Salted Caramel Cookie Dough Ice Cream Recipe

This healthy cookie dough ice cream sundae is everything you’d want a sundae to be, plus more. There’s the amazing vegan refined sugar free salted caramel sauce, the gluten free cookie dough, and the dairy free ice cream – which are all individually amazing, but together… they will blow your mind.

Let’s talk about bananas. They’re the one fruit I couldn’t do without (although currently, I’d say the same for watermelon, but that’s because it’s hooooooot). They’re this magic fruit that makes decadent milkshake-like concoctions which are actually healthy, as well as ice cream that you can eat for breakfast.

I’ve been making smoothies before they were “a thing” and I’ve been whipping up nice cream (a.k.a. frozen banana ice cream) also before it was “a thing”. (And yes, I am so totally proud of that.) 

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Because, you see, I luuurve healthifying and allergy-friendlifying things. (Yes, those words are made up.) And when I say luuurve, I mean it’s bordering on an obsession. But because this obsession produces ohmygoshsodelicious results – I’m not complaining.

And you won’t either, especially when I present to you the awesomeness that is this healthy salted caramel cookie dough ice cream sundae. Yes, do take a minute to process what I’ve just said (written?). 

Healthy: gluten, dairy and refined sugar free, vegan and paleo. Salted caramel: luscious sweet deliciousness based on my paleo & vegan caramel sauce. Choc chip cookie dough: there are no words –  cookie dough ice cream is the best thing ever. Ice cream: that cool creamy thing we all love, in a healthy (!!!) form. Sundae: because the only thing better than ice cream is a lot of ice cream with more things piled on top of it.

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Add to that that it’s easy to make, you probably have most ingredients in your kitchen right now… I mean, what’s not to love?! Just look at it:

Now, you might be thinking that bananas are not your favourite thing – but that’s the abracadabra with bananas: once you freeze them, they lose some of their banana-y (<— totally a word) flavour, and become this creamy, almost caramel-tasting scrumptiousness. Of course, if you absolutely hate bananas… make ice cream with coconut cream and maple syrup instead. But do use the salted caramel sauce and chocolate chip cookie dough part of this recipe.

(Because you’ll regret it if you don’t. Wait, that wasn’t a threat. I won’t come to your house and force-feed you cookie dough. I’m not like that… I’ll keep it all to myself. MWAHAHAHA. Okay, weird moment over.)

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Actually, now that I’ve had some time to think about it: there’s one thing I don’t like about this healthy cookie dough ice cream sundae: it disappears way too quickly. Oh well, I’ll just have to make another batch.

This healthy cookie dough ice cream sundae is everything you’d want a sundae to be, plus more. There’s the amazing vegan refined sugar free salted caramel sauce, the gluten free cookie dough, and the dairy free ice cream – which are all individually amazing, but together… they will blow your mind. (NOTE: Prep time doesn't include freezing time.)

Note 1: Get the salted caramel sauce recipe here! I recommend adding the salt slowly bit by bit until you judge it to be just right. You can always add more, but you can't take it away.

Salted Caramel Cookie Dough

Note 3: As the salted caramel sauce contains coconut oil, it will firm up in the freezer and become cloudy – that's natural and doesn't affect the taste!

And I’m so excited to welcome you to The Loopy Whisk, where we’re all aboutfeel good recipes that make living with food allergies and dietary requirements easy as cake! (And there’s a lot of cake round these parts.)

And I’m so glad to welcome you to The Loopy Whisk, where we’re all about feel good recipes that make living with food allergies and dietary requirements easy as cake! (And there’s a lot of cake round these parts.) I’m happiest in the kitchen and behind the camera, bringing my allergy friendly dreams to life, and sharing them with you.Gluten-free Crunchie caramel cookie dough ice cream recipe – super easy to make in 20 minutes. Then just be patient whilst it’s freezing and that’s it!

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And whilst there’s a few decent options out there for us gluten-free folks when it comes to ice cream, there’s nothing quite like this.

