Sure, organic vegan food can be pretty tasty — but what if you take sugar, soy, and gluten out of the equation too? That sounds like a bland recipe for disaster — especially for an ice cream — but Luna & Larry’s Coconut Bliss is actually all creamy deliciousness.
Of course, you do have to like coconut, like I do. Somehow, Coconut Bliss has combined coconut milk — imported directly from an organic grower in Thailand — with organic agave nectar to create this yummy cold concoction. Plus, the vanilla, cocoa, dark chocolate, and coffee in the ice creams are all fair trade!
The ingredients — all clearly listed on Coconut Bliss website — are strikingly simple organic items you recognize. The only Coconut Bliss flavor that contains any sugar’s Mint, which has a little sugar in the chocolate flakes. Compare that to Dreyer’s Rocky Road ice cream ingredients, which include lots and lots of sugar, plus partially hydrogenated soybean oil and corn syrup!
I discovered Coconut Bliss at Co-opportunity and I’m now hooked. You can get a pint of your own at Whole Foods, many other health food and small grocers, or online.
Organic creamy goodness doesn’t come cheap though. Retail price at Whole Foods is $6.69 a pint, though Co-opportunity usually has it for less. If you’re not ready to plunk down the money, taste free samples at the next Green Business Networking event, happening Tues., March 10 from 6 pm – 9 pm at Ambrose Hotel, 1255 20th St., Santa Monica.
Image via coconutbliss.com
Oh, I’ll have to try that! I’m on a quest for healthy ice cream. So far I am in LOVE with Ice Pan, but it’s not convenient to get to from Malibu.
Thanks for posting!
Comment by Nicole — February 27, 2009 @ 1:37 pm
Coconut is awesome stuff. For endurance bike rides I’ve started drinking coconut water in my number 2 bottle as a natural alternative for electrolytes. It’s got all the minerals you need without all the sugar and crap.
Comment by Gary K. — February 27, 2009 @ 2:15 pm
I love anything to do with coconut milk so I’m going to have to try it!
Comment by Kevin — February 27, 2009 @ 2:29 pm
I’m both sure that you’ll all like the ice cream and a little afraid you’ll blame me for your inevitable coconut bliss addiction…. Bike and walk and you’ll burn off the healthy calories –
Comment by Siel — February 27, 2009 @ 6:23 pm
This is the most amazing ice cream out there. A friend turned me on to it last year and I got completely hooked on their dark chocolate. The coffee is darn good, too.
Comment by mel — March 1, 2009 @ 1:29 pm
I’m more of a plain vanilla kind of girl –
Comment by Siel — March 1, 2009 @ 1:47 pm
I’ve only had the Mint Galactica and it was the BEST ice cream i’d ever had!!! It’s $5.99 at EcoTerra in Claremont on Indian Hill Blvd, where, by the way, you can buy fresh, organic, very-local produce for much less than you’d spend at Whole Foods.
Comment by tany — March 1, 2009 @ 10:45 pm
OMG so yummy!!!! I love the Vanilla flavored coconut ice cream. I wish Safeway was cool and would carry this treat.
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