Coconut Milk Ice Cream in the ice cream maker

This is a staple in our house. 3 out of the 5 of us are cow's milk intolerant and the store-bought non-dairy ice cream is pricey! This recipe makes about one whole gallon and it is creamy and delicious. It has a slight coconut taste, but it is not overpowering. I usually just make plain vanilla flavored, but once I did use a natural mint flavoring instead and added chocolate chips. Mint chocolate chip is my hubby's favorite, so he was very happy with this:)

Coconut Milk Ice Cream


Mix together 5 cups coconut milk (I use 3 cans), 2 cups other milk (I use original rice milk), 2 cups sugar & 2 tsp vanilla extract. Mix together and refrigerate overnight. Use this mixture and follow your ice cream maker's instructions. In mine, I pour the mixture into the well and then layer ice & rock salt around the outside. Plug it in and leave it until it stops about 45 minutes later. (my dad got me an ice cream maker for $10 on clearance at walmart one time - thanks dad!).

Variations: for chocolate chip, add in chips after mixing in ice cream maker. For mint, substitute approved mint flavoring for vanilla.

Note: I tried using all So Delicious coconut milk from the carton and it was too thin. The canned coconut milk is thicker and gives the ice cream a better consistency. It doesn't taste too much like coconut. You could also mix in frozen fruit or crushed oreo-like cookies at this point I guess, but I've never tried it.