Vegan Dessert – Ice Cream Alternatives Abound
Scrumptious Scoops
Do you remember the early 80s when vegan ice creams like Rice Dream and Tofutti were cutting edge? Today we have many more choices for satisfying customers who seek vegan dessert that is eco-friendly, dairy-free and often which caters to food allergies.
Along those lines, KindKreme, a new raw ice cream place in Los Angeles, is said to be pricy but to have great soft-serve. I am looking forward to going there. Scoops in L.A. has highly creative ice cream for vegans and non-vegans, and welcomes new flavor requests.
A few years ago when in San Francisco I made a special trip to MaggieMudd and it did not disappoint. Their Mudslinger’s Freestyle dairy-free ice cream is made from soymilk or coconut milk. The Coconut Pecan Praline and Banana Rum Brownie flavors sound great. Count on them for vegan ice cream cakes and sundaes too.
Putting Almonds to Good Use
So far my favorite vegan ice cream bought off the shelves of natural foods stores (and hopefully making it into mainstream stores soon) is Luna and Larry’s Coconut Bliss — organic, agave-sweetened heaven. It is creamy and coconuty and all the flavors are superb, made with Fair Trade ingredients.
Turtle Mountain is a favorite too, with soymilk and coconut milk ice creams and ice cream sandwiches. I especially like their Purely Decadent Cookie Dough (gluten-free). They have a new coconut water sorbet.
Almond Dream’s Chocolate flavor was rich and delicious and not too almondy. I tried the Vanilla Bean flavor of Living Harvest Tempt ice cream made of nutritious hemp – it feels healthy going down and does not make me tired. Same goes for Tomberlie’s, a yummy raw ice cream made locally in California.
With summer coming, here’s to continually trying new vegan dessert – we all love ice cream!
May 22nd, 2010 at 9:57 am
Wish I had a vegan ice cream parlor near me. That would be so much fun! But So Delicious and Purely Decadent coconut milk ice creams are my absolute favorite! The Chocolate, Cookie Dough and Turtle Trails flavors are amazing.
May 24th, 2010 at 8:54 pm
It’s all pretty yummy, thanks for commenting!
May 25th, 2010 at 9:44 pm
I remember the Rice Dream only days! I knew about Tofutti but they didn’t sell it anywhere near me and that was in Portland! We had ‘Mocha Mix’ which was made by a coffee creamer company and I’m sure was made of corn syrup and palm oil and artificial flovors, it tasted good though. We are so lucky to have so many choices now! I also give my vote to the so delicious Coconut cream, Choc/peanut butter!
May 26th, 2010 at 2:02 pm
i love tempt hemp ice cream!
June 4th, 2010 at 7:02 pm
Maggie Mudd is so good that it alone justifies a trip to San Francisco.