I thought it might be fun to do an interesting product review from time to time. I've been curious about the Turtle Mountain's Purely Decadent Coconut Milk Ice Cream. I've walked past it many times in my grocery store... and finally decided to give it a try. I picked up the Vanilla Bean flavor, since Vanilla Bean ice cream is one of my favorites.
The ice cream is sweetened with Agave Syrup, a "sweetener" substitute we've been playing around with here in our house, in tea instead of honey, or on oatmeal instead of brown sugar. It also contains no soy protein, is dairy and lactose free, cholesterol free, contains no trans fats, is certified vegan, and made with certified organic ingredients. The website boasts that this makes the ice cream much lower in fat, calories, and sugar, than most "premium" ice creams.
This can't taste good, can it? Oh yes it can!!! One bite and I was surprised at how creamy and flavorful the ice cream was. The coconut flavor was not overpowering either. I thought the ice cream would be much more "icy" and was surprised at how smooth it turned out to be. The one pint container I picked up was $4.99.... not too much more than a pint of Haagen Dazs or Ben and Jerry's.
It also comes in other fun flavors such as chocolate, chocolate peanut butter swirl, cookie dough, mint chip, mocha almond fudge, coconut, and passionate mango.
The company also makes a coconut milk yogurt which I have tried once, and loved. The downside to the yogurt though is the steep price of over $2.00 per 6 ounce cup. Well, once in awhile as a treat is ok, right?
I'm curious if anyone has a recipe for homemade coconut milk ice cream or yogurt? Has anyone attempted to make this at home? I'd love to give it a try!!!
I know what my TV snack is going to be tonight... : )
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I made a tapioca recipe that used coconut milk and it was very rich and creamy so I can believe that this ice cream was great. When I was eating it I thought that coconut milk must make good ice cream but I don't have a recipe. I think you could just try coconut milk instead of the cream and milk in any recipe and it would work. The consistency is so similar.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen a recipe for it anywhere sounds like something to research.
ReplyDeleteThat's some good times in a pint right there . ..
ReplyDeleteThis ice cream is the best ever! Wait until you try the chocolate. It's sublime. I've tried making coconut milk ice cream at home. While it tastes pretty good, it never comes out creamy like Purely Decadent.
ReplyDeleteOh my! The ice cream looks absolutely sinful! I love it!
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