Mango Ice Cream. Doesn’t that sound delicious? It is so delicious. And thankfully, cooling as well! It’s also dairy-free Mango Ice Cream but even if you eat dairy, you will still love this version.
It’s so hot here that pretty much every single expression ever used about the heat (e.g., “it’s so hot that …” and “it’s hotter than a …”) applies right now. We’ve been doing what we can to stay cool given the fact that any outdoor activities take a toll on us. Plus, heat advisories have been in effect so, we’re heeding them.
Add in the fact that the entire month of July is considered National Ice Cream Month, National Ice Cream Day just passed, and a number of other ice cream-focused food holidays occur this month as well. All are timed just right to give me a push to share my new Mango Ice Cream recipe with you all.
I need a push these days. These are such odd and unsettling times. There is so much that is troubling now, so much that is in fact, gut-wrenchingly sad and outrageous but yet, focusing on the small moments of goodness and embracing joy—like today’s recipe, with a giveaway—at times still feels right.
In truth, I think such focus sustains us. It keeps us going and allows us to do much harder things even if the happy moment itself is fleeting.
Son has stated several times that enjoying our evening meal together is the highlight of his day, every day. The three of us agree on that and are so grateful we have that time together and that we have nutritious and delicious food to prepare and enjoy together.
We’re in this uncertain period for the foreseeable future so as much as it often feels wrong to be celebrating anything right now, it also feels like a requirement.
Ice Cream Maker Giveaway
In that light, let’s talk about Mango Ice Cream and a sweet giveaway to go with it.
Each time I share an ice cream recipe, readers ask if it can be made without an ice cream maker. Therefore, I’m giving away a Cuisinart ICE-20 Ice Cream Maker (1.5 quart) so one lucky reader will have the pleasure of having their own ice cream maker and not have to ask that question in the future. (Note that the ice cream maker gifted to the winner may have a different appearance than the one shown below depending upon availability at the time of award.)
My ice cream maker has been one of the best “kitchen gadget” purchases I have ever made. I use it numerous times every year—with very delicious results—so the 9 x 9 x 12 space that it occupies in one of my lower kitchen cabinets is well worth it!
I keep the tub, aka “freezer bowl,” in the back corner of my freezer at all times so I can make ice cream or sherbet any time that I like. Because I usually use canned coconut milk in my recipes, I almost always keep two cans in my refrigerator so they’ll be properly chilled and ready to go.
Homemade ice cream in 30 minutes is a pretty amazing thing in my opinion. To be able to make it on the spur of the moment, when the mood hits is truly a delight!
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. Congratulations to Susan C.! Thanks to all of you who entered the giveaway!
If you don’t have an ice cream maker but you’re not into giveaways, please know that pretty much any ice cream recipe can be turned into a “no-churn” recipe; i.e., made without an ice cream maker. Most no-churn recipes come with their own easy instructions but if you want to make one of my ice cream recipes into no-churn, use these instructions on How to Make Ice Cream Without a Machine from David Lebovitz.
Making Dairy-Free Mango Ice Cream
Because we’ve been getting mangos in our produce deliveries every time, I’ve actually made Mango Ice Cream a few ways now. This recipe is our current favorite. (Interested in getting your own produce deliveries? Use affiliate code COOKWME-XD6MDE to get a discount on your first box if you want to try Misfits Market.)
It includes one banana because bananas add a really nice creaminess to ice cream recipes. I’m sure most of you have seen the dairy-free “nice cream” recipes that use bananas as the base ingredient. Despite the inclusion of a banana in this recipe, there is no banana taste to this ice cream.
The full-fat canned coconut milk, which I almost always use in my ice cream and sherbet recipes, also adds creaminess and in conjunction with the banana creates the “mouth feel” of dairy-based ice cream.
Honey as the sweetener goes best with the mango in my opinion but slightly less maple syrup will also work in this recipe. I say slightly less because maple syrup is thinner in consistency than honey and if you use the same amount, your ice cream will not be thick enough and therefore, not churn into ice cream.
