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Coconilla — Date Sweetened Vegan Ice Cream!

February 24, 2016 By Sarah

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This Date Sweetened Vegan Ice Cream has just FOUR ingredients, and is so easy to make!  You’ll be topping your brownies, cakes, and apple pies in no time!

black and white striped bowl of date sweetened vegan ice cream with text overlay

Ice Cream

There’s a local ice cream shop here in Seattle—Bluebird Creamery—that makes some of the best ice cream I’ve ever had.  They always carry two vegan flavors—Horchata and Coconut Mint Chip.  They also make a vanilla and it comes with the vegan molten lava chocolate cake at Hotcakes—a fun little dessert spot in Ballard that also always features at least one vegan dessert.  I love the vanilla flavor, but they don’t carry it at the regular ice cream shop, it’s just available for wholesale.  I once asked the guy at the store why this was and he said that because it has a coconut milk base it has a bit of a coconut taste and it confused people.  I don’t even know where to start with that.  How is it confusing to eat ice cream?  Nonetheless, I set off on a mission to create my own coconut vanilla ice cream at home!

brownie a la mode with date sweetened vegan ice cream

No Added Sugar — Date Sweetened Vegan Ice Cream

Now here’s where it gets really good—I’ve made this ice cream with no added sugar!  It’s sweetened only with dates, which have their own naturally occurring sugar.  I know some people are really strict about any sugar at all, but for my purposes dates are a healthy choice for a sweetener!

close up of dates with date sweetened vegan ice cream in the background

Just FOUR Ingredients!

This date sweetened vegan ice cream comes together with just 4 ingredients.  FOUR!  Because the ingredient list is so short, the ingredients matter!  I like using a regular full fat coconut milk (Whole Foods brand and Thai Kitchen are both good, so is Native Forrest).  I am starting to back away from using the heavier coconut cream from Trader Joe’s because sometimes I think the taste is a little too strong.  For the vanilla, I have been using a jar of vanilla bean scraping—sometimes called vanilla “caviar.”  It’s really convenient if you like to bake a lot, and gives such a yummy vanilla flavor!  More so than from a bottle of vanilla extract.  If you don’t have it, or don’t want to buy a bottle of it simply slice a vanilla bean pod down the middle and scrape it out.

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A La Mode

This date sweetened vegan ice cream is the perfect thing to top your favorite pie, brownie, or birthday cake, and is absolutely delicious topped with chocolate chips and caramel sauce (yep, Hotcakes makes a vegan caramel sauce too—seriously—Seattle’s the best!).  Go ahead and make up a quick batch!  Be sure to take a picture, post it on Instagram, and tag it with #frieddandelions!  You’re going to love it!

date sweetened vegan ice cream topping Fried Dandelions' perfect vegan brownie

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Print Recipe

Coconilla — Date Sweetened Vegan Ice Cream

This Date Sweetened Vegan Ice Cream has just FOUR ingredients, and is so easy to make!  You'll be topping your brownies, cakes, and apple pies in no time!

Ingredients

  • One 14 ounce can full fat coconut milk
  • 6 medjool dates pitted (if yours seem dry you can soak them in warm water for about 10 minutes)
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla bean powder or 1 vanilla bean scraped out see notes above
  • pinch of salt

Instructions

  • Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth and all chunks of the dates have been broken down (you'll still see little flecks of the skin, but that's ok). 
  •  Pour the mix into your ice cream maker and follow manufacturer instructions. (I like my Cuisinart ice cream maker).
  • Once the ice cream has frozen (will be a soft serve consistency), transfer it to an airtight container. Place a piece of parchment right on the surface of the ice cream to prevent freezer burn, and cover it with it's lid. Allow it to firm up in the freezer for about 3 hours and then enjoy!

close up of black and white striped bowl of date sweetened vegan ice cream

Filed Under: Dessert, Recipe Tagged With: ice cream, no sugar added, vanilla

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