Abstract: This invention relates to a device and a method for the production of ice cream. The device comprises an immersion bath (1) with an interior space (2) filled with cryogenic liquid, a cassette (3) that can move in the interior space (2) of the immersion bath (1) with chill molds (8), arranged therein, for accommodating ice cream mass, a filling system (7) for filling the chill molds (8) with the ice cream mass, a processing path for freezing solid the cassettes (3) with the chill molds (8), as well as a heating system for thawing chill molds (8), filled with ice cream mass, for a subsequent packaging. The method for the production of ice cream comprises the treatment of chill molds with liquid nitrogen and the subsequent filling with ice cream mass.