This 5-minute Creamy Mango Ice Cream is made with four simple ingredients, is healthy and low in added sugar, and can be made in your Vita-mix or food processor. It’s ready instantly–no freezing time required!
Are your kids out of school yet? Both of mine are on summer break and we are in full-on summer mode over here. You know what that means. Pool days, sibling bickering, and…ice cream!
Ice cream is as much a part of summer as running bare foot through the sprinkler, sand castles on the beach, and barbecue dinners. Did you know you can make your own healthy ice cream at home in about 5 minutes?
Now, let me be clear about one thing. I let my kids have the “real stuff” when it comes to ice cream. I’m not so strict with their food intake that I ban the full-sugar dairy ice cream from the ice cream shoppe. On the other hand, I don’t let our summers be filled with those kinds of treats every day. I try to teach my kids that those are once-in-a-while foods and we reserve them for special days.
The rest of the days? We make our own healthy treats that they seem to enjoy just as much! Who needs to have the full-sugar ice cream everyday when you have a healthy alternative that can satisfy your sweet tooth and ice cream cravings?
This Creamy Mango Ice Cream is so easy to make, it’s ready nearly instantly! You just need four simple (vegan) ingredients and a high-powered blender or food processor. I use my Vitamix for this and it works perfectly and clean up is even easier! I highly recommend the Vitamix blender. 
I hope your summer days are carefree, relaxing, fun, and filled with this healthy creamy mango ice cream!
- 3 cups frozen mango chunks
- ½ cup canned coconut milk (full-fat recommended)
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2-4 tablespoons agave nectar (or liquid sweetener of choice such as honey or maple syrup), to taste
- pinch of salt (optional)
- Place all ingredients in your high-powered blender or food processor.
- Process until you get a smooth and creamy mixture and there are no more mango chunks. Do not over process or it will begin to melt. If you are using a Vitamix, you will need to use your tamper stick.
- Serve immediately. Enjoy!
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Yum! This looks so delicious and creamy.
Now I just need to get over this cold so I can justify making this… 🙂
Summer colds are the worst! Feel better.
Thank you for this recipe, looks yummy.
You’re welcome!
Made it for my kids today and they loved it. Very easy!
So glad to hear that, Alex! 🙂
What are other things to make ice cream how you do it. Need more recipe please
Can this be made ahead of time? Celebrating 5 birthdays tomorrow and need to make thing ahead of time
Yes, you’ll just need to keep it in the freezer. Enjoy!
Just made this for my husband – he loves mangos- and he said it was the greatest thing he’d ever tasted! Thx for such a delicious recipe ♡
So glad to hear that, Anna! 🙂
Made this last night for company. It was so quick, easy, and most of all delicious!!!
I’m so glad to hear you liked this, Wendy!
I normally need something chocolatey to satisfy my dessert craving, but this really hit the spot! It was very easy to make, and I divided it into 4 containers to freeze and enjoy later. Tastes even better than (and is for sure healthier than) haagen dazs mango sorbet. Will definitely make again!! Thanks!
You’re welcome! I’m so happy to hear you enjoyed this, Lauren. 🙂
Do you have any suggestions for a substitute for the coconut milk? I don’t care for the coconut flavor. Would cow’s milk work?
If you use whole cow’s milk it will work. The creaminess comes from the fat, so low-fat milk doesn’t work as well.
This worked great! My local grocery carries half-cup (well…technically, 250 mL) tetra-bricks of shelf-stable coconut cream, and I used dark brown sugar. “Let’s never buy ice cream again” was my wife’s response after tasting it.
I love that!! 🙂