Quick, easy, tasty-treat, and dairy free. Depending on your choices, this can be low carb, vegan, low sugar, or it can be honey/maple syrup or any other sweeteners.
INGREDIENTS:
- 2 Cans Organic Coconut Milk
- 1/2 cup boiling water
- 1/2 cup BLACK cocoa
- 1/2 cup maple syrup (if substituting for another sweetener use powdered sweetener such as swerve powdered or walden farms sugar-free maple walnut syrup)
- 1.5 tsp cream de cocoa liquor
- 8 mini scoops Kal Stevia powder (pure stevia–not their version with maltodextrin mixed in)
INSTRUCTIONS:
- This is a trick my 1890’s born grand mum taught me: when making anything chocolate, start with boiling water! It does something amazing. This recipe is no exception. Begin with 1/2 cup of boiling water.
- Once the water boils, place into it your 1/2 cup of BLACK cocoa powder. It will be nice if you use another kind of cocoa but it won’t be “oreo” flavoring.
- Mix till a beautiful and fragrant chocolate emerges. Based on the smell, you may be tempted to taste it, at this stage; however, be aware it is dark chocolate with no sweetener despite how it looks and despite how it smells. Be forewarned! 🙂
- Now stir in all of the coconut milk including the fat. Mix well. (Optional: reserve a tiny amount of the coconut cream until the end–mix that in at the very end for a “cookies and cream” style swirl.)
- Mix in the sweetener of choice and the cream de cocoa. This helps the ice cream freeze, but not as solid as it does without it!
- Taste the mixture. Adjust sweetener, if needed.
- Pour this well mixed beautiful concoction into the prepared ice cream maker and follow the manufacturers directions for use.
- OPTIONAL: last step when the ice cream is ready, stir in the reserved coconut cream, if desired for the oreo-cookie-and-cream style ice cream. This is optional.
STORAGE: Enjoy this right away, or store in the freezer. I suggest storing this in individual sized servings. I use some recycled glass bullion jars to have a serving size ready to enjoy as desired. It does take a moment or two of thawing before it is soft enough to eat.
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