I’m quite late jumping on the salted caramel bandwagon, I admit. But this recipe was just too good not to share!
📖 Recipe
Vegan Salted Caramel Ice Cream
Yield:
6
Prep Time:
15 minutes
Total Time:
15 minutes
A vegan salted caramel ice cream, made using coconut milk and coconut sugar. Sweet, delicious and healthier than regular ice cream, as a bonus!
Ingredients
- 700 ml 3 cups full-fat tinned coconut milk
- ½ tsp sea salt
- 150 g ¾ cup coconut sugar*
- optional 1 tsp vanilla bean paste (further enhances the caramel taste)
Instructions
- Take the cans of coconut milk out of the fridge, open them and notice how the fat has sunk to the bottom and the skimmed has floated to the top. We want the fat part, the cream (Don't fear the fat!) So pour out the liquid and discard or keep for another recipe. And scrape out the cream to use for the ice cream, you will need 3 cups full.
- Combine all the ingredients in a blender and mix for a minute until completely smooth.
- Follow your ice cream maker's instructions to churn the ice cream.
- When it's churned, transfer it to a shallow, freezer-safe container and leave it to firm up for at least 1 hour or overnight.
- Take out the freezer 5-10 minutes before you want to serve, to let it soften slightly. Then use an ice cream scoop, soaked in hot water to create the perfect scoops! ENJOY!
Notes
*refrigerating and separating the coconut milk is a necessary stage in this recipe. It's what gives such a creamy end result.
*coconut sugar is also known as coconut palm sugar but please note that 'palm sugar' is not the same.
Rosie says
Looks gorgeous but where do you get coconut sugar from? I’ve never even heard of it before :s
Aimee says
Thanks Rosie :-) Coconut sugar is a pretty popular health food at the moment. You’ll find it in any health food store (holland and barrett do some, but it’s a little expensive!)
joanna says
I love easy recipes with hardly any ingredients. this is perfect for me. I just bought my first bag of coconut sugar at the store. I am making a carrot cake this weekend and haven’t baked with it yet. glad I have found this so I can use it up. might be a nice side with the cake since I am going for maple flavors.
Aimee says
Mmm, that cake sounds good. I think the maple flavour with compliment the coconut sugar, as they’re both quite dark, trecaley in flavour. Do let me know if you try it, I’d love to know what you think of it :-)
Jane's Adventures in Dinner says
Yes please! I need to make this before it gets too cold-all my favourite flavours in one.
Aimee says
It’s never too cold for ice cream ;-) Let me know if you try it!
Vicky and Ruth says
Love salted caramel and in a vegan ice cream it is even better. A must try
Aimee says
Mmm, it’s just too good! Let me know if you try it :-)
Kate says
I love salted caramel. And I LOVE my ice cream maker! Anyone who hasn’t got one needs to get out there now and treat themselves! There really is NO substitute….. Can’t believe how simple this recipe is. No cooking? Fab!!!!
Aimee says
I agree! I couldn’t be without mine :-)