Huckleberry Ice Cream

Huckleberry ice cream is a creamy, frozen dessert featuring the distinct, tart-sweet flavor of wild huckleberries, a small berry native to mountainous regions of North America. The dish typically combines huckleberries (fresh, frozen, or as a syrup/puree) with a classic ice cream base of cream, milk, sugar, and egg yolks. It is a regional specialty, particularly popular in the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain areas of the United States and Canada.

🍽️ Nutrition at a glance

As a rich ice cream, it is high in fat and carbohydrates, providing a good source of calcium and some antioxidants from the berries. A typical serving contains roughly 250-350 calories.

Nutrition breakdown

Calories	270 kcal
Protein	3 g
Carbs	32 g
Fat	15 g
Fiber	1 g
Sugar	28 g
Sodium	50 mg
Calcium	100 mg
Vitamin A	150 mcg
Potassium	180 mg
Phosphorus	80 mg
Vitamin C	4 mg
Magnesium	10 mg
Vitamin D	0.5 mcg
Iron	0.3 mg

Per 1/2 cup (100 g) · estimated, varies by recipe

💡 What's interesting

Huckleberries are notoriously difficult to cultivate commercially, making them a prized, foraged wild ingredient that gives the ice cream a unique, seasonal, and somewhat exclusive character.