Vegan and Organic Chocolate, Banana, Coconut Ice-Cream Popsicles

Easy to make healthier, organic and vegan versions of  the conventional ice-cream Paddle Pop these Vegan and Organic Chocolate, Banana, Coconut Ice-Cream Popsicles will make the kids super happy!

These home-made ice-cream recipes are completely dairy and soy free, so perfect for those who are lactose and soy intolerant and they are also great for kids, as you are giving them a 100% natural and organic ice-cream treat, rather than one full of refined sugar and artificial colours and flavours.

You don’t need a fancy ice-cream making machine,  just a simple jug or stick blender will suffice, this and of course some icy-pole molds.

Try out this delicious organic Banana, Coconut Cream Ice-Cream Recipe and my Organic Chocolate, Maple Ice-Cream Recipe.

The other positives to making your own home-made, vegan,  ice-cream is  that it is also much more humane and environmentally friendly than buying ice-cream confectionery products. There is no wasteful packaging and no over-milked, mistreated,  factory farmed, dairy cows involved.

You will need a blender or stick blender with a powerful motor, some “safe plastic” ice-cream molds, we found our polypropylene (pp or #no.5) plastic icy-pole molds at IKEA. If you are using a stick blender you will also need a tall stainless steel milkshake cup.

The night before you intend to make your ice-creams you will need to prepare your banana’s so they are frozen. The best way to do this is to peel them and break or cut them into 1 inch pieces and toss them into a polypropylene plastic Tupperware container and pop then into the freezer till they are frozen.

Banana Coconut Cream Ice-Cream Recipe

Ingredients – fills between 12 -15 IKEA ice-cream molds

3 Organic Frozen Banana’s
3/4 of a tin of Organic Light Coconut Cream – if you can find Coconut Cream that is tin free, then even better as no exposure to BPA
1 Tablespoon of Organic Maple Syrup or Organic Coconut Syrup  if you like it sweeter, but this is not necessary as if you use ripe banana’s the ice-cream mixture will be sweet enough.

Chocolate Maple Ice-Cream Recipe

Ingredients – fills between 12 -15 IKEA ice-cream molds

3 Organic Frozen Banana’s
3/4 of a tin of Organic Light Coconut Cream – if you can find Coconut Cream that is tin free, then even better as no exposure to BPA
3 Tablespoons of Organic Raw Cacao Powder – we use the one by Power Super Foods
3 Tablespoon of Organic Maple Syrup
1/8 of a cup of Organic Rice or Coconut  Milk

 Organic Banana, Cacao and Coconut Milk Ice-Creams – Less Creamy Version

Ingredients

2 frozen Frozen Banana in pieces

2 tablespoons of Raw Organic Cacao Powder ( we like Power Super Foods cacao)

1 cup of Organic Coconut Milk

Organic Strawberry, Banana and Coconut Milk Ice-Creams

Ingredients

1 frozen  Organic banana

1 cup of frozen Organic Strawberries

1 cup of Organic Coconut Milk

 Method for all recipes: 

If you are using a jug blender then it is super easy,  throw all ingredients into the jug and blend till smooth and creamy, pour into icy-pole  molds leaving a small amount of space at the top so it doesn’t overflow when you pop in the ice-cream stick with the lid attached.
If you are using a stick blender with a milkshake beaker then first add in your coconut cream, then add and blend a piece or two of frozen banana at a time, so as not to burn out the motor on your stick blender.

Once all mixed together taste mixture and if needed, add a little sweetness  by mixing in  1/2 to 1 tablespoon of Organic Maple Syrup or Coconut Syrup

For Chocolate Popsicles – now blend in the cacao powder, maple syrup and rice milk.

Pour into icy-pole molds  as above and freeze.

*Tip- it is good to taste the mixtures to make sure they are the right taste you want, especially when using pure Cacao Powder as it can be a little bitter.

*Tip- to get ice-creams out of icy-pole molds, run under hot water for a minute, but do not get the ice-cream part wet!

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Here are some more easy, vegan  healthy frozen treats;

Organic Frozen Dark Chocolate Covered Banana Popsicles

Healthy Sorbet With Organic Berries & Parsley

Organic Fresh Fruit Slurpee Recipe

Healthy Homemade Organic Fruit and Vegetable Icy Pole Recipes