This Coconut Mango Ice Cream recipe is creamy, healthy and refreshingly delicious! This easy ice cream is a no-churn recipe that requires only 4 ingredients. It’s dairy-free, refined sugar-free, and naturally vegan.
We also love cottage cheese ice cream, chocolate ice cream, vegan vanilla ice cream and Dole whip around here. Make them all and set up an ice cream bar!
Table of Contents
- Why This Mango Ice Cream Recipe Works?
- Ingredients You Will Need
- How to Make Coconut Mango Ice Cream
- Optional Add – In’s and Variations
- Tips for Best Mango Coconut Ice Cream Results
- FAQs
- Serving Recommendations
- Making Mango Ice Cream in Advance
- Storing and Freezing
- More No Bake Desserts
- Coconut Mango Ice Cream Recipe
Mangos are a ridiculously tasty tropical fruit which means that mango ice cream has to be amazing.
What’s even better than mango ice cream? Mango ice cream with a hint of coconut flavour made without an ice cream machine and only 4 ingredients! That, my friends, is the dream. The cool, sweet, and luscious dream.
When fresh mango is in season at stores, I love to make mango salsa, mango slaw and this delicious mango black bean salad with it.
This 4-ingredient homemade ice cream is a no-churn, simple recipe that tastes just like the tropics. If you’ve ever made no-churn ice cream before you may have noticed that it doesn’t come out creamy or maybe it’s a bit too solid. This is not the case with this ice cream.
All it takes is a simple blending of the ingredients, time to chill and set and you’ve got easily scoopable ice cream. A super simple way to making ice cream that tastes amazing and is healthy!
Why This Mango Ice Cream Recipe Works?
- It is so easy to make. All you need is 4 ingredients and a blender.
- This is one of the best tasting ice creams you’ll have all summer. You won’t miss all the added junk found in storebought ice cream.
- Cost-effective. Sometimes non-dairy, healthy ice creams can cost a pretty penny. Making it at home is a money saver.
- Pure and simple ingredients which makes this a healthy and guilt-free treat.
- No-churn ice cream means there is no need for an ice cream maker. All you need is a blender.
- Taste and texture are on point. Mango and coconut pair well as flavours, but the mango blends so well that it also makes it nice and smooth.
Ingredients You Will Need
- Mango: Fresh or frozen mango works. Fresh mango will take longer to freeze but is sweeter. Frozen mango will make a thicker consistency and will be more ice cream-like right off the bat.
- Canned coconut milk: I recommend to use regular full fat coconut milk from a can, not carton. Light will work but ice cream will be more sorbet style.
- Maple syrup or honey: Either works. You might find you need to use less sweetener when using fresh mango. Frozen mango chunks are usually made from mangos that aren’t quite ripe yet, making them less sweet.
- Milk or water: You will need to add just a bit of liquid to help things move in the blender.
How to Make Coconut Mango Ice Cream
- Blend all ingredients in a blender or food processor. A high speed blender will help things move along faster, but any blender will work. Small remaining chunks are totally fine and may even make for an interesting texture.
- Transfer to any ceramic, glass or baking dish. No need to level anything out if you don’t want to.
- Freeze for up to 6 hours if you used frozen mango and 8 hours if you used fresh mango.
Recipe Tip
You can control the consistency of ice cream by freezing for less time for soft-serve and longer for regular ice cream.
Optional Add – In’s and Variations
- No mango? Try pineapple, papaya, or guava. Yum!
- Mango purée can also work in a pinch.
- Toss some sliced banana in there for added flavor
- Try other fruit combinations for fun. Think mango and kiwi, mixed berries, or peaches.
- You could try this recipe using any of the above-mentioned fruit on its own.
- Fold in diced strawberries or serve sliced on top because mangos and strawberries is another perfect duo.
- Sprinkle with some toasted coconut or dark chocolate chips for a bit of added crunchy texture.
- Some people have enjoyed adding a pinch of salt or a bit of spice such as cardamom or cinnamon for extra flavour. If you try something creative like that, let me know what you think!
Tips for Best Mango Coconut Ice Cream Results
- Coconut milk brand matters! My favorites are Thai Kitchen, 365, Trader Joe’s and Compliments. That’s because they contain guar gum and are creamy.
- Many organic brands are affordable and good for you but consistency is grainy.
- Cheaper international brands contain many chemicals. Avoid if you can.
- Room temperature coconut milk is best. Don’t try and put it in the fridge first, it’s unnecessary.
FAQs
This mango ice cream recipe is the perfect reason to use up fresh mangos! Fresh ripe mangos not only work but they help to make the ice cream nice and sweet. It just might take a little longer for the ice cream to set, but believe me, it’s worth the wait.
You don’t! Another benefit of this recipe is that it is a no-churn ice cream that can be made with a simple blender. If you have an ice cream maker, by all means, use it. Either way, you’ll get amazing ice cream.
I haven’t tried, but for this particular recipe, I would highly recommend sticking to full-fat coconut milk. You could potentially use dairy milk or cream, but in an effort to keep this a dairy-free, vegan ice cream I will stick with coconut milk. Any other non-dairy kinds of milk, like almond, oat, or cashew would be too watery for this recipe – those dairy free milks work better in a smoothie. The consistency would probably not result in what we are looking for. If you have success with any other milk, let me know in the comments.
