Home > Desserts > The BEST Healthy Chocolate Ice Cream The BEST Healthy Chocolate Ice Cream February 4, 2014 | 32 Comments SAVE TO RECIPE BOX Jump to Recipe This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. A healthy chocolate ice cream made with wholesome and natural ingredients (no added/unnatural sugars) and withOUT frozen bananas! Vegan, vegetarian, gluten free Can you make healthy ice cream that actually tastes good? a big, fat yes. And it’s crazy easy to do! This is honestly the best healthy chocolate ice cream ever and it’s made with natural, wholesome ingredients and free of artificial sugars. AND you just need a microwave + a blender to make it 🙂 (An ice cream maker helps, but it’s not required.) So you might already be thinking that this ice cream is loaded with frozen bananas because isn’t that how all healthy ice cream starts out? While banana ice cream is all fine and good, it’s actually not my favorite. It still TASTES overwhelmingly like bananas to me and the consistency is all wrong. So, no frozen bananas in this recipe and I promise you won’t miss them one bit! This is the healthy ice cream alternative that will change everything for you! So what is replacing the banana? Sweet potato. But trust me, you can not taste it! I had no short of a dozen people try this ice cream and first off, they didn’t even know it was a healthy alternative (no joke!) and second not a single person could guess the hidden veggie. Other than the base being a sweet potato, the rest of the “base” ingredients are quite healthy: Dark chocolate (hello healthy fats and antioxidants!) Coconut milk (lactose free, rich in fiber, tons of vitamins and minerals) The other three ingredients are just for flavoring — vanilla bean, sea salt, and a little bit of coconut sugar. FOLLOW ALONG! Subscribe to my newsletter and follow along on Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram for the latest updates, recipes and content. Healthy Chocolate Ice Cream 4.84 from 6 votes - Review this recipe A healthy chocolate ice cream made with wholesome and natural ingredients (no added/unnatural sugars) and withOUT frozen bananas! Vegan, vegetarian, gluten free SAVE TO RECIPE BOX Print Recipe Healthy Chocolate Ice Cream 4.84 from 6 votes - Review this recipe SAVE TO RECIPE BOX Print Recipe A healthy chocolate ice cream made with wholesome and natural ingredients (no added/unnatural sugars) and withOUT frozen bananas! Vegan, vegetarian, gluten free Course Dessert Cuisine Healthy Prep Time 25 minutes Cook Time 45 minutes Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes Servings 10 servings Calories 238kcal Author Chelsea Ingredients1 large orange yam/sweet potato1 bag (10 ounces) dark chocolate chunks/chips (I use 62% Cacoa; use vegan chocolate chips to keep vegan)1 vanilla bean (seeded) or 2 teaspoons vanilla extract1/2 teaspoon sea salt1/4 cup coconut sugar (can use brown sugar; just be aware it's not a "natural" sugar)1 can (13.66 ounces) LITE coconut milk (I use Thai Kitchen) InstructionsWash and scrub the yam or sweet potato. Piece with a fork several times over the potato. Place on a microwave safe plate and microwave for 5 minutes, flip and microwave for another 5 minutes.Remove and allow to cool. Meanwhile, place the bag of chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl and microwave in increments of 20 seconds, stirring in between each increment for 15 seconds until smooth and melted. Set aside.The sweet potato should be cool enough to touch now. Remove the skins and then THOROUGHLY mash the potato. Pack into a measuring cup to get exactly 3/4ths a cup. Place in a large blender.Add the melted chocolate to the blender (use a spatula to scrape every bit of chocolate from that bowl!) along with the vanilla, sea salt, coconut sugar, and canned coconut milk.Place the lid on the blender and blend on high for at least 1 minute or until ingredients are completely smooth and incorporated.Transfer to an ice cream maker and prepare according to manufacturer's directions (I have a Cuisinart and it took about 30 minutes to get to soft serve consistency) then transfer to an airtight container and place in the freezer to continue firming up.If you don't have an ice cream maker, it will still work just a little more effort 🙂 Place the mixture in an airtight container in the freezer. Stir every half hour for 2-3 hours or until the mixture is ice cream consistency. Recipe Notes*Cook time refers to freezing time Nutrition FactsCalories: 238kcal DID YOU MAKE THIS RECIPE? I love hearing from you when you've made one of my recipes! Tag me on Instagram at @ChelseasMessyApron or leave me a comment below. Adapted from The Vegan 8 More Healthy Dessert Recipes: No Bake Healthy Breakfast Cookies The BEST Healthy Oatmeal Cookies Healthier Chocolate Muffins
Yeahhh, this doesn’t look skinny at all. It looks creamy and rich and heavenly. 🙂 It definitely looks just like regular ice cream. And I love these photos! They’re so bright and colorful! Reply
Ice cream for an after-workout snack? Yessssss! I love that this actually looks like regular ice cream! I love sneaky healthier desserts like that! Reply
I know! Best idea ever 🙂 Now I need to try your nutella version 🙂 Especially seeing as today is national nutella day or something like that! Reply
I love when I see the word skinny, especially on a dessert, and if it’s chocolate, better yet! This looks delicious…thanks for sharing! Reply
Thank you for sharing this great recipe.I just made this and it’s fantastic. Made a second ice cream recipe with avocado as the healthy base ingredient. We had a blind taste test just for fun. This one won hands down! Everyone loved it! Reply
nooo.,.could this really taste like choc ice cream? i guess ya never know till ya try? it might be good? Reply
Hi! This looks really good and I cant wait to try it. Just a qn though, is it possible to substitute coconut milk with normal milk? Reply
I can’t say for sure without personally testing substitutes, but my concern is that a liquid sweetener could make the mixture too wet. Reply
I don’t see why not if its a powerful food processor; I haven’t personally tried it in one though Reply
What a creative recipe! I love that it has sweet potato in it! I tried this over the weekend, and even my VERY picky husband (Ie, he will not eat ONE. SINGLE. PIECE. OF. FRUIT.) really likes it! I did make a couple of changes—I could still taste remnants of the sweet potato/coconut, so I added a few tablespoons of brewed coffee, and it seemed to help cover up the flavor a little more. I also used brown sugar (didn’t have any coconut sugar), and used regular coconut milk instead of lite. Lastly, I noticed that after freezing overnight, it tasted even better! The hubsters even approves 😉 Thanks for the neat idea! Reply
I am so happy to hear you loved this! Thanks so much for sharing those suggestions on some substitutions! Thanks for your comment! 🙂 Reply
I cannot believe the silky consistency and wonderful flavor of this ice cream!!! I’ve been searching for a healthy ice cream and have tried a few but they had too much fat, banana or coconut flavor. I stopped looking after I made this one. Thank you for sharing it! Reply
