Recipes Desserts Ice Cream 11 Ways to Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast By Morgan Goldberg Morgan Goldberg Instagram Website Morgan Goldberg has been writing for Food & Wine since 2015. Her articles on food, wine, travel, interior design, and architecture have also been published in Travel + Leisure, Eater, Food52, Architectural Digest's Clever, and more.Expertise: wine, travel, interior design, architecture.Location: Los AngelesEducation: Morgan graduated from Emory University with a bachelor of arts in linguistics. Food & Wine's Editorial Guidelines Updated on March 16, 2023 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: John Kernick When it comes to national food holidays, it's not often that we're moved to celebrate. But we saw Ice Cream for Breakfast Day, which falls on the first Saturday of February, as a call to action. We're officially proclaiming that you can enjoy a morning scoop of ice cream any day of the year. So we've gathered our most breakfast-centric ice cream recipes — from coffee ice cream to peaches and mint — for whenever you exercise this freedom. Rise and shine. 01 of 11 Earl Grey Ice Cream with Chocolate Toffee and Shortbread Crumble Photo by Fred Hardy II / Food Styling by Ruth Blackburn / Prop Styling by Christina Brockman This fantastic Earl Grey-infused recipe is laced with crushed shortbread cookies, which are really not too far a cry from cereal. Get the Recipe 02 of 11 Coffee Ice Cream Abby Hocking What do many of us drink to function every morning? Coffee. What conveniently often comes in coffee flavor? Ice cream. Creamy, cold, and caffeinated, this ice cream is everything your morning iced coffee should be. Thus, it is more than appropriate to make for breakfast. For those so inclined, decaffeinated coffee beans work well here, too. Get the Recipe 03 of 11 Roasted Peaches with Mascarpone Ice Cream © James Merrell Fruit is definitely acceptable for breakfast and adding a side of ice cream never hurt anyone. Chef Daniel Humm was inspired by his native Switzerland when creating this recipe. "Every house has an herb garden," says Humm of Ticino, the southern region of Switzerland. Accordingly, he infuses roasted peaches with honey-rosemary syrup. The mascarpone in the ice cream reveals the strong Italian influence on Ticino's cuisine. Get the Recipe 04 of 11 Coconut Mochi Ice Cream Sandwiches © John Kernick Pastry chef Jen Yee makes these fun and pretty sandwiches with a simple Japanese dough that combines sweet glutinous rice flour, sugar, water, and coconut milk. They're not too sweet, though, which makes them ideal for your morning ice cream consumption. Get the Recipe 05 of 11 Vanilla Ice Cream Bread Pudding with Whiskey Caramel © John Kernick If you're looking for a way to indulge in a scoop at breakfast, this recipe is not that. But if you want to celebrate National Ice Cream for Breakfast Day without actually licking some cold stuff, you can have this bread pudding instead. It's ingeniously made with melted vanilla ice cream, eliminating the need to prepare a custard. Get the Recipe 06 of 11 Mint Ice Cream © Frances Janisch For a cool, refreshing wake-up, look to this tasty mint ice cream from Jeni Britton Bauer of Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams. This exceptionally creamy ice cream relies on cream cheese to make it scoopable. Get the Recipe 07 of 11 Apple-Caramel Sundaes John Kernick Who needs eggs when fruit and ice cream make for a delicious breakfast? For this sumptuous sundae, F&W culinary director at large Justin Chapple chops up the best apples he can find and mixes them into a buttery brown sugar caramel. It's perfect over vanilla ice cream and some fresh apple slices. Get the Recipe 08 of 11 Melted Ice Cream Hot Chocolate © Justin Walker Though we don’t like to admit it, there are days that are just too cold for ice cream. But creamy, rich, and uber-thick melted ice cream hot chocolate does the trick. The addition of marshmallows is optional (but not actually). Get the Recipe 09 of 11 Vanilla-Almond Ice Cream with Cherries and Pistachios John Kernick Vanilla, almonds, pistachios, and cherries could very well be ingredients in a granola you'd eat at breakfast. Here, they make up a stellar ice cream that tastes fresh and bright for the morning. Plus, an ice cream maker isn't needed for this sweet and creamy custard-based treat. Get the Recipe 10 of 11 Peach-Buttermilk Ice Cream John Kernick This creamy, fruity ice cream is made with just eight pure ingredients and takes only 40 active minutes to prepare. Be sure to use the best buttermilk you can get for this recipe: The ice cream is just as much about the rich, tangy buttermilk as it is the fragrant peaches. Get the Recipe 11 of 11 Mochi Ice Cream Abby Hocking / Food & Wine Green tea and matcha are practically the definition of morning flavors. Once you source the sweet glutinous rice flour, making mochi, the chewy Japanese rice cake, couldn’t be simpler. Here, we use a microwave to make mochi flavored with matcha (a powdered green tea). We then wrap the matcha around scoops of green tea ice cream. Get the Recipe Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit