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This vegan & Paleo Cookie Dough Ice Cream! A healthy & delicious dessert recipe absolutely loaded with chunks of cookie dough! Gluten/grain-free, dairy-free with no refined sugar! 

front view of a bowl of paleo cookie dough ice cream in a bowl with a spoon and chunks of cookie dough

How many of you love vacation?  We went on our first family vacation in 6 years this June and it was glorious.

One of the best parts of vacation, of course, is the food! Depending on where you travel the cuisine can vary…however the one food that is available no matter what part of the world you visit is ice cream! Seriously, have you ever been on a get-away that didn’t include at least one stop at the local ice cream shop? I know I haven’t!

The problem is, that this lady and dairy do not get along, like at all…and very few tourist towns have vegan ice cream shops {major bummer}. I created this Vegan & Paleo Cookie Dough Ice Cream to make all my dreams {and yours} come true. Grab a spoon and dive right into this creamy dreamy vanilla ice cream completely loaded with cookie dough!

Overhead view of a baking pan lined with parchment paper full of chunks of paleo cookie dough about to go into the freezer in the making of vegan & paleo cookie dough ice cream

This Vegan Cookie Dough Ice Cream uses my vegan and Paleo Vanilla Ice Cream as the base, and adds an insane amount of giant chunks of cookie dough {that is also paleo AND vegan}!

Seriously, I am not one to play around with my add-ins. Have you ever bought ice cream from the store and found two measly chunks of cookie dough {or brownies or Reese’s Cups} in the entire container?! MAJOR bummer right there if you ask me!

overhead view of a rectangular freezer dish with the lid off full of paleo vanilla ice cream with the baking sheet of frozen paleo cookie dough chunks next to it.

LOTS of Cookie Dough!

Well never fear. This Paleo Cookie Dough Ice Cream has a borderline insane ratio of ice cream to cookie dough….which is just the way I like it. I mean seriously, look at that picture above. Alllll of that cookie dough got mixed into that container of vanilla ice cream…because I want a hunk {or chunk} of doughy goodness in every. single. bite.

Don’t judge, you know in a perfect world all ice cream would be this way. But we don’t live in a perfect world {stating the scary obvious truth right?}…so if you want this Paleo Cookie Dough Ice Cream ice cream done right, you need to make it yourself!

overhead/side view of a rectangular glass container of vegan & paleo cookie dough ice cream being scooped with an ice cream scoop

How to make Paleo & Vegan Cookie Dough Ice Cream

  1. Make & Freeze the cookie dough chunks. Like I mentioned above, I like a TON of cookie dough. If you’re a little more normal, feel free to halve the cookie dough portion of this recipe! It’s important to freeze the cookie dough before adding it to the ice cream so that it holds together!
  2. Make the vanilla ice cream. Using a combination of the Vitamix and an ice cream maker results in the easiest paleo ice cream EVER. Not to mention insanely delicious!
  3. Freeze! Mix everything together and freezer for at least 3 hours! Then grab a spoon and dig in!

Serving Suggestion for Paleo Cookie Dough Ice Cream

Obviously you can eat it alone! OR…serve on top of some paleo brownies (either these or these)  and you will not be sorry!

This ice cream also is delicious with a drizzle of homemade almond butter! YUM!

Overhead view of two bowls of vegan & paleo cookie dough ice cream sprinkled with chocolate chips

Paleo Cookie Dough Ice Cream: Ingredients & Substitutions 

  • Almond flour. Using a paleo baking flour or all-purpose gluten-free flour works well in this recipe too! (although be sure to choose a variety that complies with your dietary needs).
  • Almond butter. any nut or seed butter should be able to be substituted in this recipe with no trouble at all! My second favorite is cashew butter!
  • Coconut oil. grass-fed butter or ghee can be used in place of coconut oil!
  • Coconut sugar. Feel free to substitute your favorite granulated sugar for coconut sugar!
  • Honey. To make this recipe vegan, use maple syrup in place of honey.
  • Almond Milk. Any milk variety works great in this paleo ice cream recipe (dairy-free or dairy-full)

front view of a bowl of paleo cookie dough ice cream with a spoon

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Paleo Cookie Dough Ice Cream

Vegan & Paleo Cookie Dough Ice Cream! A healthy & delicious dessert recipe absolutely loaded with chunks of cookie dough! Gluten/grain-free, dairy-free with no refined sugar! 

