Oat Milk
Chloe’s Oat Milk Salted Caramel Pops
This ice cream bar does not have a chocolate coating, but instead is caramel ice cream on a stick. The ice cream texture is a bit gritty, but has a real caramel taste. Made with oat milk, it is non-GMO, vegan, pareve, and gluten free. Four pops are in a box.
Chloe’s won the delicious living Best Bite Awards, highlighting the best in natural foods that prioritize flavor and clean ingredients. It won Gold for Consumer Choice – Desserts.
Coconut Milk
Daiya Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert Bar
Although made with coconut milk, the vanilla bean flavor tastes like vanilla and not coconut. There is also an espresso coffee bar which has a great coffee flavor. Both are dipped in fair trade dark chocolate which is smooth and not bitter. The bars are free of most common allergens including dairy, soy, gluten, egg, fish and peanuts. They are also non-GMO. Although the box only contains 3 bars, while most packages contain 4, it is worth the money to splurge on a great treat.
So Delicious Dipped Vanilla Bean
The semi-sweet chocolate coating complements the strong coconut tasting ice cream and go well together. It is gluten free, vegan, pareve and non-GMO. Four bars come in a box.
Haagen Dazs Coconut Caramel Dark Chocolate Non-Dairy Bar
I found the taste too bold, with the coconut and the dark chocolate flavors being too strong. The bars are dairy and gluten free and there are 3 bars in a box. I prefer So Delicious Dipped Cashew Caramel to this bar.
Fruit
SorBabes Ice Cream Bars Lemon Strawberry Crunch
SorBabes uses only water and real strawberry and lemon for their bars. The name is a play on sorbet. The founders state, “We were nicknamed the SorBabes as we made our sorbet during the red-eye shift at a small Brooklyn creamery and it just stuck. What better name for ladies making sorbet?!” The crunchy lemon quinoa shell reminded me of the delicious Good Humor Strawberry Shortcake with crunchy coating. It is dairy free, certified gluten free and four bars come in a box.
Nuts
Cashew Milk
My/Mo Mochi Non-Dairy Strawberry
In Japan, mochi is a type of rice cake. This ice cream version is a ball of sweet rice dough that encapsulates ice cream. My/Mo Mochi is made with cashew milk, which unlike almond milk, is not bitter. The outer sticky rice dough is very chewy and the ice cream has a strong strawberry taste. You can eat them whole or cut them into pieces. I put mine in a cup and ate them with a spoon. I loved that the rice dough kept the ice cream from melting. There is a small amount of white powder on the mochi, which is due to the rice starch. Six mochi come in a mini egg carton case. It is gluten free, dairy free and soy free.
So Delicious Dipped Cashew Caramel
This ice cream has a real vanilla and caramel taste encased in dark chocolate. It’s like a caramel sundae with chocolate topping. It is dairy free, vegan and non-GMO. Four bars are in a box.
Almond Butter
Sorbabes Vanilla Caramel Crunch Bars
I had to do a double take on this bar, thinking it was made with almond milk, but it is made with almond butter. The vanilla and caramel are swirled together and dipped in dark chocolate and roasted almonds. The dark chocolate taste is strong, but offset by the creamy vanilla and caramel flavors. It is dairy and gluten free.
Not reviewed
Magnum Non-Dairy Almond Bar is not gluten free.
Conclusion
Chloe’s, Daiya, SorBabes, My/Mo Mochi, and So Delicious all have great dairy and gluten free ice cream bars. However, I found Haagen Dazs to be too bold with overpowering coconut and dark chocolate flavors. Dairy free ice cream bars come in so many varieties, from oats and coconut milk to fruit and nuts. And the frozen desserts include a twist on sorbet, and even a Japanese frozen treat.
Fun Food Fact
Mochi is a symbol of good fortune. Because of this, it is consumed on New Year and by the aristocratic class regularly.
Did You Know
According to TasteAtlas, (https://www.tasteatlas.com/most-popular-desserts-in-the-world), the most popular desserts in the world include many ice cream variations. Mochi, the rice dough, is #1.
#56 Ice Cream Sandwich
#41 Banana Split
#10 Sundae
#9 Milkshake
#1 Mochi
Quote
“I’ve never had a sinus infection or been on antibiotics since cutting out dairy.” Mayim Bialik