Adding either Grand Marnier or Triple Sec from your liquor cabinet enhances both the mango flavor and keeps ice crystals from forming in the ice cream. It’s the alcohol factor that ensures the latter.
Icy ice cream may sound good at first but it’s not. You want creamy, scoopable ice cream. Icy ice cream is not that.
The pure vanilla extract in the recipe also has an alcohol factor but it’s such a small amount that it alone won’t keep the ice crystals away. If you must leave out the Grand Marnier or Triple Sec, be sure to increase the vanilla extract as noted.
Mango Ice Cream. Still creamy and scoopable several days after being made.
As you can see, we’re only talking about a handful of ingredients but together they make this fantastic, flavorful dairy-free Mango Ice Cream! We’ve been enjoying it on Crustless Apple Pie, Blueberry Cobbler (and on a new version, which I hope to share soon), and simply by itself. It never disappoints.
Some More Homemade Ice Cream Dessert Recipes You Will Love
~ Easy Mango Ice Cream from Recipes from a Pantry by Bintu
~ Mexican Hot Chocolate Ice Cream from What Great Grandma Ate
Dairy-Free Mango Ice Cream Recipe
Creamy and delicious ice cream with an amazing and appealing orange color. Nobody will know it's dairy free! I have also made this recipe with only one cup of coconut milk. The resulting ice cream has a more potent mango taste and deeper orange color but of course, it is slightly sweeter. We prefer this version made with slightly more coconut milk--and less sweet, although still plenty sweet--but I’m pretty sure that you’d enjoy either version as well if you’re running low on canned coconut milk. If you want to make this or any of my other ice cream recipes no-churn (i.e., withou an ice cream maker), use these instructions on How to Make Ice Cream Without a Machine from David Lebovitz.Dairy-Free Mango Ice Cream
Ingredients
Instructions
Notes
If omitting the Grand Marnier or Triple Sec, increase the vanilla extract to one tablespoon.
Angie Rojas says
My favorite ice cream is vanilla bean in a sundae bowl topped with coconut whipped cream and cherries!
Alene says
Oh! My all time favorite ice cream flavor is black raspberry, left over from my New England childhood. And in a sugar cone, heaven!
Lee says
I loved Mocha Almond Fudge in a cup with a scoop of vanilla to offset the richness. Now, I make my own dairy free coconut milk, vanilla, but just freeze it, then work it with a cold spatula.
Nancy G says
My favorite ice cream is any using fresh fruit such as red raspberries, strawberry, or peach. I also love pumpkin ice cream. I don’t have just one favorite as you can tell, I eat my ice cream in a bowl in order to enjoy the flavors that are not covered up with stuff, that is the farm girl coming out. That is how we ate it as a child on the farm and when I had my small farm.
Michelle Anderson says
My favorite icecream is vanilla bean with homemade carmel sauce and whipped cream. YUM!
Beverly Stevens says
Hi Shirley! It’s hard to pick a favorite flavor of ice cream; for nostalgia, I’ll say mint chocolate chip. My favorite way to eat ice cream is with a warm crisp or cobbler. Your mango ice cream sounds refreshing for these hot days; with some blueberry cobbler, sounds divine. I actually just picked up a couple of mangoes for .49 cents each! Be well. Hugs!
Dee R says
I love pralines and cream plus a sugar cone! Yummy for sure.
Venessa F says
My favorite flavor has always been mint and chip. However while visiting Idaho I had an amazing huckleberry ice cream at a local dairy stand. I have always loved mine in a fresh waffle cone. Since being gluten free, that’s more of a challenge to find. We do have a place here in California that makes them GF, about an hours drive from my town. I would love to have an ice cream maker. Thank you so much for this giveaway!
Patty says
My favorite ice cream is peach. I love it on my hot peach pie, or any pie !!!!!
Kristen says
My favorite ice cream is homemade fresh strawberry in a gluten free waffle cone! Can’t wait to try this recipe!
Cindy Vogel says
My favorite ice cream is cinnamon. I love ice cream cones but I don’t get them very often as most places don’t have gf cones. Thank you so much for sponsoring this giveaway!
