Healthy Orange Creamsicle Ice Cream
This Healthy Orange Creamsicle Ice Cream recipe is refined sugar free, low fat, low calorie and high protein?? Oh yes. And you’d NEVER even know it!
When I was younger, around ten years old (OH MY GOSH I JUST REALIZED THAT WAS MORE THAN A DECADE AGO… I feel old now), I used to go to the beach with family and friends a lot. There was this beach stand there and basically all they sold was ice cream, popsicles and soda. Healthy, right? HAH.
Anyways, one of the main reasons I enjoyed going to the beach was because I got to get an Orange Creamsicle Popsicle. It was my faaaaavoriteeeee! It’s creamy, sweet, addicting, refreshing… ugh, I’m drooling just thinking about it. Thank goodness I have a batch of this Orange Creamsicle Ice Cream on hand to scoop into 😉
Orange you glad that we can finally have a healthy and all-natural orange creamsicle ice cream??
Healthy Orange Creamsicle Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 28 oz Plain, Nonfat Greek Yogurt
- 12 oz Half and Half
- 1 cup 100% Orange Juice
- 1 tbs Liquid Stevia Extract
- 2 tsp Orange Zest
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 tsp Natural Butter Flavor
- 1 tsp Xanthan Gum
- ¼ tsp Ground Turmeric
- ⅛ tsp Salt
Instructions
- Freeze your ice cream maker bowl for 24+ hours (I used my KitchenAid ice cream maker attachment).
- In a blender (I used my Vitamix), add the yogurt, half and half, orange juice, stevia, orange zest, vanilla extract and natural butter flavor. Blend until smooth.
- While blending, add in the xanthan gum, turmeric and salt.
- Place the frozen ice cream maker attachment onto the stand mixer and turn on the "stir" speed. Pour the chilled ice cream mixture into the ice cream bowl and churn until soft-serve consistency.
- Scoop the ice cream into a freezer-proof container, cover, and freeze until it's the texture you like. Scoop into bowls and serve!
Compared to Häagen Dazs or Ben & Jerry’s, a FULL CUP of this ice cream will save you over 300 calories.
YASSSS GURLFRAND!
Enjoy!
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With love and good eats,
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– Jess
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Indulge − no strings attached!
It’s still hot here in Florida, too! Gosh, I am so excited for fall to come!
And orange cream=best combo!
Frozen yoghurts!!!! my favorites! I just feel like scooping this, no need to make mine yours looks great 🙂
This is kind of random, saw your post on Tastespotting, it looked just like mine! (Orange colored ice cream with a blue backdrop.) Great minds think alike! 😉 Sounds yummy too.
LOVE this recipe, ingredients Ice cream ingredients I can actually pronounce? YASSSS you’re the best Jess! <3
Love how healthy this is for you! And perfect for the hot weather here in Australia now too.
I loved Creamsicles as a kid but have never seen one without artificial everything 🙂 Great healthy recipe and your photos are gorgeous I want to grab a spoon and dig!
hi can i please ask what is half and half?
cheers
chris
Hi, Jessica! I am planning to make this recipe once I get my hands on half and half because it is too damn hot out here!!! XD Would you recommend doing this recipe sans ice cream maker? 🙂
Hi Sara!
I wouldn’t recommend making this recipe without an ice cream maker, sadly 🙁
The ice cream machine churns the mixture so it’s creamy and not crystallized, and it incorporates air as well so it’s nice and fluffy and creamy 😀
-Jess
What is the purpose of the Xanthan Gum? is it to help keep it soft and creamy? if so, could I use unflavored gelatin in its place? I am not a fan of xanthan gum. Thank you!
Yes, the xanthan gum helps create a smooth texture and prevents some ice crystals from forming. I have only used gelatin in ice cream once and it seemed to work well, so I guess you can try that out here! I haven’t tried it in this recipe though, so I’m not sure how much I’d recommend that you’d use. If you try the recipe using gelatin, I hope it works out for you! 🙂
Thank you Jessica, I am loving your recipes!
The vita mix has a freeze function on it… if I add ice cubes and use that — will it be ok or is it absolutely necessary to use an ice cream maker
Sorry, but no, you need an ice cream machine to make ice cream. Adding ice cubes will probably just make a watered down flavored milkshake :/
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You could make this in a Vitamix with ice cubes. Just use frozen orange juice concentrate instead of liquid orange juice. It wouldn’t be exactly the same but I think it would be close.
SORRY – I reread the recipe. 12 oz of 1/2 & 1/2 plus yogurt would be too much for the Vitamix to “freeze” with just ice cubes.
Can I use dairy free half & half in this recipe?
I haven’t tried that so I can’t be sure, but it’s worth a shot! You can also try full-fat coconut milk 🙂
I am allergic to all artificial sweeteners as are my kids. Weird question, do you have a recipe for sugar to be used instead of Stevia or artificial sweeteners I’m afraid to use any of the other sweeteners we get violent reactions!