Description
Healthy mint chocolate ice cream bars with a creamy avocado ice cream filling and dark chocolate shell. Paleo, vegan and keto friendly!
Ingredients
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Avocado Ice Cream
- 2 large, unripe avocados*
- 1/4 - 1/3 cup maple syrup**
- 2 Tbsp avocado oil
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 tsp peppermint flavoring***
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 Tbsp tapioca starch (omit for keto)
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips, chopped
Chocolate Coating
- 1 1/2 cups dark chocolate chips
- 1 Tbsp coconut oil
Instructions
- Remove the pit and skin from the avocados and cut them into cubes. Add them to your blender, along with the remaining ice cream ingredients, except the dark chocolate chips.
- Blend, starting at a low speed and slowly increasing the speed, until the mixture is smooth and creamy.
- Add in the chopped chocolate and blend until just combined.
- Scoop the avocado ice cream into the popsicle molds. The number of ice cream bars will vary depending on the size of your molds...I made about 13 ice cream bars.
- Add the popsicle sticks and set the molds on a flat surface such as a large baking sheet.
- Place the ice cream bars in your freezer and freeze overnight, or for a minimum of 5 hours.
- Once the ice cream bars are fully frozen, make the chocolate coating. Melt the dark chocolate and coconut oil. Then pour it into a cup just big enough to fit an ice cream bar.
- Grab the ice cream bars from the freezer and remove them from their molds.
- Line a baking sheet with a sheet of parchment paper. One at a time, dip the bars into the melted chocolate. Then, place them on the lined baking sheet to set.
- Drizzle any remaining chocolate over the bars. You can also decorate them with fresh mint leaves (as I did in some of the photos).
- Eat immediately or place in the freezer to keep chilled.
Notes
*I recommend unripe for flavor purposes. Ripe avocados will give the ice cream more of an avocado-like flavor.
**Adjust the maple syrup to taste. Anywhere from 1/4 to 1/3 cup will work well. For keto, use a liquid sugar-free sweetener.
***If substituting the peppermint flavoring with peppermint extract you will need to adjust the quantity. Start with a small amount and add more to taste.