Easy Freezer Bag Ice Cream

Easy Freezer Bag Ice Cream 

Easy Freezer Bag Ice Cream  is simple to make and  no ice cream maker is needed.  Only a few ingredients and has a low carb and paleo option. Oh, and the low carb version is incredible!

Easy Freezer Bag Ice Cream is a simple, versatile recipe, and fun way to make a single serve ice cream without an ice cream maker. It tastes unbelievably good, and so much like old fashioned creamy homemade ice cream from the old school crank  and churn maker.

It can be made paleo or low carb, depending on which cream option and sweetener option you use in the recipe. 

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 Yum!! You can also add a homemade chocolate syrup or caramel sauce to the ice cream. I included my Chocolate Syrup recipe at the bottom of the post.

Directions:

1. In a medium bowl combine: heavy cream or coconut cream, vanilla extract, optional vanilla bean, and sweetener of choice. Mix together well.
2. Pour the mixture into the zippered sandwich bag and zip bag closed.
3. In the gallon size freezer bag add the 4 cups ice and ⅓ cup salt.
4. Place the closed bag with liquid ingredients into the freezer bag of ice and salt. Close the freezer bag.
5. Shake the whole bag for at least 6 minutes to 10 minutes or more until ice cream is the desired firmness. Can shake more for a firmer ice cream (it can be soft server texture to slightly firmer)
6. Remove sandwich bag from freezer bag. Rinse closed sandwich bag in cool water to get salt water off of bag before opening, otherwise your ice cream could get salt in it. You can also put the bag in freezer after rinsing for 20 minutes to an hour or until ice cream is as  firm as you like it.
7. Scoop into serving bowl. Can top with homemade chocolate syrup, or sugar free chocolate syrup, or caramel sauce if desired. Chocolate Syrup recipe at bottom of post.

Nutritional Data for Low Carb Version, (using Swerve sweetener):   Servings: 1, Serving Size: 1/2 cup, Cal: 408, Carbs: 3 g, Net carbs: 3 g, Fiber: 0 g, Fat: 46 g, Protein: 2 g, Sugars: 1 g

* all nutritional data are estimates based on the products I used*

Optional Chocolate Syrup Recipe (Paleo or Low carb):

• 1 tsp cocoa powder.
• 1/2  tbsp coconut oil, or butter, melted
• Sweetener of choice: 1 tsp or to taste honey for paleo, or for low carb use 6 drops or more, to taste, liquid stevia or other low carb sweetener to taste.

Directions for Chocolate Syrup:

1. In small saucepan over medium low heat, melt butter or oil and add the other ingredients and stir until mixed. Remove from heat. Cool a  few minutes.

Nutritional Data for Chocolate Syrup only ( low carb version using Swerve sweetener): Servings: 1 Serving Size: 1/2 tbsp (whole recipe), Cal: 63,  Carbs: 1, Net carbs: 0.5 g, Fiber: 0.5 g, Fat: 6.5 g, Protein: 0 g, Sugars: 0 g,

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Easy Freezer Bag Ice Cream

Prep Time

6 mins

Total Time

6 mins

 

Course: keto, low carb, paleo

Cuisine: dessert, ice cream

Servings: 1

Calories: 408 kcal

Author: Stacey

Ingredients

• 1 zippered sandwich bag
• 1 gallon zippered size freezer bag
• Ingredients:
• ½ cup heavy cream or coconut cream for paleo (dairy free version)
• ½ tsp vanilla extract
• ⅛ tsp minced vanilla bean *optional
• 1 tbsp sweetener of choice: erythritol for low carb or coconut sugar for paleo, Swerve
• 4 cups ice
• ⅓ cup salt

Instructions

1. In a medium bowl combine: heavy cream or coconut cream, vanilla extract, optional vanilla bean, and sweetener of choice. Mix together well.
2. Pour the mixture into the zippered sandwich bag and zip bag closed.
3. In the gallon size freezer bag add the 4 cups ice and ⅓ cup salt.
4. Place the closed bag with liquid ingredients into the freezer bag of ice and salt. Close the freezer bag.
5. Shake the whole bag for at least 6 to 10 minutes or more until ice cream is the desired firmness. Can shake more for a firmer ice cream. Remove sandwich bag from freezer bag.
6. Rinse closed sandwich bag in cool water to get salt water off of bag before opening, otherwise your ice cream could get salt in it. You can put the bag in the freezer for 20 minutes to an hour, if an even firmer ice cream is desired.
7. Scoop into serving bowl, or eat out of bag.

Recipe Notes

* all nutritional data are estimates based on the products I used*

Nutrition Facts

Easy Freezer Bag Ice Cream

Amount Per Serving (1 g)

Calories 408 Calories from Fat 414

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 46g 71%

Sodium 720mg 30%

Total Carbohydrates 3g 1%

Sugars 1g

Protein 2g 4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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