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Healthy Cherry and Cacao Ice Cream

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Today we're treating ourselves to something refreshing with this Healthy Cherry and Cacao Ice Cream, a homemade recipe made with coconut milk and cherries. We love the contrast between its creamy texture, the rich cacao coating, and the crunchy crunch of cacao nibs. Let's fill up our molds and let the freezer do the rest!

Prep: 15 minCook: 1 minServes: 4

Ingredients

Here are the ingredients you need for this recipe

  • 120ml light coconut milk
  • 10 cherries
  • 100% pure chocolate bar
  • Pure cacao nibs
  • Sweetener (optional)

Kitchen tools

  • Popsicle molds

Step by step

Method

  1. 1Wash, pit, and chop the cherries.
  2. 2Then blend or mix the coconut milk thoroughly with the cherries.
  3. 3Pour the mixture into the molds.
  4. 4Freeze for at least 3 to 4 hours.
  5. 5Once set, unmold the ice creams.
  6. 6Melt the pure chocolate bar in the microwave for about one minute.
  7. 7Dip the tips of the ice cream bars into the melted chocolate and then immediately into the cacao nibs.
  8. 8All done! Our Healthy Cherry and Cacao Ice Cream is ready to enjoy.

Extra notes

  1. 1You can use pure stevia as your sweetener.
  2. 2Quantities may vary depending on the mold you use; my molds are mini Magnum size, so if you use larger molds, simply double the ingredients.
  3. 3It turns out super creamy thanks to the coconut milk; take them out of the freezer about 5 minutes before eating.

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