Easy, Vegan Coffee Flavored Ice Cream with Oreos
Give me coffee, I’m a happy girl. Give me ice cream, I’m an even happier girl. But give me coffee flavored ice cream and I’m probably going to binge eat and then pass out. Just being honest.
My all time favorite ice cream, of all time-did I say that already? Because it needs to be emphasized…my most favorite flavor combination ever, ever, ever has always been (and probably always will be) Jamoca Oreo by Baskin Robbins. Its the perfect creamy coffee flavored ice cream with large chunks of chocolate Oreo cookies throughout, it’s the best! Gah it’s so good!
I remember eating soooo much of it back in high school when I worked at Baskin Robbins, man I probably gained at least 7lbs alone from this flavor. I wanted it every single day. 15 years later and not much has changed. I still think about this flavor all the time and any time I come across something claiming to be similar (or worse the same) it never compares, EVER! Just disappointment after disappointment. When I got my ice cream maker for Christmas last year I knew immediately that I needed to try to recreate this tasty treat, but a bit healthier because your thirties are not forgiving, trust me ladies. I could sit here and lie, sounding very humble and say something like, “after a year of trial and error I finally got it right…etc”, but to be honest I hit it out of the park my very first try and every batch has only gotten better and better. #notconceitedjustconvinced (Which is also something I’ve been saying since middle school so maybe I can be a bit conceited at times, but this isn’t one) My first attempt at vegan ice cream was, in short, a success.
Keep reading for this simple, dare I say healthy, recipe:
Vegan Coconut Milk Coffee Ice Cream with Oreos
Vegan ice cream that cuts out all of the dairy without losing any of the creaminess.
Ingredients
- 2 14 oz Cans of Coconut Milk
- 1 cup brewed Coffee decaf can be used too
- 1/2 cup Coconut Sugar
- 1 Egg yolk optional, tempered
- pinch of Cinnamon
- 1 sleeve Oreos crushed in ziploc bag to smaller chunks
Instructions
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Combine two cans of coconut milk with one cup of brewed coffee and a half cup of sugar then bring to a slow simmer
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Once mixture begins to thicken add tempered egg yolk into mix along with a pinch of cinnamon and let simmer
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Remove from heat and let cool to room temperature and then store in the refrigerator for minimum 8 hours. The longer it cools, the thicker and creamier the ice cream.
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Once fully chilled prepare ice cream according to your maker's instructions.
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While the ice cream is blending in the machine take your Oreos and crush them into small bite size chunks. I remove half of the cream but you can leave it all or use different cookies altogether.
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10 minutes before completion slowly start feeding the Oreos into your ice cream mixture so that it can evenly blend into the ice cream.
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Once ice cream is to desired firmness remove from machine and store in an air tight container in the freezer. I line the bottom and sides of my container with Oreo halves for more crunch in my ice cream.
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Chef Tips:
- You can make this ice cream using cream if you’re not doing the whole non-dairy thing. I typically eat dairy myself but wanted to try a healthier alternative. You do get slight hints of the coconut flavor but nothing overwhelming, I actually like it.
- This is technically vegan ice cream because the egg is optional, however Oreo’s are not considered “vegan” because they have “milk as a cross-contact” according to their FAQ’s so feel free to use a vegan cookie of your preference to substitute if you want to keep it truly vegan.
- My grandma taught me growing up that if you added an extra egg to your cake mix it would be more moist and it kind of applies here too- add an additional egg yolk for more creaminess and take the egg out altogether to keep it vegan friendly but also less creamy.
- After freezing your ice cream it will be pretty hard so before you plan to eat it let it sit out on the counter for like 10 minutes or so to soften.
Have you ever made homemade ice cream? What flavor? Drop me a comment below if you have or if you plan to try mine!
Xx Sylvia
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