A delicious vegan cookies and peanut butter ice cream recipe. This easy homemade dairy-free ice cream is made with cashews, coconut milk, sugar, vanilla, Oreos and peanut butter.
A simple dairy-free ice cream that’s packed with chopped Oreos and peanut butter swirls. All you need is 10 minutes of active prep time and 7 ingredients.
What you need: raw cashews, full-fat coconut milk, sugar, vanilla extract, salt, Oreos and peanut butter.
Start by freezing the bowl of your ice cream maker overnight.
Once it’s frozen, prepare the ice cream: Add soaked cashews, coconut milk, sugar, vanilla extract and salt to a high-speed blender. Blend until smooth.
Transfer the mixture to the ice cream maker. Churn for 25 minutes or until the ice cream is of soft serve consistency. Stir in the chopped Oreos, followed by the peanut butter until just combined.
Eat as a soft serve or transfer to a sealable container and freeze until firm, about 3-4 hours.
I highly recommend using full-fat coconut milk for the best results. Light coconut milk also works, but it won’t be as creamy. I did test this recipe with oat milk and the mixture didn’t freeze like it did with the coconut milk. The mixture remained almost liquid after 40 minutes in the ice cream maker. If you don’t enjoy a light coconut flavor, you can use other plant-based milks, including oat milk. However, you will need to freeze the ice cream overnight. It will be hard and icy compared to the coconut milk version. Simply let it sit at room temperature for 5-10 minutes before scooping.
This recipe can easily be made gluten-free. Simply use gluten-free Oreos!
To make this recipe peanut-free, you can replace the peanut-butter with SunButter (sunflower seed butter). For the best flavor, I recommend using the original sunButter that has a bit of added sugar. If you’re using other nut or seed butters, just make sure to use one that you enjoy as it will add flavor to the ice cream. You can also skip the peanut butter and enjoy a simple cookies and cream ice cream instead.
I don’t have a nut-free option for this recipe as the cashews are important for the texture of the ice cream.
If you’re looking for a fruit-sweetened and no-churn option, check out my chocolate peanut butter banana ice cream or oatmeal cookie dough banana ice cream.
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Could I sub coconut sugar? Also could I omit the Oreos?
Hi! Sorry for the late reply, I've been away from work. I haven't tried it with the coconut sugar, but it should work. You'll likely just get a slight change in flavor. And you can definitely omit the Oreos if preferred. I hope that you'll enjoy the recipe!