with my coworkers!
Laura P.
With my hubby!
Maggie
My four year old daughter
Lisa T
With the kids and my fiance!
Jeannie
I think it will be with my son and daughter-in-law. They have 2 little girls. They’d love it!!!
Jenny
shared with a couple of my sisters-in-law, via facebook 🙂
Amanda Iden Howell
I would share the ice cream with my family but if I won I would give another ice cream maker to a dear friend of mine who I know would appreciate it. I also shared this contest with her.
Cathy V
I would share with all the ice cream lovers of my family at a family BBQ 🙂
Thank you!
Stephanie KL
Liked. Shared with my niece.
Alda E
Mmmmm Ice cream, my favorite thing! 🙂
Sophia
With my husband.
Birdiebee
What a wonderful prize. This would be so much fun this summer to make ice cream for the grandkids.
Pogonia
shared with Jonell Roragen.
Lydia
I am sharing this giveaway with my sister.
Paula
I will share with my hubby, kids, nephew, niece, mom!
D Stevens
With my family 🙂
Sabrina T
I would share with my family of 8! And I shared with my sister, Sabra. 🙂
Kathleen
I would share Ice cream with my friends and my boyfriend. I have wanted one of these for so long!!
Alicia
Your raspberry swirl looks delicious!!! Will you share your recipe?
Amanda @ Mommypotamus Support
Alicia, Heather’s still working on that recipe – will you accept one for homemade magic shell instead? ;-D
Eva
Shared with my friend through email, since that all I really do.
But would love to win this because my daughter lovesssssssssssssssssss
ice cream and the only way I get one if I win one, Hope I win this.
Heather
Shared.
Leticia
I would share with my husband and two little girls first!
ariella
Shared with my mom Laurie Langley! Great giveaway! 🙂
Karen
Wow, it makes 2 whole quarts of homemade ice cream. That would be enough for our whole family of 7. Thanks for a great giveaway!
Michelle
First batch of ice cream to be shared with my life-partner-in-crime…my husband! =)
Eva
I would love to win it! I LOVE homemade ice cream!!! Thank you for the opportunity to win AND share.
DIANA
i would love to make homemade iice cream.I would give the other one to my daughterf.I am sure my grands would love that!;)
robin
I would share with my husband because he is an ice-cream addict!!
Kim Campbell
I would share with my hubby!!!
Heidi
I would share with my hubby and 5 kids! We can go through some ice cream!!!
Susanna Faygenbaum
My son!
Jennifer Dages at Purposeful Nutrition
With my 4 kids and my dh.
Cindy
Whoever is lucky enough to be here!
Ellie
with my grandson
Judy Thomas
I would share with my sister 🙂
Ashley C
shared
Olinda
Laura would love to be my winner….as her family just grew with one more added. LOVES ice cream.
Liz B
My dear sister; we love ice cream!
Allison
Hello,
I emailed my sis and two friends to tell them about the giveaway. So I guess that would be another entry for me!
Shashi
Such an awesome giveaway..
Trudy
With my awesome husband!! <3
Kim
Shared with my daughter Jess 🙂
Jen
My hubby and our twin sons!
Carla
If I should win this gorgeous piece of machinery I will be sharing it’s delicious product with my family – they love ice cream, I don’t love all the additives…so this would be a perfect item to have in my kitchen!
Brenda Thompson
With my family
and give a machine to my best friend, also named Brenda for one of her wedding gifts 🙂
Jane
With my mom and my son! 🙂
Katie
I would share it with my hubby & our kids outside after a cookout. Oh, who am I kidding. Homemade ice cream + fresh strawberries = complete meal. 😉
Karthika
My Family
ashley
i would share it with my family! mmmmmmmmm ice creammmmmmmm
Sharifa
I would share with my kids,they love ice cream,only not right away it’s winter here in South Africa.
Karen
My parents – they would love this! Me too!
Lynn
My family, of course!
Skeeter
My Grandchild! Let’s get back to unprocessed foods 🙂
Linda Vanderbaan
Definitely my family!
Lynda
If i win, i would share it with my family and all the neighborhood kids!
Bridget
With my hubby and 2 sweet boys.
Elaine
My family and my mama. What a treat!
Sylvia M
I will share my first batch of ice cream with my 2 boys
Sally T.
I would like to share the ice cream with my husband
and my daughter.Tomorrow is my birthday and I sure would
love to win.I would use the two ice cream makers and share with my
two gran-dogs,they get pup-cups every night and they love them.
Anitra
I would share with my family, but the hardest part is deciding what flavor ice cream to make first…hmmmm
Kay
ice cream loving friends
Christina
Sharing with my boys and their dad.
kara
With my ice cream fiend daughter!