My gluten-free Crunchie caramel cookie dough ice cream recipe is a Ben and Jerry’s level ice cream, packed with tons of awesomeness.

The ice cream is creamy, soft and cooling – you’d never know it hadn’t been churned. It’s definitely not super hard or comes out the freezer in a solid lump!

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The flavour is out of this world – the Crunchie bars infuse with the ice cream, giving it a lovely honeycomb flavour.

So here’s everything you’ll need to make this – keep scrolling to the bottom of the post if you’re looking for the method and measurements etc. ??

So I thought I’d kick things off with a little frequently asked questions section – if you just want the recipe, then keep scrolling!

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But I’ve thrown in some tips here that will be really helpful if this is your first time baking this, or you want to adapt it. So here they are!

Bear in mind that minimising cross-contamination is hugely important if you’re Coeliac or making this for someone who is. Here’s some tips from Coeliac UK on minimising the risk of cross contamination.

Also, make sure that all ingredients used don’t have any gluten-containing ingredients. Then make that that they also don’t have a ‘may contain’ warning for gluten, wheat, rye, barley, oats (which aren’t gf), spelt and khorasan wheat (aka Kamut).

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Here’s some more info from Coeliac UK on identifying safe gluten free products. Double check your sprinkles to make sure they’re gf too.

Also, Crunchie bars aren’t dairy-free either and there’s no simple swap for those either. If you’d like me to work on a dairy-free version of this then please let me know in the Facebook comments below this post.

Again, this would involve so many swaps that you’d end up making a different recipe entirely! Until I’ve tested it myself, I wouldn’t recommend it.

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Yep, this is a nut-free recipe as far as ingredients go, BUT make sure you check the ingredients label on ALL the products you use just to be safe.

Even if the products don’t contain nuts, they may have a ‘may contain nuts’ warning due to being produced in a factory that handles nuts.

Unfortunately, due to the high dairy content, this recipe is not suitable for the elimination phase of the low FODMAP diet. Once you’ve successfully reintroduced dairy, only then should you consider enjoying this during the maintenance phase of the diet.

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There’s no gluten-containing ingredients and no ‘may contain’ warning for gluten, wheat etc. Which according to Coeliac UK, makes it safe for those on a gluten-free diet.

I actually use a stand mixer to make this because it has a lovely big bowl with high sides and easily controllable speed settings.

I wouldn’t recommend it as a lot of the magic in making no-churn ice cream comes from lots of mixing and whipping to get as much air into the mixture as possible.

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Not only would it take you ages, but you’d need to give a stellar whipping performance to match a stand mixer or electric whisk! You’re welcome to try, but let me know how it turns out either way.

An electric mixer is key for this one, so yeah, there’s that. Otherwise, just an airtight container to store your ice cream in and of course, a freezer!

In short… yes, yes and yes! And I wouldn’t advise attempting any my recipes without them. One of the worst things you can do in any recipe is alter the quantities by mistake or on purpose.

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Why? Well, you’re sort of just gambling with the recipe and praying that it turns out ok, don’t you think? And I’ve generally already done the hard work there for you, so you don’t have to do the guesswork with measurements!

A lot of work went into fine tuning ratios and quantities so I wouldn’t mess around with them unless you really know your stuff. I’d recommending using digital cooking scales like these so you know you’re getting an accurate measurement and replicating my recipe as accurately as poss.

There’s only added sugar in the cookie dough, which I couldn’t recommend removing because otherwise it wouldn’t be cookie dough… it’d be buttery flour with chocolate chips in it!

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You can of course skip the fudge sauce, or adding the Crunchie bars, but I wouldn’t recommend reducing the caramel at all. It’s key in forming a creamy, soft texture.

I can’t see why not, but the combination of the two sugars is the key to making perfect cookie dough in my opinion.

You’ve got the sweetness and neutral flavour of the caster sugar, paired up with the molasses taste and golden colour provided by the brown sugar.

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I used the gluten-free waffle cones by Eskal on Amazon – they seem to be sold out at the