Vegan Chocolate Brownie Ice Cream

This vegan brownie ice cream recipe is perfect for any chocolate lover. In under an hour and with only 7 ingredients, you can turn dessert into a fun Halloween celebration with your friends and family. And if you’re not a closet goth who gets excited about bats year round (like me), just omit the bat wings and enjoy dairy-free brownie ice cream anytime. This ice cream would also go great in an ice cream pie or ice cream cake.

This recipe makes 1 quart of vegan chocolate brownie ice cream.

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• Ice Cream Recipe
• Chocolate Bat Wings
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Ingredient Substitutions
• Contact Me with Questions
• Similar Recipes

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Ingredients for Vegan Chocolate Ice Cream Recipe

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• 2 cans of full-fat coconut milk
• 2 tablespoons arrowroot powder
• ¾ cup organic or raw sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ¾ cup cocoa powder
• vegan brownies
• ½ cup vegan chocolate chips

Vegan Chocolate Ice Cream Directions

Open 2 cans of organic full-fat coconut milk.

Pour ¼ of one can into a small bowl and pour the rest of the can into a medium sized saucepan or pot and turn heat to medium.

Whisk the 2 tablespoons of arrowroot powder into the ¼ can of coconut milk. Set aside.

Add the ¾ cup sugar, the contents of the other can of coconut milk, and ¾ cup cocoa powder to the saucepan.

Whisk all the ingredients in the saucepan until they start to boil. This can take 10-30 minutes, depending on your stove.

Remove the saucepan from the heat the second it boils.

Whisk in the arrowroot powder mixture.

Whisk in the teaspoon of vanilla extract.

Transfer it to a heat-resistant glass or metal bowl, cover it, and set it aside to cool to room temperature.

Chill in the refrigerator for 4 hours or overnight. It should thicken to a pudding consistency.

Add the chilled chocolate ice cream pudding mixture to an ice cream maker that has been freezing for 24 hours.

Churn the chocolate ice cream using any ice cream maker you have. If you don’t have one, see the FAQ section.

Add chunks of vegan brownies while it’s churning or after it finishes. You can add any amount you like.

Transfer the ice cream to 2 pint sized containers with lids.

Freeze the ice cream for 4 hours (and up to a month) while you make your bat wings.

Vegan Chocolate Bat Wings Directions

Melt ½ cup vegan chocolate chips either in a double boiler or in a microwave. If you use a microwave, set it for 30 seconds, stir, do another 30 seconds, and stir until smooth. You may even need a third round of 30 seconds depending on the wattage of your microwave.

Transfer melted vegan chocolate chips into a disposable piping bag with a small round tip. Or just use a ziplock baggie with the tiniest tip cut off.

Draw (or trace) 8 bat wings (4 pairs) onto a baking tray or cutting board lined with parchment paper. I’m not good at drawing, so I printed a picture of a bat and slid it under my parchment paper so I could trace the wings instead.

Freeze the tray of wings when you’re done with all 4 sets. When you put the wings in the freezer, you can also toss a pair of small tongs or tweezers into the freezer to chill at the same time.

Scoop the frozen chocolate brownie ice cream onto an ice cream cone and stick the bat wings into either side of the scoop. You don’t want to touch the wings for too long or the heat from your fingers will start to melt them. So, don’t take them out of the freezer until your ice cream bat cones are ready to get their wings. Alternatively, you can use your chilled tongs to stick your wings into the ice cream without touching them.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need an ice cream maker to make this vegan chocolate brownie ice cream recipe?

If you don’t have an ice cream maker, you can pour the ice cream mixture into a bowl and rest that bowl inside a bigger bowl that’s filled with ice. You’ll need to constantly stir it with a spatula, and you’ll likely have to restock your ice as it melts, but it works well enough. If you want to purchase an ice cream maker on amazon, please use my link to help support this website. You can also usually find used ones at thrift stores for under $10.

Ingredient Substitutions in this Vegan Ice Cream Recipe

• Coconut Milk: Always use full-fat coconut milk. I usually choose the store brands. Whole Foods, Sprouts, and Trader Joe’s all have their own store brand of full-fat organic canned coconut milk for around $2 a can.
• Arrowroot Powder: Arrowroot powder is sometimes called arrowroot flour. If you don’t have arrowroot, you can use kuzu root powder or cornstarch.
• Vegan Sugar: You can use any number of sugars, as long as they’re vegan: sucanat, coconut sugar, raw sugar, organic sugar, or demurara. If you’re not sure if your sugar is vegan, you can contact the company and ask. Or just avoid conventional white sugar or granulated sugar, and you should be ok.
• Cocoa Powder: I use fair trade, organic cocoa powder, but you can use whatever kind you have.
• Vanilla Extract: If you don’t have vanilla, you can omit it from the recipe.
• Vegan Brownies: I used my easy homemade vegan brownies in this ice cream. However, you can always buy vegan brownies to save time. Where I live in northern California, I can buy vegan brownies at Sprouts, Target, Safeway, Lucky, Raley’s, Save Mart, and Whole Foods.
• Vegan Chocolate Chips: I like Pascha chocolate chips because they’re organic and fair trade. If you’re trying to save money, you can find cheaper vegan chocolate chips at your local store. Trader Joe’s has the least expensive vegan chocolate chips I’ve seen.

Comments or Questions?

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Please message me (instagram or email) if you have any questions or feedback about the recipe.

Similar Recipes

If you like cute vegan ice cream cones, check out my rilakkuma ice cream cones that I made with flower-infused cashew-based ice cream. For other coconut-based ice cream flavors, check out my moosetracks ice cream recipe and my vegan strawberry ice cream recipe.

If you’re here more for the bat wings and less for the ice cream, you might like my vegan bat truffles and my black bat crackers.

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