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Vegan Chocolate Dipped Coconut Avocado Ice Cream Bars

Shanna
Rich and creamy vegan avocado ice cream bars dipped in dark chocolate. Decadent and delicious.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Additional Time 12 hours
Total Time 12 hours 30 minutes
Servings 12 Ice Cream Bars

Ingredients
  

For the avocado ice cream:

  • 1 ½ cups ripe avocado from 1 large Macarthur avocado or 2-3 Haas avocados (345g)
  • 1 can of Nature’s Charm coconut whipping cream 400 ml
  • 1 can of Nature’s Charm sweetened coconut condensed milk 320g
  • 3 Tablespoons fresh lime juice - from 1-2 limes
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ teaspoon diamond Kosher salt

For the tempered chocolate:

  • 350 grams chopped 70% dark chocolate
  • 70 grams coconut oil

Instructions
 

Make the ice cream base:

  • Cut the avocados in half, remove the pits and scoop out into a measuring cup mashing until you get one and a half cups. You can also weight out the avocado in a bowl set on a food scale. 
  • Add all the ingredients to a blender and blend until very smooth. Transfer to a container with a lid and chill for at least an hour. 
  • To make the bars, set out your popsicle or ice cream bar molds and fill. Mine hold ⅓ cup of ice cream base each. 
  • Freeze in the molds until completely frozen 4-6 hours. 
  • Unmold the ice cream bars and set on a baking sheet lined with wax paper. Keep in the freezer until ready to dip in chocolate. 

Make the tempered chocolate - 

  • Heat a pan of simmering water over a stove top burner, set a bowl over it making sure its not touching the water. Add the chopped chocolate and coconut oil and stir until melted while checking the temperature with a candy thermometer. Once the chocolate reaches 115 Deg F remove from the heat, stirring until the chocolate is fully melted. Cool to 85 Deg F. Bring the pan of water back to a simmer then heat the chocolate to 91 Deg F.
  • Transfer the tempered chocolate to a large cup or deep jar and quickly dip the ice cream bars one at a time. Placing back on the wax paper lined baking sheet after each is dipped then place back in the freezer to freeze the chocolate and refreeze the bars if they start to melt while out of the freezer.  You will have leftover chocolate, keep in an airtight container or jar with a lid and reuse for drizzling over ice cream at a later date. 
  • Once they are all dipped and frozen they are ready to eat!
  • You can wrap each bar in wax paper and keep in an airtight container or resealable freezer bag. These keep well up to three months.

Notes

If it’s your first time making this recipe then make sure you read all of the information in the main post as it includes lots of additional tips, as well as the answers to some common questions.
If you have any further questions then do let me know in the comments and or email me [email protected] and I’ll do my best to help.
If you choose to make substitutions to the recipe that I have not tested yet please do so at your own risk, if they are successful I would love to hear about it and will add to my recipe notes for other readers to try as well.