Coconut Collaborative Chocolate Dipped Snowcoconut Sticks

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Coconut Collaborative Chocolate Dipped Snowcoconut Sticks

It's Summer, although you wouldn't think it...in typical British fashion we've had heat waves followed by showers - things never change!

On a rare hot day recently, I decided to try these dairy free, gluten free, vegan coconut based ice creams from The Coconut Collaborative. They were on offer for £3 at Sainsbury's for a pack of three sticks.

Coconut Collaborative Chocolate Dipped Snowcoconut Sticks

The ice creams are made with a base of coconut frozen dessert, which consists of coconut cream, and grape juice, with a dark chocolate dairy free coating, consisting of coconut sugar, cocoa and inulin.

Coconut Collaborative Chocolate Dipped Snowcoconut Sticks

Taking a bite, these were a very welcome treat on a boiling hot day. The ice cream centre is cool and refreshing, and rather like sorbet. The vanilla adds a nice flavour, with the dark chocolate being the perfect coating. These are a nice dairy free ice cream, although I did feel they were lacking something. The texture is too much like sorbet rather than a creamy ice cream, which tends to be the problem with a lot of coconut based ice desserts. I do wish there was a creamier dairy free ice cream more widely available.

Overall, if you're vegan or dairy free these are a nice treat especially on a hot day, and I would recommend them. I don't think they'll be a regular purchase for me though.

Nutrition Information (per 95ml lolly): 204 Calories, 6.9g Fat, 18.4g Carbohydrates, 11.9g Sugars, 0.9g Protein. 

7.5 out of 10. 


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