It’s summer, so if you’re not eating your weight in ice cream at least once a week then you’re doing June to September WRONG.

But while the usual white Magnums and strawberry Cornettos are always a solidchoice, there’s nothing quite as satisfyingas concocting your own creation to scoff in the park.

Whether you’re into your cones with a flake on the top, bowls of spinkle-covered scoops or you're not fussy and just keen to shove it in your gob, there’s an easy-to-make ice cream flavour there for you.

From chocolatey goodness to fruity explosions, here’s 12 easy peasy ice cream recipes to DIY this weekend to enjoyin and around your mouth. Om nom nom nom.

1. Terry's Chocolate Orange Ice Cream

Chocolate Oranges are magical enough when you find one stuffed at the bottom of your Christmas stocking, but this just proves that they're even better when you're chilling in a deck chair, scoffing a few segments covered in cream. 'Scuse us while we dribble a bit.

Get the recipe HERE.

2. Vegan Eton Mess Ice Cream

What could be better than an ooey gooey plate of meringue bits, cream and raspberries in an Eton Mess? Um, an eton mess mixed into ice cream and shoved in a cone would probably work. Plus, this amazing recipe is completely vegan, so we're pretty sure this counts as healthy. Ish.

Get the recipe HERE.

3. Mochi Ice Cream Bites

Japanese mochi ice cream isn't just Instagrammable af - it's seriously delicious. Mochi is a Japanese rice cakeand has a nougaty texture, and with a thin layer wrapped around a scoop of ice cream you've got the perfect cute treat with a chewy outer shell. Om nom.

Get the recipe HERE.

4. 2-Ingredient Peach Ice Cream

Even if you're the worst chef in the world or absolutely crap at baking up a storm, even you can manage this super easy recipe for delicious peach ice cream. It only needs two ingredients, and also happens to be dairy free and low sugar (aka the perfect excuse to have five scoops in a row).

Get the recipe HERE.

5.Chocolate Peanut Butter Yoghurt Popsicles

Have you ever heard of so many awesome ingredients being stuffed into one recipe together? Chocolate and peanut butter, a creamy and fudgy flavour, dipped into even more chocolatey goodness and topped off with crushed up, crunchy salted peanuts. Pretty sure we just salivated more than the average boxer dog.

Get the recipe HERE.

6. Unicorn Ice Cream

Ain't nothing wrong with sticking with a classic, but if you're all about the vanilla life then now you can make things a whole lot more interesting by turning your basic bitch ice cream bowl into a unicorn dream. Have you ever seen something that looks so beautiful and so like it was pooped out by a magical creature?

Get the recipe HERE.

7. Pistachio Ice Cream With Crunchy Bits

Maybe the most underrated and amazing ice cream flavour of the bunch, pistachio ice cream is the most outrageously delish, rich and creamy base with salty, nutty bits hidden through the scoop. Plus, it'll make you feel fancy af.

8. Hot Chocolate Ice Cream

For all the summer haters out there who wanna ditch the short shorts, sun lotion and sweaty bits in favour of cosy blankets, Christmas films and giant snuggly coats, we present to you... hot chocolate ice cream. Yep, it's all of your dreams come true tbh.

Get the recipe HERE.

9. Watermelon Coconut Ice Cream

Feeling totes tropical? Who needs to be sitting on golden sands in front of crystal clear waters and sipping on a pina colada when you rustle up a batch of watermelon coconut ice cream to scoff with a Netflix binge? Basically the two ultimate summer ingredients, you can't go wrong with this one.

Get the recipe HERE.

10. Choolate Chip Cookie Dough Frozen Yoghurt

If you were to design your ultimate ice cream recipe, we're guessing it'd probably be something along the lines of this cookie dough deliciousness explosion. It might sound complicated to make, but it's actually super simple and basically the same as baking a cake before popping it into the freezer.

Get the recipe HERE.

11. Creamy Mint Chocolate Vegan Ice Cream

Keep it classic (and the absolute best,woooah controversial) with your own, easy-to-make version of mint choc chip. This slightly fancy vegan version includes cashew, coconut cream, cacoa nibs and fresh mint leaves which pretty much sounds like the best combo ever.

Get the recipe HERE.

12. Strawberry Ice Cream In A Bag

And last but not least, if you want a seriously delicious dessert with absolutely zero effort, this is the one for you. You basically make it by stuffing all of the ingredients inside a zip-loc, but it's fruity, freshing, yummy and literally summer in a bag.

'Words by Lucy Wood'

Now that you've got your weekend dessert sorted, how about having a watch of Sophie Kasaei and Joel Corry taking on the Mr & Mrs Challenge?