Coconut itself is healthy in moderation. It’s high in fibre and full of good fats and when unsweetened, fresh coconut milk is added to ice cream it only adds to the health factor. Coconut milk has much of the same benefits, but of course, it all depends on what kind of ice cream you’re making. If you’re making ice cream with all kinds of refined sugars and artificial ingredients, then adding coconut is probably not going to help much.
It sure is. With only 4 ingredients, mango, coconut milk, maple syrup, and maybe a bit of extra coconut milk or water, rest assured that this ice cream is not only refined sugar-free, gluten-free, and dairy-free, it’s vegan as well!
Serving Recommendations
- An ice cream bar: Setting up an ice cream station is one of my favourite ways to serve ice cream to a crowd. Invite chocolate ice cream, vegan vanilla ice cream, Dole whip and even fruit healthy homemade popsicles to the party and have a variety of different toppings, like fresh berries, sliced fruit, toasted coconut, chocolate chips set up. Let everyone pick and choose their own toppings.
- A dessert table: If you’re thinking about adding other dessert options to go along with your mango ice cream, think about other healthy delicious options for people who are not as in love with ice cream as you and I are. Healthy lemon bar recipe, no bake peanut butter oatmeal bars and Instant Pot peach cobbler are all highly popular choices!
- With your favorite beverage: Mine include original kombucha (or flavored), healthy frappuccino recipe and healthy iced coffee.
Making Mango Ice Cream in Advance
This is very important information because your ice cream does not contain chemical fillers!
Before serving, let ice cream thaw at room temperature for at least 30 minutes. If it is a hot summer day, things can happen faster. Just check with an ice cream scoop. Thawing will make ice cream more creamy!
For soft-serve ice cream, thaw for 1 hour.
Storing and Freezing
To store: Any leftover ice cream can be frozen in an airtight container with a lid for up to 3 months. Then follow the serving suggestions above.
More No Bake Desserts
- Frozen banana snickers
- No bake peanut butter pie
- Healthy no bake cheesecake
- Healthy no bake Nutella pie
- Protein fluff
Alternately, browse through all our healthy desserts!
Coconut Mango Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 3 – 4 cups mango chunks fresh or frozen
- 14 oz can coconut milk regular or light
- 1/3 cup maple syrup or honey
- 2 tbsp or more any milk or water
Instructions
- In a blender or food processor, add mango, coconut milk, maple syrup and milk.
- Process until smooth, adding more liquid by tbsp and scraping the walls, if necessary.
- Taste for sweetness now and adjust of necessary. Especially, frozen mango differs.
- Pour into any container and freeze for at least 6 hours or overnight.
- To serve, let thaw on a counter for 30 minutes or 60 minutes for soft serve. It will become softer and creamy.
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Notes
- Store: Freeze in a glass airtight container for up to 3 months.
- Pictured are my favorite OXO scoop and ceramic loaf baking dish.
- I tried to make this mango ice cream in an ice cream maker and it was too crystalized. Great news – you don’t need a machine, wahoo!
- Coconut milk should be from a can and not carton.
- Quality of coconut milk is super important. I highly recommend Thai Kitchen. Trader Joe’s, 365, Compliments brands as they produce creamy and smooth ice cream thanks to a guar gum.
- You can use light coconut milk but ice cream will be less creamy.
Just picked a whole lot of mangoes, now I’ll try this recipe
Hope you like it.:)
Just made it, I actually ran out of the Thai brand you like making a curry but had a different Thai brand of coconut milk and all the other ingredients and figured I’d make it. It was delicious right after blending luckily it was enough that I didn’t finish it as is, and the majority made it into the freezer. I’ve been really wanting to make some vegan ice cream the past week or so after trying some at a shop that was really yummy it was ube flavored one. I think I could really get into this. Thanks for sharing this simple and quick recipe. Also I am happy to find a use for all the mango I peeled and froze from my backyard this summer.
Oh nice, mango from the backyard sounds like a dream. Glad you liked the recipe.
I’m so excited to make this!!! Can we change the mango to pineapple
Yes but you might need more maple syrup. Just taste. Also search for Dole whip recipe on my website.
This looks awesome and I’d love to try and make it 🙂 – is there an approximate amount in grams for one cup of frozen mango?
Hm, I didn’t weight it. Sorry. Google says 150 grams. Hope this helps.:)
Made this for the third time now. LOVE it!! Thank you for a simple recipe that does not require an ice cream maker. Coming from an island… I’ve gone bananas (mangoes in this case) trying to figure out what to do with all these sweet juicy delicious mangoes! This recipe nail it! ?
Haha, that’s awesome! Freeze them for smoothies? Mango black bean salad?
I love ice cream, so will give this a try, since I am gluten sensitive, my favs have wheat in them. So thank you for this.
Has anyone tried this with rice milk? Or soy ? I have a niece that is allergic to coconut and regular milk among so many other things. I really want to make this for her for our up coming family trip. Would really appreciate info from anyone that has tried it. TIA!
Hi Janeth. This ice cream is made with coconut milk from a can and not a carton. Which is way more different than a carton milk. It is fatty. So, any milk from a carton won’t work unfortunately. How about this mango sorbet?
Made this a week ago and everyone in my office loved it! About to try it with peaches and strawberries! Great refreshing treat.
Nice! Can’t wait for fresh fruit and berries this summer!
Thanks for the great site. And Olena is such a pretty name–the origin?
She’s from Ukraine
Only 3 ingredients? This is so simple and looks delicious! I’ve heard of the banana ice cream but it doesn’t contain enough “fats”. This is the perfect substitution for store-bought ice-cream.