This easy Keto Chocolate Ice Cream might look typical, but is anything but, made with no added sugar, dairy free and with only 4 ingredients! No eggs needed for the creamiest ice cream you'll ever have! Just 4 net carbs per serving!
Keto Ice Cream Recipe
Creamy dreamy chocolate ice cream....nothing like it! Maybe you're more of a vanilla lover, but most can't resist chocolate flavored ice cream with a creamy texture.
Making a dairy free and sugar free healthy ice cream recipe has been on my mind ever since I brought you my Single Serve Low Carb Vanilla Ice Cream. I fully intended to work on adapting that very recipe as well, but this one just happened first!
This low carb chocolate ice cream recipe does require the use of an ice cream maker but is is truly as simple recipe with less than 5 ingredients!
Using canned coconut cream or milk, produces the creamiest homemade ice cream and surprisingly all you still taste is chocolate flavor and nothing else!
The reason I chose to try this you ask? I had an impulse buy of ice cream one day at Whole Foods and purchased coconut milk ice cream.
Unfortunately it tasted so good I ate more than the ¼ cup serving and with the sugar substitute used in it, I had quite the stomachache for hours and had some intense sugar cravings because of the artificial sweeteners used. Sweeteners like Maltitol, Sorbitol, Sucralose, and aspartame are known to spike blood sugar levels in many studies which cause more cravings.
I knew making it at home would be the best choice as I could use my low carb sweetener to sweeten it without side effects.
Keto-Friendly Ice Cream
This is a low-carb ice cream with fiber and protein in it as well.
You may now be looking at the higher fat content in this ice cream and your desire to make this will come to a screeching halt! Healthy fat like coconut milk should not be feared. Fat is satiating and this is still a healthy chocolate ice cream for special occasions.
You must remember the point of this type of ice cream, it's dairy free for those with lactose issues.
If you want to reduce the fat content and still keep it dairy free you could sub half of the coconut milk with unsweetened almond milk or even heavy cream if dairy isn't an issue for your. Still delicious in my mind anyway and still low carb and a creamy keto sugar-free ice cream recipe.
If you're looking for a no churn ice cream, I've got a few: No Churn Vanilla Ice Cream, No Churn Strawberry Frozen Yogurt.
Ice Cream Base Ingredients
Canned coconut milk - 13.5 ounce
Chocolate stevia or see other sweeteners below
My Keto Simple Syrup- I used the coffee flavored simple syrup which enhances the chocolate flavor, but you could just use Allulose which is a liquid sweetener which keeps ice cream smooth and soft from the freezer.
If you can't get your hands on Allulose in liquid form, you can also use MCT oil to create a smooth creamy texture that won't form ice crystals.
Optional Ingredients
Pinch Sea Salt
How to Make Sugar-Free Chocolate Ice Cream
Mix ingredients in blender. Taste and adjust sweetener before pouring in your ice cream machine.
Carefully pour mixture into an ice cream machine and follow manufacturer's instructions.
Serve immediately or see storage info above.
Low Carb Sweetener Options
If you don't have chocolate liquid stevia you can just use plain or even vanilla. I tried just ½ teaspoon and let my children share with me but we all thought it was not sweet enough.
If you don't have any liquid stevia you can use packets of stevia. I would suggest 3.
You could also try Chocolate liquid Monk Fruit or use my Sweetener Guide & Conversion Chart for other options.
If you don't want to make my Coffee Simple Syrup, use liquid Allulose.
I do not recommend using erythritol because it tends to crystalize the ice cream and after freezing is very rock solid and hard.
Original Recipe UPDATE 5/20/14:
I doubled this recipe for guests using the following amounts, I used 4 cups of fresh not canned (either is fine) coconut milk, ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder, ¼ teaspoon salt. 2 teaspoons chocolate stevia.
Storage
Store just like you would with regular ice cream in a freezer-safe container for up to two months. Allow to come to room temperature for about 30 minutes.
Nutritional information below does not include any optional ingredient on top.
More Low Carb Ice Cream Recipes
Keto Chocolate Ice Cream Recipe
Chocolate Ice Cream {Dairy Free & Low Carb}
Ingredients
- 1 coconut milk canned, 13.5 ounce
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon chocolate liquid stevia
- 3 tablespoon my Coffee Simple Syrup or see notes above
- pinch salt optional
Instructions
- Mix ingredients in blender. Taste and adjust sweetener before pouring in your ice cream machine.
- Carefully pour mixture into an ice cream machine and follow manufacturer's instructions.
- Serve immediately or see storage info above.
Judy M
I can’t thank you enough for this recipe!!! I must be dairy free. I can’t have Erythritol or Allulose either. Or I get sick.
This was really good. Hubby thought it was good, but not as great as the creamier store ones. I haven’t had ice cream in probably 2 years! I can’t buy this type of recipe in stores. . Just got an ice cream maker as a gift. Very excited.
It wasn’t as creamy as I had hoped. More like a frosty. I’m new to making ice cream. Did I do something wrong? And half the ice cream stuck to the bottom and sides.
It churned 20 minutes. Is that too long? Should I have chilled the canned coconut milk first?
Any tips would be appreciated!!! Thank you.
April
I think the problem is the ice cream maker. I have one that you freeze the container and I feel that it immediately freezes the ice cream mixture to the sides and bottom so it doesn't churn. Try leaving it out of the freezer a little while before churning so it doesn't freeze so quickly. Chilling the coconut milk might also help.