Ice cream cones in February.
That’s what happens when you live in Texas and sometimes it’s 80 degrees.
Then the next day it’s 20.
Texas is weird.
Above, red velvet ice cream with Healthy Chocolate Syrup.
A rich and decadent treat (perfect for a heart-healthy Valentine’s Day dessert!) you can feel good about serving your kids, your sweetheart, or yourself. This healthy chocolate ice cream is high in Vitamins A, C, fiber, probiotics, and antioxidants, all while tasting like something from a fancy ice-cream shoppe straight out of the 1950s.
Red Velvet Ice Cream
- 1 1/4 cup frozen raspberries (200g)
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp milk of choice (or canned coconut milk) (90g)
- scant 1/8 tsp salt
- 3-4 ice cubes
- 2 tbsp Barleans Chocolate Silk (or regular dutch cocoa powder) (10g)
- nunaturals vanilla drops, or your favorite sweetener of choice, to taste
- optional: 2 oz melted chocolate (for a richer flavor)
- optional: chocolate chips stirred in after blending
If you have a high-speed blender, such as a Vita-Mix, simply blend all ingredients (using the tamper) until a smooth, ice-cream-like texture has been reached. If you don’t have a Vita-Mix, you might be able to achieve an ice-cream texture with a food processor, but I can’t vouch for it. Or blend in a regular blender and then transfer to an ice-cream maker. Optional: add a handful of chocolate chips, post-blending. I highly recommend using an ice-cream scoop to scoop out the ice cream from the machine. Makes 2-3 servings.
Question of the Day:
What kind of winter are you having?
Ours has been very mild this year, although we did get snow for Christmas. Right now it’s 60 degrees, which is pretty much my favorite weather–not too hot and not too cold. All you need is a light jacket. Sorry… having a Miss Congeniality moment there.
Link of the Day:
……………….Copycat Larabars
Katie says
Hi Katie, this is a random question but I hope you can help (or one of your followers). I know you posted something before about a particular brand of Stevia you like that doens’t have a weird aftertaste, but I can’t find it for the life of me! NuNaturals maybe? I’m not sure.
P.S. The first ad I saw on your page today was for McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets. I had to laugh. Know your audience, McDonald’s!
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
Yes, NuNaturals 🙂
Ugh, I guess that’s an Adsense ad. I have a clause written into my ad network contract for no meat, but it backfills with google Adsense when there’s no ad to run… and adsense just posts whatever it wants :-?.
Lisa says
I’m not a huge raspberry fan, but I bet this would be awesome with strawberries or blueberries!
Our Winter has been SO sad over here (no snow at all!). I love snow, so it’s made me a little sad, but oh well!
laura Miller says
It has been -22 degrees here, but we just went to CherryBerry and got some sormosbet anyways! Otherwise we had one snow storm that gave us 16 inches of snow, and we haven’t had much other than that. It has rained a couple times though, which makes the roads really scary.
Thanks for the recipe, I need to make it like, now.
laura Miller says
*some sorbet. I want to try sormosbet sometime. 😀
Tara says
I’m from Winnipeg. I have four feet snow drifts in my yard. It’s a balmy -13C right now, yesterday was -24C. We eat ice cream all year round, because our winters last about 5 months, so we’d have to wait a long time to enjoy it otherwise. Would this recipe work with a little more canned coconut, or even coconut coffee cream?
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
Yes, it will work beautifully with canned coconut or coconut creamer!
Abby @ The Frosted Vegan says
I always want ice cream (even in WI), this looks perfect!!
Lilia Cirrincione says
Raspberries as an ice cream base? That is genius! I don’t know how you come up with it Katie, but you have great ideas!
Manon Ciarlo says
Hello I love your web site
Do you Know how many calories have your homemade Larabar ?
Thank you
Claire Elizabeth says
Mmm! This looks SO YUMMY!!! Perfect for a warm and sunny day, like today! 🙂
Lindsey @ Dishing Up Hope says
This looks great! I am looking forward to trying out this healthy dessert. As a Floridian, winter weather is sparse- perfect for icecream cones!
