Most dairy free ice cream I’ve found uses canned coconut milk. That’s a big problem for me. With my nickel allergy, canned foods are a no-no in my diet. Add to that no dairy, eggs, or beef for SG, and well, I’ve never attempted homemade ice cream, fudgesicles or anything with canned coconut milk.
So, I usually skip over dairy free recipes using canned coconut milk… and then I found SO Delicious Culinary Coconut Milk in a BOX!
Hip, hip, hooray!!!
Hip, hip, hooray!!!
Hip, hip, hooray!!!
Okay- can you tell I’m excited? And doesn’t this look divine?
Doesn’t this seem like a good recipe to share in the summer?
We live in Iowa, it’s the dead of winter and it’s been anywhere from highs of -3 to the 30’s. Yes, it’s COLD! If we’re snowed in and cooped up, why not enjoy tasty treats? That’s my philosophy, anyway. 🙂
Here’s how I made dairy free fudgesicles/chocolate push up pops. You can call them either. Since I used push up pop molds, I’m going with the push up pops name.
Dairy Free Chocolate Push Up Pops:
(adapted slightly from this recipe at The Creekside Cook)
Ingredients:
- 1 box of SO Delicious Culinary Coconut Milk Lite
- 1/3 cup cocoa
- 4 tablespoons of honey
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla
- pinch of sea salt
Directions:
- Put all ingredients in a blender. Blend until well mixed. Taste. If not sweet enough, add more honey. The original recipe uses 2 tablespoons of honey. I started with that and ended up adding LOTS more honey. I *think* I used at least 4 tablespoons of honey, if not more. The original recipe also suggests using maple syrup or honey. I think next time I’ll try the maple, just for fun.
- Pour into popsicle molds and freeze until solid. (I used these pushup pop molds because they work well for SG)
This recipe yielded 4 push up pops plus a little extra that ended up in my other not so reliable popsicle molds.
Delicious Homemade Fudgesicle. Definitely use a bib with this for little ones!
The coconut milk box costs me $2.39. The rest I don’t really factor in because I always keep them in my pantry. $2.39 for 5 homemade popsicles is a lot cheaper than the “safe” store bought counterparts! That’s 48 cents per push up pop!
Y’all know our food allergy brands are expensive enough- so it’s nice when I can save some money.
And isn’t homemade always better?
I hope y’all enjoy these as much as SG did! I only licked the spoon because I didn’t want to take away from her treats. I think it’s time to buy more push up pop molds and make a big ole batch of these babies!
Blessed Little Family 