A method for making variegated ice cream, comprising the following steps:preparing container for processing the basic ice cream product;cooling and stirring a basic preparation inside the processing container to make the basic ice cream product;preparing a hermetically sealed capsule containing an additional flavor;opening the capsule;simultaneously transferring a portion of basic ice cream product from the processing container to a serving container and transferring the additional flavor from the open capsule to the basic ice cream product to produce a variegated ice cream product, which is defined by combining the basic product and the additional flavor.