I think peanut butter and chocolate is a fantastic flavor combination. Since I no longer eat Reese’s peanut butter cups, one of my favorite ways to enjoy the peanut butter and chocolate combo is in this chocolate peanut butter coconut ice cream recipe. It uses coconut cream (or milk) rather than cow’s cream, so it’s dairy-free and suitable for the GAPS and Paleo diets. Even if you don’t have any dairy restrictions, making coconut ice cream is a delicious and easy way to get more coconut oil into your diet.…

I’ve been making coconut milk ice cream for a long time now, but I didn’t know that you could make a coconut version of mint chocolate chip ice cream until I came across this recipe at the Nourishing Gourmet sometime last year. I’d assumed that coconut and mint wouldn’t be a good pairing, but I don’t know what I was thinking—they go together fantastically. I made the original recipe creamier, mintier, and more chocolaty. I make this recipe all the time—it’s one of our favorite ice creams. (Which is really saying something, because we love ice cream. :))

I think that the mint does a good job of toning down the coconut flavor in this ice cream.…