Paleo Chocolate Ice Cream
Posted Jun 26, 2017, Updated Jul 01, 2024
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This paleo chocolate ice cream recipe is easy to make with 7 ingredients! It’s a rich and chocolatey ice cream that is as nutritious as it is delicious!
This paleo chocolate ice cream recipe is for my friends who love ice cream but can’t fully enjoy dairy-full varieties (also try my dairy-free chocolate peanut butter ice cream).
It’s so rich and chocolate no one ever guesses there’s no dairy or refined sugar. The addition of sea salt makes it absolutely perfect!
Paleo Chocolate Ice Cream: Ingredients & Substitutions
- Coconut cream. Full-fat coconut milk works just as well as coconut cream. I don’t recommend any other substitutions.
- Coconut oil: cashew butter, almond butter or peanut butter are great substitutes.
- Honey: Maple syrup can be used in place of honey for a vegan version.
- Unsweetened chocolate: choose your favorite -dark or milk. Make sure to choose a paleo version if you need to!
How to make Paleo Chocolate Ice Cream
Let’s walk through this recipe together!
Begin by adding all the ingredients for the paleo chocolate ice cream into the container of a Vitamix (or another high-powered blender) and blend until smooth.
Then pour the mixture into an ice cream maker and churn. It’s important that (unlike many other recipes) you do not chill the chocolate peanut butter ice cream mixture! It must go directly from the Vitamix into the ice cream maker.
The bowl of your ice cream maker must be frozen in order to churn the ice cream!
Turn on Ice cream maker
Turn the ice cream maker on before you pour the mixture into it. Pouring ice cream into an already moving container ensures that it will not freeze to the bottom or sides, which could hinder the churning process by preventing the machine from rotating.
Freeze/Store
Once the ice cream has churned, freeze it for at least 2 hours before serving. Store in an airtight container in the freezer for up to 3 months.
Serve
You may need to remove it from the freezer for 5 minutes to soften enough to scoop and serve. Serve it with your favorite toppings or plain!
Paleo Chocolate Ice Cream FAQs
Yes, you can easily double this recipe – just make sure your ice cream maker is large enough.
Absolutely! Add cookie dough, Oreo cookies, etc.
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Paleo Chocolate Ice Cream with Sea Salt
Ingredients
- 15 ounces coconut cream
- ¼ cup honey
- ¼ cup unsweetened chocolate melted
- 2 Tablespoons coconut oil melted
- 2 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
Instructions
- In a microwave safe dish, melt together the chocolate and coconut oil
- Add the ingredients in the order listed to the container of a Vitamix (or other high-powered blender)
- Blend, starting on low speed then increasing to high, for 30-60 seconds or until all ingredients are combined and the mixture is smooth.
- Turn on an electric ice cream maker.
- Pour the mixture from the blender container into your ice cream maker as it spins.
- Let the ice cream churn for 20-25 minutes until it becomes a firm ball or the ice cream maker stops rotating.
- Transfer to a glass Tupperware container and freeze for at least 1 hour, or until you’re ready to eat it!
- Makes about 1 pint of creamy DELICIOUSNESS !
Notes
- Coconut cream. Full-fat coconut milk works just as well as coconut cream. I don’t recommend any other substitutions.
- Coconut oil: cashew butter, almond butter or peanut butter are great substitutes.
- Honey: Maple syrup can be used in place of honey for a vegan version.
- Unsweetened chocolate: choose your favorite -dark or milk. Make sure to choose a paleo version if you need to!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Wowee, that is one super rich ice cream! I can only imagine how creamy it is – I may need to make some soon.
It’s definitely a great dairy-free recipe!
This ice cream looks heavenly! Love that you added sea salt with the chocolate! Wonderful flavor combination! This is a summer must make!
Thank you so much Taylor! 🙂
This was AMAZING! I did use maple syrup and increased it to 1/3 cup… But after 5 months of no chocolate ice cream, I nearly wept with joy eating this. Thank you thank you thank you for this recipe!!!!!
Omg, this is all of my favorite things in one recipe.
You and me both Katherine! 😉
LOVE the chocolate-sea salt combo and this recipe looks SO delicious! I can’t wait to try it – pinned!
The two just belong together! 😉
Holy moly, this looks intensely good!! LOVE that it is dairy free. And your photos are just gorgeous!
Thank you Jenn!
Looks so good and screams summer! The only thing that I think excites me more about this than the chocolate and sea salt is the ingredients!
Thanks Sarah! It’s super yummy!!!
These photos are STUNNING. Seriously magazine worthy – you are so talented Laura!
Thank you so much Deanna! 🙂
Salt + chocolate is one of my absolute favorite flavor combos. AND I’ve been craving ice cream all the time lately. How’d you know? 😉
LOL! Well there you go! 🙂
This chocolate ice cream looks amaaazing! <3 I love ice cream made with coconut cream! :]!
It’s the best creamy dairy-free choice in my opinion!
I love sea salt and chocolate together. And I totally agree that coconut cream makes the best dairy free ice cream ever. No one could ever tell this is dairy free; it’s so creamy.
Thank you Emily! 🙂