No Churn Key Lime Pie Ice Cream with Coconut Graham Cracker Crumble

Name: No Churn Key Lime Pie Ice Cream with Coconut Graham Cracker Crumble
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 510 min
Ingredients: 5 tablespoons unsalted butter (melted); 1 cup graham cracker crumbs; 1/2 cup finely shredded unsweetened coconut (I used Let's Do Organic! brand*); 2 tablespoons sugar; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk; 1/2 cup fresh key lime juice; 2 teaspoons key lime zest; 2 cups heavy whipping cream

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by Marcie // June 29, 2014 (updated 2/21/21)

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No Churn Key Lime Pie Ice Cream is a no churn ice cream recipe with layers of key lime pie ice cream and graham cracker crumble. Now you can enjoy homemade ice cream without an ice cream maker!

Ice cream has to be one of my favorite treats of all time. It doesn’t matter how full I am after a meal, I always have room for ice cream. 🙂

Last year I was completely resistant to purchasing an ice cream machine, and I went out of my way to find no-churn ice cream recipes, and I really didn’t have a lot of luck finding any.

After going to cooking school, I came to realize how much better homemade ice cream was, and I purchased an ice cream maker this year. Now that I have one, there’s a total no-churn ice cream craze going on. Go figure!

This no churn key lime pie ice cream would rival any ice cream made with an ice cream machine. It’s everything I wanted it to be and more. 🙂

Now why would you make a no-churn ice cream if you have an ice cream maker? Because making ice cream requires some planning and time. You have to make the base, chill the base, then churn the base.

My biggest problem is that I don’t normally plan ahead to make ice cream, and it’s tough to get it all done in one day, especially if you’re going to be in and out during the course of the day.

No churn ice cream can be whipped up in minutes, with barely any ingredients, and popped right in the freezer. It’s nothing short of amazing. 🙂

Key lime pie is one of my favorite desserts to make (and eat), and I have several different variations here on the blog. You probably know that most key lime pie recipes contain sweetened condensed milk, like my Key Lime Pie, and coincidentally, so does this no-churn ice cream.

This ice cream is simply a can of sweetened condensed milk with the same amount of key lime juice that I use in my pie, along with some zest. Fold in some freshly whipped cream, and it’s done!

It’s so easy it’s almost ridiculous.

It’s not key lime pie without a graham cracker crust, so I didn’t stop there. I whipped up a batch of graham cracker pie crust and pressed it down into a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet and baked it until it was golden brown. I let it cool, then I broke it up into pieces and layered it in the ice cream.

I had extra crumble for serving, too, which was a good thing. Graham cracker pie crust is one of the best things in life, and this one’s even better because there’s coconut involved.

Yup, I found a way to add coconut to a dessert again.

Surprised? I didn’t think so. 😉

I froze the ice cream in a loaf pan with plastic wrap pressed down over the surface to prevent freezer burn, and I covered it with foil as well. The ice cream will look crumbly until it softens, but trust me, it’s every bit as good as churned ice cream.

In fact, my family thought this no-churn key lime pie ice cream was as good as a gourmet ice cream shop’s ice cream that we frequent, and I have to agree.

The options are endless, so you can be whipping up different versions of this ice cream from now until the end of the summer. It’s simple, it’s delicious, and you don’t need an ice cream maker.

You just can’t ask for anything more than that, except maybe an extra scoop. 🙂