9 Ice Cream Bread Recipes So Outrageous, You’ll Wonder How You Lived Without Them (PHOTOS)

We've all heard of ice cream sandwiches, but did you know you can also make ice cream bread? Bread, wait, what? Yes, it's true. This simple, incredibly versatile dessert can require as few as two ingredients and still emerge from the oven a jaw-dropping delight. 

All you need is your favorite ice cream flavor and some self-rising flour. Are the wheels turning as you're busy dreaming up heavenly combos? Take a look at some of the delicious and decadent creations we found. We're not kidding, when you see how easy this is, you're going to run to your freezer!

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Pineapple Coconut Bread

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Nicole at Daily Dish Recipes shared some secrets to making Pineapple Coconut Ice Cream Bread. In order to create this tropical-sounding treat, you'll want to use self-rising flour — and don't skimp on the fat! Low-fat and low-sugar ice cream don't yield the same delicious result, Nicole notes.

Peanut Butter & Chocolate Ice Cream Bread

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This Peanut Butter & Chocolate Ice Cream Bread looks and tastes amazing. The best part? It only calls for five ingredients, explains Rebecca of Sugar & Soul. This sounds like the ultimate after-school snack!

Two-Ingredient Ice Cream Bread

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Becky of Your Modern Family shares that this Two-Ingredient Ice Cream Bread is fun to make with the kids, but be warned, you may eat lots of ice cream while you're putting it together!

Strawberry Ice Cream Bread

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"This bread was so easy to whip up and the end results were spectacular," says Rebecca of Sugar & Soul of her Strawberry Ice Cream Bread. The food blogger revealed that the crunchy topping is actually made with a popular cereal. Yum!

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Rainbow Ice Cream Bread

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Remember that rainbow cake craze? Well, here's a super-simple and fast way to make delicious Rainbow Ice Cream Bread. Todd of Todd's Kitchen says it's easy to make up your own colors by choosing vanilla ice cream and adding a dash of your favorite food coloring. Genius!

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Chocolate Ice Cream Bread

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Jenna of The Newlyweds Blog shared her recipe for Chocolate Ice Cream Bread made with Rocky Road. She also adds that you can enjoy it smothered in butter, dipped in milk, or simply with coffee. All three sound delicious!

Butter Pecan Ice Cream Bread

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Leslie at The Hungry Housewife explains that there's no excuse for not making this Butter Pecan Ice Cream Bread. All you need is your favorite ice cream and some self-rising flour. Don't have any on hand? Leslie notes how simple it is to create: For every cup of flour add 1 1/2 tsp baking powder and 1/2 tsp salt and sift together.

"There you go, now you have self-rising flour," she says.

Cookies & Cream Ice Cream Bread

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The creative baker at Cooking With Karma sweetened up her Cookies -N- Cream Ice Cream Bread by adding white chocolate and milk chocolate chips to her softened ice cream and self-rising flour. Yum!

Rocky Road Ice Cream Bread

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As if this Rocky Road Ice Cream Bread weren't already decadent enough, the cooks at Oh, Bite It add cascades of hot fudge and decorative marshmallows to the finished product to make it even more tempting.  

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