Mint Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream
Everyone loves an ice-cream treat from time to time. It's OK to enjoy this without feeling guilty. Enjoy it even more by creating your own beautiful dairy-free ice cream, like this one!
Ingredients:
Chocolate Chunks
- 4 tbsp maple syrup
- 2 tbsp cacao powder
- 2 tbsp coconut oil
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1 tbsp water
What To Do:
- Melt the coconut oil and then stir all the ingredients together, adding water as needed to get it nice and smooth.
- Pour onto a plate and put in the freezer until solid. Chop into chunks and leave in the fridge.
- Make extra for crumbling on top.
Ice Cream
- 1 cup fresh young coconut meat
- 3/4 cup coconut water, as needed
- 2 tbsp coconut oil
- 1 cup cashews, pre-soaked for 3 hours in water then rinsed
- 1/4 cup coconut sugar
- 1/4 cup tightly packed mint leaves
- 1/4 tsp spirulina powder
What To Do:
- Blend everything together, adding coconut water as needed. You want to have a thick consistency.
- Stir in the chocolate chunks by hand
- Pour into an ice cream maker and follow its instructions OR pour into a container and place in the freezer, taking it out and stirring every 30 minutes until you get ice cream.
Substitutions:
- Use coconut butter instead of coconut oil
- Use water instead of coconut water
- Use dried coconut meat instead of fresh coconut meat
- Use avocado instead of cashews
- Use 1 can of coconut milk instead coconut meat, coconut water and coconut oil.