This coconut milk ice cream recipe is our favorite vegan ice cream - homemade or store bought! No bananas, no churn, and so delicious!
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Yield
12 servings
Prep
5 minutes
Freezing Time
180 minutes
Ingredients
2 13 oz can coconut milk
1 cup sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
4 Tbsp cocoa powder (can sub cacao powder)
1 cup plant milk (I usually use oat or soy milk)
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1 13 oz can coconut milk
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 Tbsp cocoa powder (can sub cacao powder)
1/2 cup plant milk (I usually use oat or soy milk)
Instructions
Whisk the coconut milk, sugar, cocoa powder and vanilla extract together completely, then pour into silicone muffin molds .
Place the mold in the freezer and freeze for at least 3 hours.
Remove the silicone mold from the freezer and add all the frozen ice cream pieces to a blender or food processor. Add in the plant milk.
Blend until you have smooth ice cream, using a tamper or scraper to push the frozen chunks into the blade. It will be like soft-serve ice cream if you serve it now.
For scoopable ice cream, put the ice cream into a freezer-safe container and freeze for another 2-3 hours.
Notes
The vanilla extract is important in this recipe - it helps prevent the ice cream from forming into a solid block of ice.