Vivian Garcia-Bruno says
Mint- Chocolate Chip is hands down my all time FAVORITE-
Cooling mint is so refreshing and chunks of chocolate are the
perfect combo to savor summer.
Donna says
Mango sounds delicious ! As I love Mangos . I also like good ole Vanilla,as it goes with anything especially Homemade Carmel Sauce !
Patricia says
I love praline and mint ice cream. All are good though as long as it is dairy free!
Anne says
I love mint chocolate chip and my absolute favorite version is the Bittersweet Mint from the Penn State creamery!! And, my ice cream maker died, so I could really use a new one 🙂
Carolyn says
Favorite ice cream is peach sherbert. And I compliment it with your crustless peach pie. Win! Win!
Kelly says
This looks delicious!! My favorite flavor ice cream is strawberry cream or oreo cookie! We are a gluten free family due to allergies. My daughter also has allergies to dairy and soy. She loves coconut ice cream.
Pam says
My husband loves pralines and cream the best! I love orange sherbet ot chocolate almond ice cream. I would love it in a sugar cone, but usually get it in a cup since I am gluten free.
Lynn Paul says
Ginger ice cream!! Use ginger preserves, per Shirley O. Corriher. Life-changing!!
Karen says
Raspberry has got to be my favorite, in a bowl
BarbaraWhynot says
My favourite ice cream is Vanilla and eaten from a bowl. It reminds me of being a kid!
Sandra Ernstoff says
I love ice cream. Such a pleasure to be able to eat a dessert at a restaurant or a snack in the park when there are so many things I can’t eat. Many flavours but my favourites are chocolate, chocolate and chocolate!
Tina Sullivan says
As I’m reading the comments I’m thinking of more and more favorites. I’ll have to say peach is my all-time favorite, and a sugar cone would be heaven! I probably haven’t had one in close to 20 years! I love mangoes too and can’t wait to try this recipe.
Julie says
I love chocolate chunk ice cream-not chocolate chip- because I need huge hunks of chocolate!!!!
Marg Recoskie says
I love black cherry ice cream, or mint chocolate chip, but really, almost any flavor – especially when it’s hot out as it has been lately. I eat it from a bowl – I figure it’s fewer calories that way, and I don’t have to worry about buying gf cones.
Mary Jampel says
I love chocolate chip ice cream, I am gluten free as well as many other allergies including corn so making my own treats is something that I do all the time.
Brittany Flaherty says
Mint chocolate chip in a bowl!
Anne Sweet says
I LOVE all ice cream flavors, particularly coffee. My favorite way to eat is is a bowl, topped with hot fudge … lots of hot fudge … YUM!
stacey s says
Vanilla, coffee, mint chocolate chip, coconut, mango, who could possibly pick a favorite?! Preferred method of consumption…a little melty in a bowl!
Nancy F says
My all-time favorite is rum raisin (FYI, I’ve got a recipe on my blog). I love the sound of mango ice cream though and can’t believe I never tried to make it as much as I love mangoes. I happen to have a couple (They came in with my Misfits order). I just need to get some coconut milk in the refrigerator. You are right about keeping some coconut milk in the frig all the time though, just in case you have an ice cream emergency!
I have both Cointreau and rum on hand and I’m thinking either would be wonderful. Yum!
Linda says
I love mint and I love strawberry ice cream…thanks for the chance to win..
Shannon says
Before I had to go gluten free, my favorite was chocolate fudge brownie. I wish there was a GF version!
Michael Wesolowski says
Enjoying a scoop of perfect melty fruit ice cream perched on top of a sugar cone under a sunny blue sky makes me happy.
Jincy Brown says
Favorite of all time would be a “Hot Fudge, Maple Nut Sundae” from Carl’s but favorite at home would be Butter Pecan.
Katie Chalmers says
The ice cream in this post looks so dreamy! My favorite way to eat ice cream is in a gluten-free sugar cone. 🙂 Thanks for the chance to win!
Colleen M says
As a young child, my favorite flavor of ice cream was maple walnut in a sugar cone and as I got older mint chocolate chip right out of the container became my weakness! Now that I follow a GF/DF diet, my favorite flavor is VANILLA served in a bowl, can’t get enough of it! Year later, it is still my weakness! Thank you for the delicious dairy free recipes.
