How to Make Ice Cream

Making ice cream in Grow a Garden is fun, rewarding, and surprisingly strategic. Whether you’re a new player or a seasoned gardener, crafting ice cream not only satisfies in-game cravings but also gives you points, sheckles, and special rewards. Here’s your step-by-step guide to becoming the ultimate ice cream chef!

Step 1: Pick Your Ingredients

To start, you need two types of ingredients: one for the cone and one for the ice cream flavor. Cones can be made from corn, banana, cauliflower, or sugarglaze. For the cream, use flavor plants like peach, raspberry, mango, or sugar apple. Your Recipe Book next to Chris P. Bacon shows which crops you can use, but the exact quantities are listed below:

• Uncommon Ice Cream: 1 Corn + 1 Blueberry + 1 Strawberry
• Rare Ice Cream: 1 Watermelon + 1 Corn OR 1 Blueberry + 1 Banana
• Legendary Ice Cream: 1 Banana + 1 Watermelon/Apple OR 1 Mango + 1 Corn
• Mythical Ice Cream: 1 Banana + 1 Pepper/Loquat OR 1 Corn + 1 Sugar Apple
• Divine Ice Cream: 1 Sugar Apple + 1 Sugarglaze

There are also recipe swap versions:

• Prismatic Ice Cream: 1 Corn + 3 Sugar Apple
• Transcendent Ice Cream: 1 Banana + 3 Bone Blossom

Tip: Bigger plants yield bigger ice creams, which give bigger rewards! Use sprinklers and gears to speed growth and maximize ingredient size.

Step 2: Head to the Cooking Pot

Once your ingredients are ready, head to the Cooking Pot in the center of the island. Equip your first ingredient and interact with the pot to add it. Keep adding ingredients, and you’ll see them appear in the Ingredients list on the left.

You can experiment with ingredients to unlock rare or legendary recipes. Want your ice cream to really stand out? Equip a pet to help gather ingredients faster: Buy pets at MitchCactus now!

Step 3: Cook Your Ice Cream

Once all ingredients are in, press Cook to start. If you’re matching a craving from Chris P., the Cooking confirmation text will mark it as a Craving recipe. You can always press Empty before cooking to remove all ingredients and start over.

After cooking, interact with the pot again to collect your finished ice cream. Equip it and present it to Chris P. Bacon by selecting “4. Try this food I cooked up!”. Instant rewards, points, and fun achieved!

Step 4: Maximise Your Rewards

Ice cream in Grow a Garden isn’t just a treat: it’s a strategy. Bigger, rarer ice creams earn more points. Selling extra ice cream for Sheckels can fund rare seeds or boosts. Grab Sheckels at MitchCactus for faster growth. 

Special items like Toffee Tethers can boost your recipe yield and make your ice cream legendary. Check out the guide for details. Knowledge of ingredient values also helps you pick the best combinations. Dive into the Values List so you don’t miss anything.

Experiment with rare seeds and recipe swaps for bonus achievements. Equip pets and use sheckles strategically to optimise cooking. Track ingredient values to maximise points and unlock legendary ice cream recipes.

Now you’re ready to make ice cream in Grow a Garden like a pro. Gather your ingredients, fire up your Cooking Pot, and treat Chris P. Bacon to the most delicious, reward-packed ice cream in the game!