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword best dairy-free ice cream, cookie dough ice cream recipe, Paleo Cookie Dough Ice Cream, paleo ice cream, vegan cookie dough ice cream
Prep Time 10 minutes
Freezing time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 10 minutes
Servings 8 Servings
Calories 265.3 kcal
Author Laura

Ingredients

Cookie dough chunks:

Instructions

Make the Cookie Dough Pieces:

  1. In a small bowl, mix together the almond flour, salt, baking soda, and coconut sugar, set aside.
  2. In a microwave-safe bowl, melt the almond butter and coconut oil (warm for about 1 minute). Mix until well combined.
  3. Add honey, vanilla and almond milk, stir until combined.
  4. Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until homogenous.
  5. Add mini chocolate chips and mix well.
  6. Line a baking sheet with wax paper.
  7. Roll cookie dough into ½ inch balls or pieces (however you prefer your cookie dough in ice cream), placing each one on the wax paper. Once you have rolled all the dough, place it in the freezer.

Make the ice cream:

  1. Follow instructions here: Paleo Vanilla Ice Cream.

Putting it together:

  1. Once ice cream is finished churning, mix in your cookie dough pieces by hand. Transfer to a freezer-friendly container and freeze for at least 2 hours.
  2. When ready to eat, remove from freezer and let stand at room temperature for at least 5 minutes to make it easier to scoop!
Nutrition Facts
Paleo Cookie Dough Ice Cream
Amount Per Serving
Calories 265.3 Calories from Fat 165
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 18.3g 28%
Potassium 9.6mg 0%
Total Carbohydrates 21.9g 7%
Dietary Fiber 2.7g 11%
Sugars 17.4g
Protein 5.3g 11%
Calcium 8.2%
Iron 6.3%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Up close view of a spoon of paleo cookie dough ice cream with a chunk of cookie dough

This Paleo Cookie Dough Ice Cream is not a variety that I have to think twice about eating. I can dive right in without hesitation because not only is it easy on my tummy…but it is made with so many healthy ingredients! It is dairy-free and gluten-free, with no refined-sugar!

If you’re an ice cream lover but cannot tolerate dairy, you can also give this Dairy-Free Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream recipe a try…which is my all-time favorite. Next on my list is to merge the two…how does dairy-free chocolate peanut butter cookie dough ice cream sound? #goals!

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  7. This looks amaaaaaaaaaazing!

    I’ve always loved travelling and one of my favourite things to do when travelling is to try the local produce! I must have known I’d one day find out I was a coeliac and needed a tradition I could keep as it’s the one vacation tradition I never had to change 😛

    That means locally grown yellow watermelons in Louisiana, dragonfruit in Asia, teeny tiny bananas in Bali, corn by the roadside in New Zealand and whatever treasures I can find!

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  11. Wow I want this so bad.
    So when I was in the US I was really excited to try Dairy Queen because I’d heard about it all my life in tv shows and books. I ordered the cookies and cream blizzard thingy and it was one of the most disappointing desserts of my life.
    It just tasted like milk! There were no cookies!
    I’m still bitter about it. Did I just make a bad choice?

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    • LOL Megan!!!! No I had a similar experience when I was pregnant with Naomi! I hadn’t eaten DQ in YEARS and was craving it SO bad…and we went and it was a total let down. If you order a blizzard you always have to ask for extra mix-ins there. Honestly I’d skip it and go to a place like Culvers (custard)!

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  15. Oh, man, now I totally want ice cream for breakfast! This LOADED cookie dough ice cream! I make cookies very similar to this and they are the BOMB frozen….so I KNOW this would taste good! Drool……

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  16. Oh my word! This looks almost too good. I think I would have a hard time stopping at just one bowl. And I might eat half the cookie dough before the ice cream was done churning 🙂

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    • LOL Alisa! First world problems right?! 😉 The thing about this ice cream is that it IS so loaded with healthy cookie dough that it’s super filling! I’m satisfied with a small scoop…which is uncharacteristic for me because I usually eat loads of ice cream in one sitting! LOL!

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    • Do you want them for another purpose than putting in the ice cream? I would store them in an airtight container in the freezer if you just want them around for snacking on! 😉 If you are making them to use in the ice cream you can store them in an airtight container in the freezer (glass container with a lid or a ziplock bag) until you’re ready to ask them! They haven’t lasted more than a month in my house…but by the end of that month they were still perfectly fresh and delicious!

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  22. Hello I follow a ketogenic diet (eating no sugars that raise glucose levels) so do you think subbing the honey for powdered natural sweetener (to taste) would also work, i would also replace coconut sugar with the stevia

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    • Hey Debbie! I honestly have never used either of those substitutes, and I am not familiar with the keto diet enough to make a recommendation! However, my concern would be that the ice cream wouldn’t be creamy enough if you substitute a liquid sweetener like honey with a granulated one.

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