This dark chocolate coconut milk ice cream recipe is actually a re-do of my first one. I was actually going to get a little crazy and make something new and when I got in the kitchen and starting playing around, I realized that there was some room for improvement in my first version of chocolate coconut milk ice cream. Not that it isn’t awesome, because it is, but I think these couple of tweaks take it to a whole new level. The brewed coffee is the secret here, something about the flavor of coffee really enhances the richness of the chocolate. And lets face it here, when we want chocolate ice cream, we want it to be rich.
And by we, I mean me.
Dark Chocolate Coconut Milk Ice Cream
A Re-Do
Makes about a quart
2 cans coconut milk
1/2 cup agave nectar
3/4 cup cocoa powder
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp brewed, cold coffee
1/2 tbsp chocolate extract
1/2 tsp xanthum gum
Add all of the ingredients to a blender and process until mixed very well. Place the mixture into the refrigerator for about 2 hours. Remove from the refrigerator and process again just to be sure it is stirred well. Add to your ice cream maker
What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?
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This sounds so good. Can you taste the coconut at all? I love coconut so that is why I was wondering. My favorite flavor is chocolate with peanut butter chunks!
In this recipe, I don’t think you can taste the coconut because the chocolate flavor is really intense. But, in my other coconut milk ice cream recipes, you can. Some milder than others but it is pleasant if you like coconut.
The PB chunk is what I was going to make at first until I realized the chocolate by itself was post worthy. Stay tuned :D
great recipe…haven’t tried it with the coconut yet
Coconut milk is a great alternative for making ice cream for those of us who are dairy free. I liked it even before went dairy free, though!
i keep kicking myself for not buying an ice cream maker this summer…i want and NEED to make this!
Glad that I discovered your blog via Health for the Whole Self. I look forward to following it!
My husband and I got an ice cream maker for our wedding but unfortunately have not used it as often as we could have. This post has inspired me to break it out! And my favorite flavor of ice cream is Black Rasberry Chip, a signature of Graters in our hometown of Cincinnati!
Mmmm….I might have to lobby for an ice cream machine.
I just wanted to say again how much I loved your guest post and all you write and share.
The icecream looks delicious. Usually I don’t go for chocolate icecreams, but with coconut I could make an exception.
Oh, the coffee in there sounds amazing! Maybe I need to break out my ice cream maker again! (especially since I’ve used it a total of ONE time since my wedding… ha ha)
My favorite ice cream flavor is Hagen Daz “Coffee”– it is to DIE for!
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i love ice cream but i don’t eat a lot of it. ben and jerry’s half baked has to be the best though :)
This sounds fantastic! And I have all the ingredients in the house…lucky me!
I borrowed my friend Beth’s ice cream maker, made a batch of this to split between another friend and I, and made another batch for the woman who loaned me the ice cream maker. It was AMAZINGLY GOOD!!! When Beth came by to pick up the ice cream and the maker, it was afternoon and she had not eaten yet that day (!!!). I handed over the goods and by the time I was back in my apartment she had texted me about how DELICIOUS the ice cream was, and that she had chocolate on her nose because she didn’t have a spoon and was going at it with her teeth. Thanks from all of us! Can’t wait to borrow her maker again and try the peach ice cream.
I’m so glad you enjoyed the ice cream! Let me know if you try the peach!