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Juicy peaches meet cold cream in this ridiculously simple recipe. No fancy equipment or complicated steps, just pure fruit flavor that crushes anything from the store.

If you’ve been searching for the best homemade peach ice cream recipe to make this summer, you’re in the right place. This fresh homemade peach ice cream is everything you want in a summertime favorite: real peach flavor, big chunks of peaches, and a creamy homemade peach ice cream base that tastes like it took way more effort than it actually did.

I first made this at the beginning of this summer’s peach season when warmer weather hit, and it’s become one of my favorite treats. There’s just something about ripe peaches at their peak that makes this the next best thing to eating a peach straight off the tree.

Yes, I know This Baking Life is a baking website first and foremost — but every summer I can’t help sneaking in a few new recipes that don’t involve an oven at all. Consider this your reminder that the site covers more than bakes when the season calls for it, and peach ice cream absolutely calls for it.

Why You’ll Love This Peach Recipe

This isn’t a fussy ice cream base with a cooked custard and a thermometer you have to babysit. This is a simple ingredients, mix-and-freeze peach recipe that still delivers delicious homemade ice cream with real peach flavor in every bite. If this is your first time making homemade ice cream, this is a genuinely great recipe to start with.

You won’t find egg yolks, an egg mixture, heavy cream, heavy whipping cream, whole milk, or lemon juice in this version — this recipe keeps things simple while still landing you a perfect peach ice cream. (If you’re used to recipes with those ingredients, don’t worry, this one skips all that fuss without skipping the flavor.)

Tips for the Best Results

Ripe peaches are key. Look for fresh peaches with a little give when you press them, and a sweet smell at the stem. A trip to the farmer’s market this time of year almost always beats what you’ll find at the grocery store.
Let your peaches sit at room temperature for a day or two if they need to soften up before you dice them.
Dicing by hand with a paring knife gives you nice small peach bits and peach pieces throughout, rather than a puree — though if you want a smoother peach puree style ice cream, you can pulse some of the peaches in a food processor before adding them in.
While we enjoy making our ice cream in an olid-fashion ice cream freezer with rock salt, a cuisinart ice cream maker or similar countertop model works great for peach ice cream recipes like this one.
If fresh peaches aren’t in season where you are, frozen peaches (thawed and diced small) can step in — just expect a bit more liquid to manage.

Storage

Store your finished ice cream in an airtight container in the coldest part of your freezer for best results. It’s a sweet treat worth having on hand all summer time long. A scoop of this ice cream on a warm evening never disappoints.

A Few Notes

If you give this fresh peach ice cream recipe a try, I’d love to know how it turns out — drop a rating and one of those 5-star reviews below! Look for a printable recipe card so you can save this one for next time.

Hi, I’m Regan — a registered dietitian, professional recipe developer, and the creator of This Baking Life.

I bake with less sugar and smarter carbs in mind (though you’ll find plenty of full-sugar favorites here too!), so you can enjoy a real dessert without overthinking every bite.

If you make this recipe, tag me @ReganJonesRDN so I can see what you’re baking!

Dietitian Insight

As an RDN, I'll be upfront: between the granulated sugar, the pudding mix, and the sweetened condensed milk, this recipe does add up to a fair amount of added sugar. And that's okay — sugar can absolutely have a place in a balanced diet, especially in a sweet treat you're only enjoying occasionally during peach season. If you'd like to dial it back a bit without changing the texture much, try swapping half of the granulated cup sugar for a bakeable sugar substitute (like a monk fruit or allulose blend made for baking) — you'll still get the same creamy homemade peach ice cream, just with less added sugar overall.