You scream. I scream. We all scream for ice cream.

So I was lucky enough to get a ice cream maker for Christmas. It is hard not to make ice cream (dairy-free) every night!

I’ve done a simple chocolate version that just use 1 can coconut milk, 2 heaping TBS of organic cocoa powder, 1 tsp vanilla extract, honey (recipe calls for 1/4 cup – I use less). I’ve also added a 1/4 cup almond butter for another great concoction.

But a recent batch of strawberries in our CSA delivery from Farmer Fresh to You inspired a strawberry ice cream with hard chocolate shell that was amazing!!

I simmered a cup of strawberries with approx. 2-3 TBS of honey, tsp vanilla, pinch of sea salt and 2 TBS water on the stove until the strawberries were super soft and sweet. Added in a can of coconut milk and blended with the immersion blender.

I modified PaleoOMG’s recipe (another favorite food blogger)

This photo is horrible because I didn’t think of snapping a picture until after I had eaten half of it.

for the hard chocolate shell. Mix 1/4 cup melted coconut oil with 1 TBS cocoa powder, 1 TBS honey, 1 tsp vanilla extract, and a pinch of sea salt. When you pour it on the ice cream, it hardens right up like “magic shell.”