This Vegan Dairy-Free Dark Chocolate Almond Crunch Ice Cream has a dark chocolate taste with additional dark chocolate covered almonds throughout the ice cream, making it so delicious and rich. Made with coconut milk and dark chocolate.
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VEGAN DARK CHOCOLATE ALMOND ICE CREAM
This is the best, creamiest vegan dark chocolate ice cream recipe you ever sunk your teeth into….it totally reminded me of the dutch chocolate ice cream I used to eat. This ice cream is made for all the dark chocolate lovers out there. Raise your hand if you are one. Mine’s up! I didn’t stop at the dark chocolate ice cream base either…I also added more dark chocolate, in the form of dark chocolate covered almonds, for an amazing added crunch and texture. Oh boy…serious dark chocolate heaven. Dangerous, because it is so good, you won’t be able to stop eating it.
Just 8 ingredients for this amazing vegan, dairy-free, oil-free chocolate ice cream!
Don’t take my word for it though, just go make it. It’s the best vegan chocolate ice cream I’ve had yet. So dreamy.
My self-proclaimed non-chocolate-loving husband ate one of the entire ice cream cones filled with the chocolatey goodness….all of it, with NO problem. What does that tell you?
I use full fat coconut milk and a whole dark chocolate cacao bar in this ice cream. It makes it one of the creamiest, richest ice creams in the way of texture. You could totally get away with using low fat canned coconut milk for a lighter version; I made one batch that way. It was still insanely delicious; the main difference was just the texture with it being less creamy and it took a few minutes to sit at room temperature to soften some before eating. Do yourself a favor though and use the full fat, it is ice cream, after all! Enjoy it!
OTHER VEGAN ICE CREAM RECIPES TO TRY:
- Vegan Vanilla Cheesecake Ice Cream
- Vegan Blueberry Cheesecake Ice Cream
- Vegan Pumpkin Spice Latte Ice Cream
- Vegan Vanilla Birthday Cake Ice Cream (with a shocking ingredient!)
- 4 Ingredient Chocolate Ice Cream (#1 ice cream on my blog!)
- Vegan Java Crunch Ice Cream
- Vegan Orange Creamsicle Ice Cream Cups
Vegan Dark Chocolate Almond Ice Cream
Ingredients
- One 13.5 oz can of full fat canned coconut milk
- 1/4 cup (24g) unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons (120g) pure maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon unsulphured molasses (optional-but aids in the dark chocolate flavor)
- One 3.16 oz (90g) dark cacao chocolate bar 70-71% cacao, finely chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1/4 cup (20g) dark chocolate covered almonds, chopped
NOTE
- Make sure your freezer bowl from your ice cream maker has been in your freezer for a couple of days to make sure all the liquid in it is completely solid, otherwise it won't make ice cream properly. See your manual for further tips.
- I use this scale.
Instructions
- Add your coconut milk, cacao powder, syrup and molasses to your blender and blend until smooth.
- Finely chop your chocolate bar (1 bar will give you about 3/4 cup finely chopped chocolate) and melt either over a double boiler or in a bowl in the microwave for 30 seconds, stir, then a couple more times at 15 second intervals until the chocolate is almost all melted, stirring each time. Be careful not to overheat or burn the chocolate. Stir until completely smooth. Add to your blender. Blend on high until completely smooth.
- Add the vanilla and sea salt and blend again.
- Pour the mix into your ice cream maker. Let the machine do it's magic until it has reached the soft serve stage, being careful not to overchurn it.
- While it is churning, chop up your chocolate covered almonds. Add more or less if desired, but I found this to be plenty. Once your ice cream reaches the soft serve consistency, pour the ice cream into an ice cream container. Smooth out the ice cream and stir in the chopped chocolate almonds. Place a piece of plastic wrap directly on top of the ice cream and then cover with a tight lid. Place in the back of the freezer to firm up for a couple of hours before eating. Homemade ice cream is best eaten within the first couple of days to avoid ice crystals from forming.
