Vegan chocolate ice cream with maca powder for a malted flavour. Super cream and packed with nutritional goodness too!
This recipe is my take on malt chocolate ice cream. Instead of malted milk or Horlicks powder, I use maca – a delicious superfood with a natural “malted” taste.
And as with all the ice creams I make, this one is vegan and made using coconut milk. If you like the comforting taste of malted cocoa, then you’ll love this healthy treat!
Maca powder comes from the Peruvian maca root and boasts a variety of vitamins, minerals, enzymes and every essential amino acid. Delicious added to smoothies – it gives that “milkshake” taste!
📖 Recipe
Malted Maca Chocolate Ice Cream (Vegan)
A chocolatey, comforting vegan ice cream with a superfood twist. Yields approx 2 pints / 1 quart.
Ingredients
- 720 ml / 3 cups full-fat coconut milk
- 2 tbsp arrowroot powder
- 20 g / ¼ cup cocoa powder
- 2 tbsp maca powder
- 120 ml / ½ cup maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 90 g / ½ cup dark chocolate chips
- optional 1 tbsp alcohol
Instructions
- Mix 60ml / ¼ cup coconut milk with the arrowroot powder in a small bowl and set aside.
- Pour the rest of the coconut milk into a large saucepan with the cocoa powder, maca powder and maple syrup and bring to a boil, stirring all the time. As soon as the mixture begins to boil, stir in the arrowroot mixture to thicken the liquid. Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla, chocolate chips and alcohol. Keep stirring until all the chocolate is melted.
- Chill the mixture in the fridge until cold and churn.
- Transfer the ice cream to a freezer-safe container and freeze for at least 3 hours or overnight.
Nutrition Information
Yield 10 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 245Total Fat 17gSaturated Fat 14gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 2gCholesterol 1mgSodium 15mgCarbohydrates 22gFiber 1gSugar 14gProtein 2g
Kate - Gluten Free Alchemist says
I haven’t used Maca, but I definitely need to get hold of some. I really miss the taste of malt as it generally comes from a glutenous source. I wonder whether it would work with a honeycomb-type mixture? I so miss Maltesers!!!!!!
Katie says
Yum! :) Did you use full fat coconut milk or lite? Would almond milk also work instead?
Aimee says
Hi Katie :-) You’ll need full fat coconut milk (I’ve updated the recipe to mention that) Other milks won’t work 1:1 but if you can’t have coconut milk, I would use 2 cups of almond milk and 1 cup of dairy-free cream. Hope that helps!
Kelly says
What a great idea to use maca powder in this ice cream – that’s so interesting. This ice cream looks delicious Aimee – I wish I had a bowl of this to cool off on this hot day here :)
Lauren Hairston says
I am so bad at keeping up with new trends in ingredients so I haven’t tried any maca powder yet. I had no idea what it tasted like or how to use it. I love Whoppers (like Maltesers), so anything malted milk sounds good to me!
The ice cream looks (and sounds) amazing.
Shashi says
I love your vegan chocolate ice cream using coconut milk – and am so intrigued by maca powder – I gotta check out their site to see if it’s available here in the US!