Pina Colada Ice Cream Recipe - plus 13 more pina colada recipes (2024)

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Published: July 10, 2017 | Updated: August 24, 2018 | By Ashlee

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I love summer – I love having my kids home and I love sleeping in (school drop off kills me daily) AND I love making and enjoying ICE CREAM! This is a creamy homemade coconut ice cream with chunks of crushed pineapple added to it for a sweet pina colada treat!

The crazy thing is – I LOVE coconut and I LOVE pina colada but I’ve never liked pineapple – isn’t that weird? And my kids? half LOVE pineapple, half hate it and ONE doesn’t like coconut – that’s just crazy talk! But they all enjoyed this sweet treat!

I love custard based ice creams – I love the creaminess of them – BUT you could easily make an eggless version of this – using this base ice cream recipe and sub out some of the heavy cream for coconut cream and add the toasted coconut and crushed pineapple at the end!

Mmmmm seriously doesn’t get much better or refreshing! also how fun are these pineapple flowers! I’ve always wanted to give them a try – I’ll do a video and post on them pronto!

Pina Colada Ice Cream Recipe - plus 13 more pina colada recipes

Creamy rich homemade ice cream recipe made with coconut and pineapple for the perfect pina colada

4.19 from 11 votes

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Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes

Ice Cream Machine time: 40 minutes minutes

Total Time: 1 hour hour 20 minutes minutes

Ingredients

1/2 C sweetened coconut
1 C granulated sugar
1 tsp cornstarch
1/4 tsp salt
3 lrg eggs
1 1/2 C coconut cream
1 C whole milk
2 tsp vanilla
1 C heavy whipping cream
1/2 C crushed pineapple drained

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Instructions

spread the coconut onto a baking sheet and toast at 350 for 4-7 mins (just until golden, I like to stir after 3 mins
in a medium bowl whisk the sugar, cornstarch and salt
add the eggs and beat until light in color and foamy
in a saucepan heat the coconut cream and milk until just starting to steam/bubble
pour the hot milk into the eggs in a steady stream while beating (so it doesn't cook and scramble the eggs)
pour back into the saucepan and heat, stirring constantly until thickened enough to coat the back of the spoon/spatula
take off the heat and strain
stir in the vanilla and heavy cream
refrigerate until chilled
run through your ice cream maker according to the directions
See Also
Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream (frozen custard) - The Recipe Rebel
scoop half into your ice cream holder/tupperware and sprinkle on half the coconut and pineapple - repeat - then stir as much or as little as you want
serve right away for a soft ice cream or freeze for a more traditional ice cream, 3-4 hours

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Pina Colada Tembleque (Pineapple Coconut Pudding) – Foodie with Family
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Kara
July 10, 2017 at 8:30 am

I love the same things about summer! This looks so yummy I want to lick my screen! Where did you get those cute ice cream cone bowls? I need some!
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Marly
July 10, 2017 at 10:22 am

This looks so creamy and delicious! OMG! I must veganize this and have it soon! 🙂
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Alicia
July 10, 2017 at 2:08 pm

This looks so good! I love those pineapple flowers, too!
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Sarah Gensler
June 15, 2019 at 2:46 pm

I have a couple questions can I use a soy milk or cashew milk or full fat coconut milk instead of whole milk and for the eggs can I use egg replacer instead of real eggs?
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- Ashlee Marie
  January 4, 2020 at 4:06 am
  
  I’m sorry, I am not knowledgeable about egg or dairy free recipes. I’ve never tried to make a custard with egg replacers.