And we’re going to look at how that’s done with ice cream.”Below, Hartings writes how you can boost your homemade ice cream recipes—with a helping of chemistry. Related Segment Total Meltdown: The Rate of Ice Cream CollapseInto The FreezerA good ice cream (a super creamy ice cream) is going to have small ice crystals. To make this happen, we need to keep those water molecules from doing what they want to do: hang out with other water molecules. This is the first place where many people look to change up their ice cream recipes. Related Educational Resource Make Supercool Fruit PopsRethinking The “Cream” In Ice CreamThe other big changes that some people make with their ice cream is swapping out the cream for coconut milk, almond milk, or other dairy substitutes.