Review: Purely Decadent Coconut Milk Chocolate Ice Cream

When you can’t have regularly sweetened ice cream, you normally find yourself eating “sugar-free” or no sugar added varieties. Because they use the fake sweeteners, they never taste like an ice cream should. But if you want to enjoy a natural, organic, and even dairy free ice cream, look no further than Turtle Mountain’s Purely Decadent Coconut Milk Ice Cream.

As you can see from their website, PD Coconut Milk Ice Cream is made with organic ingredients (although it is not 100% organic), contains no dairy – perfect for the lactose intolerant – and comes in Vanilla, Chocolate, Mint, Chip, Peanut Butter Swirl, and four other varieties; I’ve had all of the four mentioned plus Coconut and Chocolate Cookie Dough. Most importantly, it is sweetened with Agave Syrup and, therefore, has a lower glycemic index than other ice creams. Every variety I’ve had has tasted great and is a perfect substitute for a traditional ice cream made with sugar and cream. Compared to Bryers Natural Chocolate ice cream, it has a few less sugars and a lot more fiber (yes, this ice cream has 6g of dietary fiber!).

Some of the flavors have items (like the cookie dough chunks or peanut butter swirls) are sweetened with beet juice which, for me, isn’t the greatest. I have to be careful as to how much I eat. And even though the ice cream is made with agave syrup, it is still a sweetener and I can’t go eating an entire pint (although it tastes so good, I could!). Anyone with diabetes, allergies, or who wants to maintain a low-carb, low-lat diet may not want to eat this ice cream. After all, it is meant to me a dessert and it lives up to those expectations.

But for those who want a natural, dairy-free ice cream with agave syrup, Purely Decadent Coconut Milk Chocolate Ice Cream is the ice cream to eat.