Donna B
I’ll share with my kids!
Debra
I would share with my family on Family Fun night which is every Sunday! There are 10 of us and this would be great for summer dessert on the patio! Yummy!
Sandy
I would share this with my grandkids!!! we would have so much fun trying new flavors and recipes!!! Oh!!!! Yum!!!!
Becky
Hoping for homemade ice cream!
Chandra
I would definitely share with my son, he’s my baby, he’s 18 and graduating today! He LOVES ice cream!
MaryEllen
With my husband. He loves treats in the evening and since I am recently allergic to dairy there has been no ice cream. With this and a dairy-free recipe we could both have treats!
Holly
I’ll share it with my kids!
Linda
Really hoping to win this ice cream maker! We will enjoy it with our kids and 6 grands!!
Janine
My son!
Dawn
I would definitely share my first batch with my grandchildren. The LOVE ice cream! 🙂
Elizabeth Golden
I would most likely share my first batch with my neighbor and her two kiddos along with my own family.
Jen
I would share with my kiddos! Yum!
Liked and shared. Thanks! 🙂
stephanie
I would have my family come over and have a summer bbq-mother,daughter and her family,sister and her family, and of course my husband,son and I. YEARS ago when I was younger, on sunday’s my father (RIP) and mother had an ice cream maker, and we used the cream and milk from our milk cow and made homemade ice cream, my father got a kick out of showing us that we could make it ourselves and any flavor. such grand memory’s.
Debbie
I would share with my husband and show him, that you can have ice cream without all the processed junk that is in store bought ice cream.
Peta
I would share with my 93 year old Dad who absolutely loves ice-cream!
Diane
No-one…… it’s ice cream, mine, all mine!!! …….. I MIGHT share the second batch though 😉
Debra Devaney
With my Sweety!
GinnyV
With my mom and family.
Allyson
With my kids, of course. We’d make some crazy concoctions, I’m sure! Thanks…
Bonnie
I would absolutely LOVE to make homemade ice cream for my family!
Jennifer Ames
I would share this with my son. He is on a no dairy, very low sugar “diet” and always feels left out when it comes to dessert time. I would love to get this and experiment with recipes using stevia!
Larissa
With my daughter!! Yum!
joclyn
lol, i’m sure the ferrets will make sure that i share the first batch with them!!
Sharon
The Cuisinart is my fantasy;Fully automatic frozen yogurt, sorbet, and ice cream maker! I shared!
Lynda Del
I would share my first batch of Ice cream with my family.
teresa
with my family 🙂
donna adams
My husband, Niece, Mom and Dad! My Dad and Niece and I love making new things and sharing and Mom and my husband love testing everything. This would be so much fun and my niece has been searching for recipes!!!!!
Deb C
Shared on FB
Becky
My hubby husband! Date night!
Marci
with my new neighbors…we’re buying a home and setting our roots in Kentucky!
sheila ressel
shared with my sister
Krysta
Mom and I both have food sensitivites… you know Aspartame, MSG, BGH, etc. etc. and IceCream is a big no no for us! There’s only one kind of Organic IceCream we can tolerate and it’s hard to find, of course. This is a wonderful idea and is very compact. Thanks for this giveaway!
Tiffany
Definitely my kiddos! They love homemade ice cream and the little one that we bought when we were first married just doesn’t make “enough” anymore!! 😀
MissHilary
My entire family, which includes my hubby’s family as well as friends; who doesn’t love homemade ice cream or frozen yogurt?
Ann
Ah, I would be sharing this with my dear husband who LOVES ice cream. This Cuisinart would be a wonderful time-saver and it’s great that it does two qts. I haven’t been doing much ice cream since my methods take a long time and we won’t buy it at the store due to all the toxic chemicals. Thanks for offering this.
kelli
wold be awesome, just started doing whole foods and clean eating due to my deteriorating health, and working on changing family eating habits…..
Mike
With my wife and kids.
mallorie
I just signed up for your newsletter. I love your site so far (just found ‘ya) and I also would really love to win an ice cream maker 🙂
Jerrica
My Mum! to extend our healthy eating habits!!
Vicki
With my husband 😉
Cyndi
One for me and one for my Mama. 😀 Thanks for this chance. 😀
Cori
My wonderful Husband!
Lillian
Shared with my sisters!!
Susan
Well, I already have one ice cream maker , but I know somebody who does a lot for others, who I think deserves a little something nice.. So I will send it to her.
Theresa
I’d make it and share it with all my kids…;)….grandchildren ;)….and parents
Jenni
My husband and daughter!
Sara
my son and my husband 🙂