Summer desserts should always be about little effort in the kitchen and no cooking required! This is one of those recipes that makes mom look like a star and provides the family with an easy treat any time of day!

I can’t get enough of fresh raspberries and blackberries in the summer! I eat them daily topped with a little sugar-free dairy free whipped cream!

Mixing the two together makes for the ultimate berry flavored popsicle and adding Berry Flavored Stevia makes it even better!

My kids love berries in smoothies but aren’t keen on the seeds. I made these popsicles but needed to strain the seeds first or I knew they wouldn’t enjoy them. You can certainly skip that step in the recipe if the seeds don’t bother you at all.

Craving more popsicles? How about Caramel Macchiato Popsicles or my easy 3 Ingredient Strawberry Popsicles which are also dairy free!

I use this mold I love for all my popsicle recipes!

You’ll find this recipe over on the Sweetleaf Website where I contribute monthly.

RECIPE–> PALEO MIXED BERRY COCONUT CREAM POPSICLES

Disclaimer: Sweetleaf Stevia has sponsored this recipe and post. All opinions are 100% my own and always will be. Thank you for supporting the brands that keep this website running! 

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Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don’t. Have you ever heard that song from the commercial for Almond joy and Mounds candy bars? For some odd reason that songs been in my head for a long time and I have no idea why as I never eat those candy bars anymore. Since last summer when I made my Crustless Coconut Custard pie I knew I wanted to create a chocolate version of it. I was mentioning it to my friend Laurie and said I had no idea what to call it. She exclaimed, It’s a Mounds Pie!! So I guess since then that song has been ringing through my head. Thanks Laurie!

When I was asked to create a new recipe for Silk with their Coconut milk, I knew the pie idea HAD to be made! Even if you’re not really a fan of coconut I can guarantee you will enjoy this pie. It’s perfect for the summer as it’s not too heavy in texture.

Not only was I asked to create a new recipe using Silk Coconut Milk, but I was also invited to have a “Secret Ingredient” party with family or friends to see if they could guess the star of the show in all my recipes shared.

I went crazy with excitement thinking of the the dessert recipes I already have using coconut milk that would compliment this new pie recipe quite perfectly!

This was the spread when I had my family over to guess the secret ingredient of all these desserts.

From left to right clockwise is another one of my newer recipes that compliments this secret ingredient so nicely, No Bake Lemon Coconut Truffles. Then so everyone could try a little, I doubled the recipe for my Dairy & Sugar Free Chocolate Milkshakes. The new pie recipe is below and to the right is my Crock Pot Dairy & Sugar Free Fudge.

All the recipes except the lemon truffles are dairy free.

My brother and sister in law trying the milkshakes!

They guessed the secret ingredient as soon as they all tried the pie!!

Piece of fudge anyone? It’s dairy & sugar free!

Right now Silk is offering some fabulous coupons for you to try their coconut milk if you never have before and maybe I’ve even encouraged you to try some new recipes of mine you’ve been wanting to try as well. Just head to https://www.silk.com/coconutmilk for the coupons.

If you’re on Pinterest you will love their Pinterest board devoted https://www.pinterest.com/lovemysilk/coconut-recipes/ to all Silk products with drool worthy pictures of incredible recipes!

Brenda’s Recipe Notes:

• You could substitute the coconut stevia for chocolate stevia or clear liquid.
• You could also substitute the coconut flour for almond flour or any other flour of choice.
• If you don’t have liquid stevia you can use packets or pure extract.
• The nutrition info is without chocolate shavings on top.
• The higher fat content is due to the coconut cream topping which you could replace or eliminate to reduce fat.
• The grams of sugar is coming from natural sugar in the coconut milk. There is no added sugars within this recipe.
• This is low in carbs and safe for a diabetic.

Sugar-Free & Dairy Free Chocolate Coconut Mounds Pie
Author: Brenda Bennett | Sugar-Free Mom
Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 40 mins
Total time: 50 mins
Serves: 8
Ingredients
• 2 cups unsweetened coconut milk
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1-1/2 teaspoon [url href=”https://www.iherb.com/p/44829?rcode=yaj035″ target=”_blank”]coconut stevia[/url]
• 2 cups unsweetened shredded coconut
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/4 cup coconut flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• Coconut Cream Topping
• 1 can (15 ounce) coconut milk (opened, overnight in fridge)
• Optional: 2 ounces Lily’s sugar-free coconut chocolate bar
Instructions
1. In a stand mixer with a whisk attachment blend the first 4 ingredients together.
2. Change to the paddle attachment and add the rest of the ingredients on low speed.
3. Pour mixture into a pie plate and bake for 40 minutes.
4. Allow to cool before adding coconut cream topping.
5. Keep refrigerated.
Serving size: 1 Calories: 242 Fat: 21.5g Saturated fat: 17.6g Carbohydrates: 12g Sugar: 3.2g Sodium: 97mg Fiber: 4.3g Protein: 5.6g Cholesterol: 60mg
Notes
Weight Watchers PointsPlus:7*
3.2.2499

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Silk. The opinions and text are all mine.

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Soft, creamy, naturally sweetened whipped cream with added strawberries to boot!

No sugar, dairy free and luscious? Oh yes.mighty.luscious.

How could you not want to try this over and over and over again? I’ve been making it OFTEN……….for my kids of course.