Hard to pick a favorite! Strawberry, Chocolate Mint, Chocolate & Peanut Butter…
I’ve always loved just straight up vanilla! It seems so broing but I really love the simple yet rich flavor that vanilla dishes out. I would sometimes jazz it up with cookie dough chunks. THANK GOD So Delicious came out with a GF version!
I love vanilla too Eva, it’s classic and fabulous! Not boring at all!
chocolate hazelnut, but this looks amazing!! better start runningmore… no willpower………………….
Wow, that ice cream looks amazing! I’ve made chocolate coconut ice cream before, but just by blending and freezing as I don’t have one ice cream maker. It definitely didn’t turn out looking like yours 😛 Would love to make my fave flavor, Rocky Road (with vegan marshmallows) in that red beauty!
Thank you Racine! Yes, an ice cream maker does WONDERS for ice cream….it is necessary to get that light, creamy texture that just freezing won’t do. The ice cream maker incorporates lots of air while it is freezing it into ice cream, so they are a life changer. I make ice cream weekly; I’m obsessed. 🙂
My fave ice cream flavor is chocolate!
I think that your Dangerously Dark Chocolate ice cream would be my new favorite!
Anything with dark chocolate is my favorite!
WhoooHAAAA I need to make me some of that Dark Chocolate goodness.
Great giveaway…..Pinning!
Thank you so much Angela!
Mint chocolate chip!!
I’m a huge fan of green tea!
Mint brownie is my downfall!! Thank you for the chance to win!!
My favorite flavor is Mocha Almond Fudge.
Mint chocolate chip!
I’m a chocolate lover… But for some reason my favorite ice cream flavor is cherry vanilla!! Go figure 🙂
My favorite flavor is Vanilla, but I am also a chocolate lover, and willing to experiment. Who knows, maybe I will discover a new favorite. Being the lucky winner of this beautiful machine would give me a perfect opportunity, or should I say excuse for indulging. 🙂 Hope I win!!!
I love caramel pecan
I can’t wait to try this!
Oops, I love vanilla with cinnamon!
In Sydney it is 4.25 pm and I was looking for something to eat…I’m not hangry I just wanted something like…chocolate and…I open you page and I find this gorgeous ice cream…THAT’S NOT FAIR!!! ahahah! I wanna have it!!! NOW!!! I don’t have the ice cream maker 🙁 I might try to make it anyway :)! Once I made a sorbet with chocolate and coconut milk, but I followed a recipe and it was too sugary…I’ll try yours as soon as it gets a bit warmer!
Hugs and love :)!
Thank you so much Ema! Gorgeous ice cream that tastes even better! It won’t be as creamy without the ice cream maker because the lack of air incorporated, so the texture would be different if you make it without one. Oh, and this one definitely is not too sugary, the dark chocolate flavor really takes center stage!!
I see! I have to buy an ice cream maker then :)! Your ice cream looks fabulous!!! And I love chocolate icecreams where you just taste chocolate! They are the best!
My fave flavour is maple syrup with pecans i think. also, nothing says summer like homemade strawberry ice-cream 🙂
What a gorgeous ice cream, I love the name, ‘dangerously dark chocolate almond crunch!’ Thank you for hosting the giveaway, I don’t have an ice cream maker yet ;(
Thank you so much Rika!
I love chocolate flavor!
Just participating. Have friends in US, who can then bring me the gift (I mean if I win! 😉 )!!!
Thank u!
Would LOVE to try some sorbet recipes – perfect for summer!
I LOVE chocolate- Yum!!
My favorite ice cream flavor is a draw. It is between cookie dough and mint chocolate chip.
I’m a vanilla girl 🙂
The dark chocolate and almonds looks great, but alas, I cannot make any type of ice cream recipe because I do not have an ice cream maker like this beautiful red one you are giving away. Love your recipes on the vegan 8!
Thank you Jody! So glad you are loving the recipes! xx
I LOVE all flavors of ice cream, but because I’m on a restrictive diet for SIBO, cannot enjoy any pre-made ice creams with almond or coconut milk. Thus, I am in desperate need to make my own and love your recipes!! p.s. This is the ice cream maker I have wanted to do so 😉