Alan K. says
I personally wouldn’t call this “Red Velvet” its more Chocolate Infused Raspberry Ice Cream. From things I have done I would say the Red Velvet taste comes from a combination of Buttermilk, Vinegar, and a small amount of Choco Powder.
Alan K. says
It could also be topped with one of your many vegan creams/whipped cream. Such as the creams cheese sauce like for the cheesecake pancakes, or cinnamon boatmeal, or your simple coconut whipped cream.
Sierra says
Hi Katie! I love your recipes, I’ve tried quite a few ever since I started my gluten-free, low sugar diet and I had to modify all my baking, and they’ve made the transition so much easier and fun! 😀
I tried this out when I got home, and can I just say how absolutely fantastic it was? I used frozen strawberries because I didn’t have the raspberries, and maple syrup as a sweetener. I would definitely not skip out on that melted chocolate, by the way! This whole recipe was absolutely delicious, thank you so much. I plan on tripling it for a girls’ night on Friday!
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
Thank you so much for trying it 🙂
Dayna says
We’ve been having the same weird winters in Kansas City. It’ll be 9º one day and 60º the next! I can’t wait to try this… I crave ice cream often, so a healthy version is amazing!
Nikki says
LOVED this Katie! I just got a vitamix and had to make this. sooo good!! xx
Pam says
This sounds like a Yonana recipe. Katie have you ever tried the Yonana machine?
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
I haven’t, but I’ve seen them and they look fun. 🙂
Aja says
I need to make this ASAP! I need to stop looking at your blog while I don’t have a kitchen. JK, I could never stop.
Am says
Yes, this winter has been really mild!!
I am in TX, but farther south than Dallas. We turned on the A/C a couple days ago! :0
This ice cream sounds so great!
Lisa @bitesforbabies.com says
It’s freezing where I live yet strangely I’m craving a nice cold ice cream! 😉
Kitty Bea says
Looks delicious. I wonder if this would be just as good with frozen strawberries too (which we have abundance of in our freezer)?
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
Yes 🙂
Anonymous says
I did make it with strawberries, and I ended up adding a banana because since I only used a food processor I wanted a more creamy texture.
Thanks for the recipe–mine really did turn out just like red velvet coloring. 🙂
Hannah @ CleanEatingVeggieGirl says
This sounds amazing!! Those homemade Larabars have me seriously intrigued, too!
Kelly @ Foodie Fiasco says
I’d be more than happy to make this recipe, but only if I can eat the entire batch myself. 😉
amanda says
so yeahhhhh….ummm….made this the second i saw it! My only issue was the melted chocolate hardened into bits i had to chew (not really that big of an issue lol). SO good!! definitely a repeater 🙂
Bec says
So delish. Thanks katie 🙂
Melody says
This sounds so good!! The only problem is, I’m allergic to raspberries:( What could I use in replacement?
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
Strawberries, cherries, or even banana.
Ella says
These look incredible!! Hope I can follow the recipe…..
x Ella
Jeanne says
YOU ARE MY HERO! guilt free versions of my favorite desserts! I love you !
Pam says
Katie- or anyone reading this – what model of Vita-Mix do you use and why have you chosen this one? I’ve read about all the different varieties of food processors, but when I went to add the Vita-Mix to our wedding registry, there are many different kinds. This would be for home use as referenced in recipes by Katie and others, with the occasional large batch of hummus, pasta sauce, nut butters, etc… Thanks! Pam
IC says
Katie… do you think you can come up with the cherry dip recipe (used at Dairy Queen)? I’m obsessed. I read somewhere it’s cherry flavored white chocolate, so I’m assuming if you can somehow figure out a cherry flavor to add to coconut oil it should work…
Chocolate Covered Katie says
Maybe try pureeing cherries or using cherry juice? I can definitely put it on my list of things to try.
IC says
I think that would be too watery. I’m going to try to get dried cherries (or raspberries) from trader joe’s and make into a powder. Either that or cherry powder, or maybe cherry Hi-C and sweeten as needed.
Mariana says
I made this today and it was SO satisfying! Killed my ice cream/chocolate cravings perfectly! I adore your blog!
Dejia says
I love you for bringing this to me.will you be mom?