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Dairy-Free Pumpkin Ice Cream
Gluten-free, Paleo, and Dairy-Free Pumpkin Ice Cream is your new favorite, healthy fall recipe. It is simple to make with only 5 ingredients and the coconut cream makes it super creamy and delicious.
Making ice cream is one of my favorite things to do any time of the year but this pumpkin recipe may just be my favorite. It is so simple to make, quick from start to finish, easy enough for my young son to help and makes very few dirty dishes.
A couple of notes about this recipe. It is important to use coconut cream in this recipe and not just coconut milk. If you use coconut milk, you will have an icy mess and not creamy ice cream like you want! I like to have fun with the type of vanilla I use. In the most recent batch of this ice cream that I made, I used bourbon vanilla and it was delicious! Also, don’t add the vanilla when heating the coconut milk, you want to wait until it is cooled to add it. The little bit of alcohol that is in vanilla helps keep the ice cream softer in the freezer so that it isn’t so hard to scoop out.
My husband is addicted to this ice cream! He is hardly finished with dinner before he is scooping himself some of this pumpkin ice cream. He also loves sprinkling cocoa nibs on top for extra deliciousness.
You can also serve over a warm Gluten-Free Pumpkin Cookie and be in double dessert heaven with this pumpkin match-up.
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Serve this dairy-free pumpkin ice cream with a gluten-free pumpkin cookie for an extra treat with your treat. I’ll take double the pumpkin spice any day! – Alane
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Pumpkin Ice Cream
Equipment
Ingredients
- Coconut cream
- 1½ tbsp pumpkin spice blend
- ⅓ cup honey or maple syrup
- 1 cup pumpkin
- 1½ tsp pure vanilla extract
- Cocoa nibs (optional)
Instructions
- Stir all ingredients except maple syrup and vanilla until fully blended.
- Heat in a saucepan on the stove on medium heat until it reaches a boil. Stir occasionally to keep from burning. Stir in maple syrup and continue stirring until fully combined.
- Let cool to room temperature. You can place in the refrigerator or freezer to cool the mixture faster but do not allow it to freeze.
- Add vanilla and stir to mix evenly.
- Pour into ice cream maker.
- Once the ice cream is finished being made, remove from the ice cream maker and put it in a freezer-safe container.
- Add more pumpkin spice blend if you want a stronger flavor and add cocoa nibs (optional).
- Sprinkle cocoa nibs on top for extra fun (optional).
Notes
- Add other toppings when serving like fresh raspberries or homemade chocolate sauce!
- Don't add the vanilla when heating the coconut milk, you want to wait until it is cooled to add it. The little bit of alcohol that is in vanilla helps keep the ice cream softer in the freezer so that it isn't so hard to scoop out.
- It is important to use coconut cream in this recipe and not just coconut milk.
- If you are not using pure vanilla extract, omit if you are following a paleo lifestyle.
Nutrition
Pumpkin Spice Blend
Equipment
Ingredients
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients together.
- Store in an airtight container.
Nutrition
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This pumpkin ice cream recipe is a bomb! It has impressed my entire family including my husband who doesn’t like ice cream. You can actually taste the autumn flavors, like you don’t want to stop . The flavor is spot-on!
I love hearing stories like this, thank you so much for sharing Christina. I’m so happy that you found a recipe here that your family can enjoy!