This is the basic recipe for the chocoloate mousse, but I excluded the cocoa and added chopped strawberries. Oh the joy! I added some chocolate chips as a special treat for my 3 kiddies and they just loved it and I know you will too!

Nutrition Info

Servings: 4* Calories: 117* Fat: 12g* Fiber: 0g* Carbs: 3g* Protein: 1g* Points+:1

Strawberry Dairy Free Whipped Cream

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Ingredients

• 1 can coconut milk
• 1/4 tsp. stevia, liquid
• 1/2 c. strawberries, chopped

Directions

1.  Open the can of coconut milk and leave it in the refrigerator overnight and uncovered. DO NOT SHAKE THE CAN before opening.
2. Spoon out only the cream and leave the water at the bottom of the can, it should be about a cup. You can save the water for a smoothie!
3. Add the coconut “cream”, strawberries, and stevia to the bowl of a stand mixer and whip on setting 2 for about 5 minutes, scrap the sides of the bowl to make sure its all incorporated.
4. That’s it! Store uncovered in the fridge and it will continue to thicken!

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When you hear sugar-free what comes to mind? Do you think its probably made with artificial sweeteners?

I think if you are reading this blog for the first time you may have thought so, but those who have been following my posts know very well those fake sweeteners will never be a part of my recipes, EVER.

If you’ve made the transition from white refined sugar to artificial sweeteners then I commend you. I did the same thing years ago and thought I was doing my body good. The fake stuff wreaked havoc on my body and it has taken me a long time for the withdrawals and cravings to be virtually eliminated from my life. You can read more about my journey or about why I don’t use Splenda anymore.

Sweetleaf Stevia is my favorite sugar-free sweetener of choice. I am having a lot of fun experimenting with amounts in recipes and my family is enjoying everything! Sharing what has worked for me and then sharing it with all of you is why this blog exists!

I hope you will enjoy this luscious recipe!!

I recently came across a recipe from Chocolate Covered-Katie ( a fabulous healthy dessert blog) that was for a vegan cool whip. She doesn’t prefer to add stevia to the vegan cool whip, but I knew I needed some sweetness.

Unfortunately with my first attempt, I overdosed on it making it way to sweet for even my kiddies to enjoy! Experimenting is so much fun though! In the end the texture was not quite what I was hoping for although tasty and creamy, not as airy and light in texture for me to describe it as cool whip.

I then tossed around the idea that this dessert could be a dairy free pudding for myself as I am lactose intolerant. Then I realized that coconut milk is high in fat. So having a half cup like I would if it were a low calorie pudding wouldn’t actually be low- cal anymore.

Using my stand mixer made the texture actually more mouse like than a pudding anyway and I love it! If you don’t have a mixer, you can whip it up by hand but it won’t be as mousse like, more smooth like a plain yogurt. Here is a picture of it when I didn’t use the stand mixer and didn’t add any cocoa, still awesome on top of black cherry Greek yogurt!

If you are thinking you may be able to reduce the calories, fat etc by using light coconut milk, I wouldn’t recommend it.  Regular coconut milk is what gives it such a creamy, mousse like texture and replacing it would not produce the same thing.

So that is how it ended up being called a topping! Because that is how I will be using it, as a topping over some delicious yogurt, fruit or even on top of muffins! You can have a nice 1/4 cup and feel like you are sinfully cheating on a completely decadent dessert, but in reality you are not. This will not sabotage your weight loss plans when you stick to the servings and don’t overindulge! I am warning you though, you may want to devour the whole thing! My advice would be to share it so you can’t gobble it up for yourself!

*Another side note here, DO not try freezing this! I did, and its terrible and doesn’t defrost well at all.

*Cool Coconut Facts:

• Its highest vitamin source is folate 20.8mcg
• Its rich in manganese, iron, vitamin C and heart healthy omega 6 fatty acids

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Sugar Free Dairy Free Chocolate Mousse Topping

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Servings 4 @ 1/4 cup

Calories 142kcal

Author Brenda Bennett/Sugar Free Mom

Ingredients

• 8 ounces canned Coconut Milk ( 13.5 ounce can will yield 1 cup)
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon chocolate liquid stevia or chocolate monk fruit

Instructions

• Open the can of coconut milk and leave it in the refrigerator overnight and uncovered. DO NOT SHAKE THE CAN before opening.
• Spoon out only the cream and leave the water at the bottom of the can, it should be about a cup. You can save the water for a smoothie!
• Add the coconut "cream", cocoa, and stevia to the bowl of a stand mixer and whip on setting 2 for about a minute, scrap the sides of the bowl to make sure its all incorporated.
• Store uncovered in the fridge and it will continue to thicken! 

Nutrition

Serving: 1@ 1/4 cup | Calories: 142kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 9mg | Potassium: 149mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 1mg

Directions

1.  Open the can of coconut milk and leave it in the refrigerator overnight and uncovered. DO NOT SHAKE THE CAN before opening.
2. Spoon out only the cream and leave the water at the bottom of the can, it should be about a cup. You can save the water for a smoothie!
3. Add the coconut “cream”, cocoa, and stevia to the bowl of a stand mixer and whip on setting 2 for about a minute, scrap the sides of the bowl to make sure its all incorporated.
4. That’s it! Store uncovered in the fridge and it will continue to thicken! 

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