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cotton candy ice cream

Vegan Cotton Candy Ice Cream


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  • Author: Gina Fontana
  • Total Time: 24 hours 15 minutes
  • Yield: 4-6 1x

Description

Taking you back to your childhood, this healthier, no-churn Vegan Cotton Candy Ice Cream is perfect for summer! It's made with coconut cream and naturally sweetened with agave syrup. This recipe is also dye-free using pink pitaya powder and blue spirulina powder.


Ingredients

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  • 2 1/2 cups coconut cream (the solid part of a can of coconut milk)
  • 2 teaspoons pure almond extract (not imitation!)
  • 1/2 cup agave syrup
  • 3 tablespoons coconut oil
  • 2 tablespoons coconut milk powder (optional but recommended for creamier ice cream)
  • 1/4 teaspoon pink pitaya/beetroot powder (see my suggested products below)
  • 1/4 teaspoon blue spirulina powder (**NOTE: if you cannot find blue spirulina powder, you may also use blue butterfly pea flower powder)

Instructions

    In your blender, blend together all the ingredients, EXCEPT for the pitaya/beetroot powder and blue spirulina powder, until smooth.

    Divide the mixture into two separate bowls.

    Add ¼ teaspoon of pitaya/beetroot powder to one bowl and whisk until it's fully combined (should turn the mixture pink). Then add ¼ teaspoon of blue spirulina powder to the other bowl and whisk until it's fully combined (should turn the mixture blue).

    Spoon/pour each mixture into an ice cube tray or silicone mini cupcake mold and freeze overnight.

    The next day, prepare a parchment-lined loaf pan.

    Blend all the pink cubes until smooth and creamy, spoon into a bowl and keep it in the freezer while you blend the blue cubes.

    Blend the blue cubes.

    Dollop spoonfuls of the blue ice cream into the loaf pan, all in different areas about a heaping tablespoon at a time. Then repeat using the pink ice cream, making sure the two colors are touching.

    With a butter knife (or spoon) swirl the two colors together, but be sure not to do it too much or the ice cream will turn a purplish color. You want them to just be swirled together.

    Put the loaf pan into the freezer until it's frozen, about an hour. Scoop into bowls and enjoy!

  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Additional Time: 24 hours
  • Cook Time: 0 hours
  • Category: Dessert
  • Cuisine: American