Coconut Ice Cream and Chocolate Sauce

This recipe for homemade coconut ice cream is a perfect treat for someone who needs a dairy-free ice cream.  Since we had several children with congestion, I was trying to avoid dairy and artificial sweeteners.  This ice cream is nourishing and yet still tastes like a dessert.  And for extra flavor, you can add your own healthy homemade chocolate sauce!
Coconut Ice Cream
(Note:  This amount fits perfectly in my 2-quart ice cream maker.)
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Ingredients and Instructions:
  1. Pour coconut milk into a large mixing bowl, and add honey and vanilla.  Whisk all ingredients together until well blended.
  2. Following the instructions that came with your ice cream maker, pour the mixture into the bowl of the ice cream maker and make into ice cream.  (We have a Cuisinart ice cream maker that we got for an anniversary gift a year or so ago, and it’s so easy to make ice cream now.  It uses no salt or anything complicated–totally simple!)
  3. Store ice cream in the freezer for an hour or so to let it “ripen.”
Here’s the mixture added to the ice cream maker and beginning to get bubbly and frothy.
Everyone waiting impatiently…
Finally, it’s thick and beautiful!
Everyone wants a taste…
After a couple of hours in the freezer, it looks like this:
It looks just like vanilla ice cream.  But it does have a coconut-y flavor.
And  now, for the chocolate sauce!  A few years ago, I discovered (by accident) that chocolate fudge made with coconut oil turns solid on ice cream.  Just like magic shell!
Chocolate Sauce
  • 1/4-1/2  cup cocoa powder (if you’re using Stevia to sweeten, you can use 1/4 cup, but if you’re using honey, you may want to add a bit more cocoa powder to achieve the right consistency.)
  • 1/2 cup coconut oil, liquified
  • 1/4 cup honey (add more or less, depending on how sweet you want it)
  1. Put cocoa powder and coconut oil in a bowl, and mix together with a fork.
  2. Add the honey to the bowl and mix all ingredients together.  You can also adjust the amount of honey depending on how sweet you want it. You can also sweeten with stevia. Just add enough to reach your desired sweetness.
Drizzle the warm chocolate sauce on the cold ice cream and enjoy!  It will begin to harden immediately, and it makes a wonderful treat, especially for those who are avoiding dairy products.

 

20 Comments

  3. Yum!!! This post made me almost want ice cream! 🙂 It is cold and rainy here today, so I am more craving tea and hot things from the oven! I will definitely bookmark it for a warmer day.

    I just have to thank you so much for your recommendation of NuNaturals White Stevia Powder. It is by far the best stevia product I have tasted! I am so pleased with it. You are so right that a little goes a very long way. The first time I used it, I thought I was using "just a little", but I quickly realized just how little you need to sweeten things. I also picked up the liquid vanilla stevia and it is wonderful too. I admit to loving iced vanilla lattes, and the vanilla stevia worked perfectly to make a delicious latte. I am so happy about that! 🙂

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    1. I know, this will look more appetizing when it's warmer outside! 🙂 We made this for my birthday as a little treat.

      Oh, I'm so glad you're liking the NuNaturals Stevia! It's a great product. We love the vanilla stevia drops, too. Glad it worked out for you! 🙂

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  5. This looks so good, Joy! And it was fun to see your children enjoying the ice cream making process. I can imagine the fun they had!

    Thank you for your sweet mention of me/us in this post! I am so glad that you all are enjoying the honey!

    (By the way, we have the same ice cream maker . . . and seeing this post makes me want to get it out again and use it!)

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    1. Thank you, Sarah! It's not as good as dairy ice cream, but it is a really nice consistency and great for those avoiding dairy.

      How fun that you have the same ice cream maker! I'm so thankful for it, as it was always such an ordeal to make ice cream before we got this.

      Did you notice that I've mentioned you in 3 posts this week?! Your family is just so special to us that you keep coming up! 🙂 ♥

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  9. Hi Joy! This looks really yummy! I'm going to have to remember this once it gets warmer outside (and get an ice cream making!!). We love ice cream over here but the stuff from the store is so full of yucky stuff! 🙁 Once you have homemade ice cream it's so hard to go back to the stuff at the store! We used to make homemade ice cream with fresh raw milk, cream and maple syrup! It was so yummy! 🙂 Your chocolate syrup looks delicious. Also a fun topping is coconut peanut butter! It's surprisingly good! 🙂

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    1. Hi Tabitha! I know what you mean about ice cream from the store. We've made ice cream with raw milk, cream, and maple syrup, too, and it is so delicious! I have to admit that the ice cream with the raw milk and cream is my favorite, and I think it tastes much better than this recipe! But, this recipe is nice to have on-hand when you need a non-dairy alternative. 🙂

      I've never tried the coconut peanut butter on ice cream–I'll have to remember that, as chocolate/peanut butter combinations are a favorite here! 🙂

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