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Recipe submitted by annikabannica@aol.com, 06/28/04

Healthy Tofu Chocolate Ice Cream

Ingredients (use vegan versions):

    one package silken tofu (16 oz)
    4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
    12 packets of sugar substitue or 3/4 cup of vegan sugar
    vanilla extract to taste

Directions:

Put all the ingredients into a blender and blenderize until smooth!!  Taste test the mix, add more vegan sugar, chocolate or vanilla if needed.  Put into freezer safe container and freeze to desired consistency. (I like to freeze mine until it is hard and then soften it a bit in the microwave).  This is really good and really healthy!!!!

Nutrition info for 1/4 (made with vegan sugar substitute) (varies by brand of tofu): 70 calories, 3 grams of fat, 6 grams of protein

Serves: 4

Preparation time: 2 hours


You are beautiful!  I needed a quick chocolate fix - and this was it!!  My tofu-weary brother even loved it..

Archived comment by: seoulhippie
This was fantastic...so yummy...thank you for posting!

Archived comment by: moi
um, i only have brown sugar, could this be used instead of the white?

Archived comment by: blessedbe1988
i found some white sugar and made this..lol, and i guess i wasent paying attetion to the ingredients because i used non-silken tofu and it was okay, but it had a gross affter tates chalky like, i will deffitly be trying this with the siken stuff.

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« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2007, 06:43:37 PM »

This stuff is amazing!  I used real sugar, not a substitute.  My only suggestion about this is, if you don't like things too sweet, hold back on the sugar slightly and add to taste, because it did verge on too sweet. 

It was quick to make and has a very nice chocolate taste.  I thought this wouldn't be that great because it would be too icy, and yes, it is more icy than regular "ice cream", but it wasn't too icy, and was still really enjoyable and refreshing.  It had a bit of "lite" taste to it, but not in a bad way, and anyways, that's to be expected if you're using tofu as your only source of fat.

For reference, it takes about 3 hours in a moderately cold freezer to harden enough, and it does get really hard (low fat content), but it melts quickly once you bring it back to room temperature. 

Overall, great recipe, terrific way to satisfy a chocolate ice cream craving if don't want to go to the store, and you can probably make this way cheaper than buying ice cream!! 
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« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2007, 11:34:44 PM »

pretty tasty! i added a little vanilla soy milk to help with the blending. i subbed sweetened ground chocolate for the cocoa and sugar (1/2 c) and added a heaping spoonful of cashew butter to add some "fat" to the recipe. it turned out pretty well! the texture was nice and creamy but i think i will add more fat next time-- the afterfeel was a little pasty (if that makes sense?!)
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« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2007, 09:56:34 AM »

This recipe is a life saver since I have to walk or ride my bike to the grocery store. Now I can make at home!!
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I would add that it's not so much like ice cream as a 'sorbet' type of consistency.  And after it freezes completely (about 8 hours), it is VERY hard. 

I plan to vary the recipe using RUM and other flavors or fresh mint leaves with the chocolate, and instead of coco powder, using frozen berries to make a tofu fruit 'ice cream'. 

Thank you!!!
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« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2007, 11:21:46 AM »

I liked this a lot, was pleasantly surprised. I used sugar, not a sugar sub. so unfortunately it's not healthy (although it's still pretty low-fat). But to me, it tastes just like store-bought chocolate ice-cream! And I have to say, I thought it was exactly the consistency of ice-cream. I did give it a good stir every 45 minutes or so for the first few hours (I was in the kitchen anyway), so maybe that helped. It got pretty hard overnight but I just defrosted it for a minute and it was good to go.
Also, the recipe calls for a 16oz package of silken tofu, and the only ones I've seen are 12.3oz, so I cut back a little on the sugar (still used 1/4c cocoa).

If I didn't know that this was just tofu with cocoa and sweetener, I'd probably think it was "real" ice-cream.
I'll also try other variations, maybe using those strawberries I have lying around.
Thanks for sharing! And thanks for the picture, too-- there are so many recipes on this site I never thought about trying until I saw the pic!
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« Reply #5 on: August 02, 2007, 02:47:13 AM »

So my non healthy version of this recipe included adding chopped pecans, Kahlua and swirling through some peanut butter and some shaved chocolate after it had frozen slightly, oh and I used sugar.  I also added a little dissolved agar agar (I just found this stuff and it's my new thing, gee wonder what this would be like if I added agar agar).  Maybe cause I whipped it a few times after it was in the freezer but it was a perfect consistency for me, i.e. didn't go hard.   

So, maybe not so healthy but at least it doesn't contain any trans fat like the prepackaged equivalent and it costs barely a third of the price.

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« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2007, 10:25:51 AM »

righteous recipe! I used some less sugar and orange extract + some orange rind instead of the vanilla. Choclatey orange gourmet. haha, love it
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« Reply #7 on: September 26, 2007, 12:03:21 PM »

This really hit the spot during a chocolate fit!  I used more cocoa and less sugar since I like my chocolate pretty chocolate-y.
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« Reply #8 on: October 07, 2009, 12:55:34 AM »

I used regular baking cocoa & splenda.. gave it a bitter flavor & it had that scrine flavor.  Tossed it and started from scratch.  Still used the baking cocoa, but used rice syrup & 1/2c regular sugar.  This was a lot better, but still not right.  I will pick up some different cocoa this next weekend, and try it again, but with honey or agave syrup instead.  Trying to not use sugar.
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