As promised, here is another delectable ice cream recipe. I wanted to leave everybody with one more Christmas post before the holiday and I decided on ice cream…why not?! Check out my secret sweetening ingredient too, to cut down on sugar.
Vegan chocolate sweet potato ice cream with a hint of peppermint. Whoa baby. Didn’t see that one coming did ya? Who knew dairy-free ice cream could be so dang good.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups full fat coconut milk from a can
- 1 cup low fat coconut milk for almond milk
- 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons organic sugar (adjust to your desired sweetness)
- 1/2 cup cooked and mashed sweet potato
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons crushed peppermint candy (adjust to your preference)
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
Note: To make this a starch-free version, just sub a 1/4 cup of raw cashews and add those with the other ingredients to a high-powered blender. If you don’t have a high-powered blender, I suggest soaking them in a bowl of warm water for a couple of hours, drain and then proceed.
Directions:
Shake the cans of coconut milk very well before pouring out, so it is evenly disbursed. Combine the cooked potato, milk and chocolate powder into a blender and pulse until creamy and puréed. Pour into a small pot, add the sugar, cornstarch, salt and 1 tablespoon of the peppermint candy and whisk very well. Turn the heat to medium. As soon as it starts to simmer, whisk continuously for 1 minute until it starts to thicken. Remove from the heat and whisk in the vanilla. Pour into a sealed plastic container and chill in the fridge for at least 2 hours. Make sure it has completely chilled before pouring into your ice cream maker. Mine took about 15 minutes in the machine. About a minute before it looks like it is done, add in the remaining peppermint as it is churning. Add more if desired. Chill in freezer until desired consistency. Note: If you freeze it overnight, you may need to let it thaw a few minutes before eating.
If you don’t have an ice cream maker, you could make these as popsicles. Or, you can just place the chilled (from the fridge) ice cream base into the freezer and follow these steps here. Keep in mind, the consistency won’t be quite the same as with an ice cream maker, but it still will be yummy!
ENJOY!!
I also made this tasty ice-cream & loved every bite of it! My mom & dad loved it too & I also gave them your lovely blog adress! 🙂 happy times!
Aww thanks Sophie!! I’m so happy to hear that! You rock 🙂
I just got an ice cream maker for Christmas, and I think I will have to move away from vanilla ice cream eventually… Thanks looks great! ~ nerdwithtaste.wordpress.com
Thank you so much! Enjoy! 🙂
I’m with everyone else, wow on the sweet potato! I’ll bet it really improves the texture! Still gotta get an ice cream maker!
Yes, it made an all around great addition to the ice cream. I had no idea if it’d work when I added it but the real test was when my hubby loved it and didn’t know I added potato, he is so picky when it comes to ice cream. Yes, get one! I am making new flavors each week now, it is SO FUN. I have another one to post later this week with another crazy ingredient! I know you’d come up with some awesome ice creams!! 🙂
The cooked potato seems so genius! Does it help to give body to the ice cream? I def need to try this in the New Year at some point (after some detoxing 😉 )
ps we seem to be on the right mind with the crumbles, because I made a pear & cranberry one that I think you would love. Best wishes to you and your family for the new year!
Awww thanks Paola! Yes, it helps to thicken the ice cream as well as sweeten it! I was able to use less sugar than normal by using the sweet potato. I have a follower above that made it for their family and they loved it, so it seems to please other palettes other than just my biased one, lol!
Yes, I so need to make your crumble for my hubby!! I’m checking it out now! 😉
This looks like a perfect holiday treat!
Thank you Erina…it sure is!
This is the most festive ice cream ever!!
Aww thanks so much!! 🙂
Wow! I can’t believe this fantastic looking ice cream is vegan! Good job, Brandi. Happy holidays to you and your loved ones – I hope it’s been filled with delicious food such as this!
Thank you so much Nancy!! It doesn’t taste like vegan either, lol! My hubby and I gobbled it up. Merry Christmas to you too…I know you made some fabulous mouth watering food yourself 🙂
Yum! I just featured this over here:
http://moderngirlnutrition.wordpress.com/2012/12/26/holiday-desserts-roundup/
Thanks for the recipe!
Thank you so much for featuring another one of my recipes!! You rock! That means SO much to me! I’m checking it out! 🙂
Tried this one out for Christmas dessert and the family ate it up so quick. It’s a unique flavour but absolutely works. Great idea!
That makes me so happy to hear your family enjoyed it! Yes, I’ve never seen chocolate peppermint ice cream specifically before either, only mint chocolate chip or plain peppermint, and certainly not with sweet potatoes, so yes, it is unique. I’m so glad you all enjoyed it so much and thank you so much for trying my recipe. I’m honored truly and I especially appreciate the feedback so much. Merry Christmas!! 🙂
Wow, sweet potatoes! Who would’ve thought? Can’t wait to give it a try. Hope you have a wonderful holiday!
-Dana
Thank you so much Dana!! Yep, it totally worked out! Ha! Merry Christmas 🙂
Nice! And Merry Christmas to you,Brandi!
Thank you Tonette! Merry Christmas to you too!!
Sweet potatoes? I like the idea!
🙂 It worked well and fooled my hubby!,
Chocolate and peppermint go so well together that an ice cream with both is a real treat. BUT, using a sweet potato as a sweetener is incredible! What a great idea!
For Christmas, I gave ice cream machines to the 2 biggest fans of my ice creams. “Teach a man to fish …”
Have the best of Holidays and a wonderful New Year!
Thank you so much John!! It really did help to cut down on the sugar, as well as thicken the ice cream. It was a winning combo!!
Yummmmo. This looks delicious! I need an ice cream maker!
Thanks Brittany! Yes, a must in my book! 🙂
Brandi, this is so wonderful. I love it. I love that you include a cooked sweet potato. You are incredible! Looks divine!!
I hope you and your loved ones have a joyous holiday 🙂
Thank you so much Judy as always for your kind words…they make me smile! Merry Christmas to you too sweetheart! 🙂
You’ve done it again, another brilliant recipe. Never in a million years would I have thought to use sweet potato. Delicious!
Thank you so much Suzanne! You are too sweet. I was just trying to think of how I could cut down somewhat on the sugar and it just went off like a light, ding ding…I thought…..”it worked in my soup to sweeten and thicken…why not ice cream?!” The best part is my hubby who hates sweet potato, didn’t even know, and still doesn’t, that there is potato in there. He thought it was delicious! I love tricking him, lol!