10 Decadent Dairy-Free Chocolate Ice Cream Recipes

These chocolate ice cream recipes are so decadent and delicious that they might just become your new favorite dessert. You could go for a classic route with a simple, yet creamy vegan chocolate ice cream; you could go a bit healthier with banana or avocado as the base; you could also get creative and add a bunch of different toppings from fruits to nuts! There’s sure to be a vegan chocolate ice cream on this list that you will love!

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1. Raw Fudgy Chocolate Ice Cream

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This delicious Raw Fudgy Chocolate Ice Cream by Amanda Froelich will melt in your mouth!

2. Raw Raspberry and Chocolate Ice Cream

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Ice cream pints tend to be those last-minute, indulgent purchases made when browsing the aisles of 711 for a little too long. While this is admittedly an easy solution to your ice cream craving, there’s nothing quite as satisfying as enjoying a bowl of ice cream you made yourself! The recipe for this Raw Raspberry and Chocolate Ice Cream by Clémence Moulaert is so easy and quick that we guarantee you’ll think twice about buying ice cream when you can just make it! This ice cream is raw, tart, sweet, and creamy, so buy some ice cream cones and scoop yourself some deliciousness!

3. Chocolate Ice Cream With Almonds, Cacao Nibs, and Black Sea Salt

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This Chocolate Ice Cream With Almonds, Cacao Nibs, and Black Sea Salt by Julia Winnicki is decadent, sophisticated, and insanely delicious; and yet it is vegan, gluten-free, and refined sugar-free.

4. 3-Ingredient Chocolate Hazelnut Ice Cream

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This rich, 3-Ingredient Chocolate Hazelnut Ice Cream by Jodi Burke is so easy to make! It’s made from bananas with no sugar added, making it the perfect pre-workout snack … but you can eat it anytime, even for breakfast. Sprinkle on some raw cacao nibs for crunch and a dollop of coconut or cashew whipped cream to turn it into a raw ice cream sundae!

5. Mocha Nice Cream

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For a sweet and refreshing plant-based treat, simply combine espresso powder, cacao, and frozen bananas. Blend and enjoy this delicious Mocha Nice Cream by Natalie Martin MS, RD and Lexie Staten MS, RD!

6. Mocha Brownie Ice Cream

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Creamy and rich, this vegan Mocha Brownie Ice Cream by Kat Condon is dairy-free, gluten-free, paleo, refined sugar-free, and best of all, requires no ice cream maker!

7. Salted Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream

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Salted Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream by Caroline Doucet. A rich and creamy vegan ice cream that’s made with coconut milk, cocoa powder, dates, salted peanut butter, and vanilla. Only 5 ingredients and minimal work were involved. This ice cream is very rich, so a little goes a long way!

8. Chocolate Avocado Ice Cream

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Chocolate ice cream made creamy with avocados! You have to try Lenia Patsi‘s Chocolate Avocado Ice Cream!

9. Chocolate and Strawberry Vegan Magnum Ice Creams

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These vegan Chocolate and Strawberry Vegan Magnum Ice Creams by Stefani Weiss are super chocolaty, creamy, naturally sweetened, healthy, tummy-friendly and so delicious!

10. Chocolate Cold Brew Ice Cream

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Vegan Chocolate Cold Brew Ice Cream by Angelina Papanikolaou. That’s what we are doing today. It’s decadent and rich and chocolatey and sweet and creamy and oh so delicious.

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Reducing your meat intake and eating more plant-based foods is known to help with chronic inflammation, heart health, mental wellbeing, fitness goals, nutritional needs, allergies, gut health, and more! Dairy consumption also has been linked to many health problems, including acne, hormonal imbalance, cancer, and prostate cancer, and has many side effects.

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