Francine Singer says
I love any kind of fruit ice cream made with coconut milk, coconut cream, and vanilla. I don’t put anything extra in it so I don’t have to worry about it getting ice in it. It is usually gone before that happens.I make it without a freezer. Just mix it in my blender and freeze in a plastic container. Thank you for all the dairy free recipes, enjoying them all!
Thank you for the chance to win an ice freezer.
Linda says
I’m sure I would love this ice cream. One of my favorite easy treats is to blend frozen mango with a little sweetener and liquid such as coconut milk and eat it as a soft ice cream. Youngest son had some recently and said it was so refreshing. I’m not entering the giveaway since I already have one. Just wanted to say hello!
Mama Marilyn says
My favourite ice cream is vanilla ~ topped with any fresh fruit
Emily says
I love classic Moose Tracks! Anything PB & Choc
MaryEileen Rommeney says
Maple Walnut is my favorite. All summer long it keeps me cool, and when fall comes along, I love the maple walnut with warmed apple slices. Yum!
Susan says
When I could eat dairy, it was pralines and cream. Now that I’m gf and df there’s not as many choices of store bought. I would have to say df mint chip, in a cup is my current favorite :p
Re: the df mango ice cream…is there a substitute for frozen banana? ( I’m allergic to bananas.)
Dee Mallett says
One of my favorite flavors to make is Blueberry Lime Ice Cream.
Niki Resnick says
My son was diagnosed with celiac eat 3. So he had never experienced all the yummy flavors that are gluten. We love making Gf cookies n cream!!!
Valerie says
I love vanilla but I also love when I discover unusual flavors, like lavender honey or basil! If it sounds weird, it’s worth a try!
Jennifer Woods says
My favorite is a bowl of chocolate ice cream with JIF peanut butter melted in the microwave and poured over the top … the PB rehardens, but is spread all over the ice cream (and the ice cream softens up a little too)!!
Desiree says
My favorite ice cream flavor is chocolate peanut butter!
Gin says
My favorite ice cream is chocolate with peanut butter -or- just strawberry.
Linda Lynch says
Butter pecan!!
Cindy W. says
Chocolate with chocolate chips! Thanks for the giveaway.
Cali says
Any type of ice cream, as long as it has chunks.
Angela Stebleton says
My all time favorite flavor is strawberry. It has to be double strawberry and half of them are smashed with sugar and the rest quartered which makes them icy when frozen.
Susan says
I won the ice cream maker! WOW!!! I’m looking forward to trying my hand at making my own gf df icecream! Shirley, thank you so much!!!
Shirley Braden says
Woohoo, Susan! I’m so very happy for you! I know you will get so much use out of this ice cream maker! You will just love all your gluten-free and dairy-free ice cream creations for sure. 🙂
Shirley
Nancy F says
Shirley, I finally got around to making this and it was excellent, I had never tried adding banana to create a creamier texture, but it does work. I do love anything with mango!
Shirley Braden says
I’m so happy to hear that, Nancy! This recipe seems pretty flexible. Yesterday I made it using a full can of Native Forest full-fat coconut milk (vs 1 1/2 cups). The mango flavor was slightly less potent but still wonderful. I had forgotten to replace my coconut milk in the fridge so it would be chilled but I chose another can from the pantry that was already mostly solid, not liquid, and that worked just fine. Admittedly, we only had a taste right after the churning was done and put the rest in the freezer to enjoy later. I also added 1/4 tsp of xanthan gum because I know many like to add that to ice cream recipes (even brands do that). I do think the xanthan added a little more creaminess and helped the not-freezing-too-hard factor.
Thanks so much for reporting back! We’re getting mangos in every produce box so I’ll keep making ice cream and smoothies and we’ll also simply enjoy them on their own. So good as you say!
Shirley
Nancy says
Shirley, Thanks for the tip on the xanthan gum, I’ll be sure to try that with my next batch!
Shirley Braden says
You’re welcome, Nancy. I’ll be interested in seeing if you notice an appreciable difference when you add the xanthan.