How many of you love vacation? We went on our first family vacation in 6 years this June and it was glorious. I am so blessed to have grown up with a dad who highly valued family travel. So much, in fact, that we vacationed every year…without exception! My sister and I nearly met our goal to visit all the beaches in the song “Kokomo” by the Beach Boys! The only two we’ve missed were Kokomo and Bermuda! We had many amazing experiences in some of the most beautiful places on the planet.
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!
This Paleo 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!
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 ice cream done right, you need to make it yourself!
Story time: Since as far back as I can remember whenever we got ice cream I would always order extra mix ins. Especially at Dairy Queen,
“Can I please have a blizzard with chocolate ice cream and extra cookie dough.”
I would then receive my order and march right back up to the counter and say, “ummm…I ordered extra cookie dough….” and the sweet {and slightly annoyed} worker would hand me an extra scoop on the side.
Yep. I take my frozen treats seriously. Especially because eating dairy-filled ice cream always comes with a cost for me, you better believe I am going to make sure every bite is perfect.
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! Using Enjoy Life Foods mini chocolate chips ensures that this ice cream complies with even the strictest diets!
And what about the taste?! Amazing! My oldest daughter is obsessed with this Paleo Cookie Dough Ice Cream! She chooses it over the regular dairy-full varieties in our freezer! I’m not gonna lie, I have a hard time sharing this deliciousness, even with my own kid! But I’m a mom and she comes first so I share because I love her. 😉
Ingredients
- 1 batch Paleo Vanilla Ice Cream
- 1 cup almond flour
- ¼ tsp sea salt
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- 2 TBS almond butter
- 1 TBS coconut oil (measured in solid state)
- 2 TBS coconut sugar
- 1 TBS honey, or maple syrup for vegan
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 TBS almond milk
- ¼ cup mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- In a small bowl, mix together the almond flour, salt, baking soda, and coconut sugar, set aside.
- In a microwave-safe bowl, melt the almond butter and coconut oil (warm for about 1 minute). Mix until well combined.
- Add honey, vanilla and almond milk, stir until combined.
- Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until homogenous.
- Add mini chocolate chips and mix well.
- Line a baking sheet with wax paper.
- 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.
- Follow instructions here: Paleo Vanilla Ice Cream.
- 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.
- When ready to eat, remove from freezer and let stand at room temperature for at least 5 minutes to make it easier to scoop!
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!
Serve on top of either of these brownies and you will not be sorry!
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What type of food, or specific dish, have you eaten on vacation that has knocked your socks off?
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I knew once I saw that sheet of cookie dough on Instagram that something super fabulous was about to happen! Can I just say WHOOAA! You have done it again, girl. This is going on my list of must-makes!
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LOL! Can you ever go wrong with a sheet full of cookie dough?!?! 😉
Ahhh! This looks so amazing! *-* Can’t wait to try making it! Cookie dough ice cream is my favorite!!
Cookie dough ice cream IS one of the best! 🙂
This is so up my ally! I am a cookie dough lover through and through. Love that this is a kind I can eat and not feel bad about it 🙂
Absolutely! I think it’s amazing how many healthy treats can taste so fantastic! 🙂
My mouth is watering! I am weak when it comes to anything involving cookie dough!
Your paleo icecream is so good, and now this one to add on top off it was like the BIGGEST cherry on top!
OMG this looks amazing! I am a huge fan of the insane ratio and am right there with you.
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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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Any time I see the words cookie dough, ice crema, and then paleo…I get way too excited 🙂
Totally drooling over this perfection! You are the ice cream queen 🙂
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But seriously!!!! SPOON THAT IN MY FACE!!!
LOL AMEN!
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?
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)!
That’s definitely the best part of making your own recipes – you get decide exactly how much cookie dough chunks you want!
YES!!!! There is never {ever} any skimping on the mix-ins in my house!
Yesss! I’ve been wanting to figure out my own homemade cookie dough but haven’t gotten around to it. This looks delicious and I can’t wait to give it a try!
I love vegan cookie dough because you don’t have to worry about the eggs! My whole family loved this one! 🙂
Oooh how could I not love this recipe?! Definitely need to make it ASAP!
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There’s truly nothing not to love about cookie dough! Right?! 😉
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……
Ice cream for breakfast is always OK (in my humble opinion)! 😉 And loaded is the only way to go when cookie dough is involved!
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!
I am totally pinning this for later! It looks amazing and I love the cookie dough to ice cream ratio!
Now THIS, this is just a win! No other words!
Oh wow this is like a dream come true! I wish I could have that with me right now, I guess I will have to make it myself. I will definitely try it soon! Thank you! 🙂
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Thank you! It really is super delicious…and filling because of all the cookie dough! I hope you try it and love it! 🙂
This looks divine– love those cookie dough chunks!
Never too many cookie dough chunks right?! 😉
Hey!!
How long will the cookie dough balls last/how do I store them?
Thank you!
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!