Snow Cream Ice-Cream (Made Healthier)

I didn’t intend to write about Snow Cream Ice-Cream today. Or yesterday, either. I wasn’t sure what I would post about, actually. And then the snow came. It fell and it fell and it fell and when it stopped, we ran outside to play and then it fell some more. I remembered to put bowls out to catch the fresh snow for snow cream and I had to share!
Snow Cream Ice-Cream
What is snow cream? It’s ice cream, but it’s made with freshly fallen snow and it’s amazing. Here’s how I make it:

Bowl of freshly fallen snow
Cream (I use SoDelicious Coconut Creamer)
Dash of organic vanilla
Organic Maple Syrup
Optional: raw cacao powder

Mix it all together and adjust to taste.
It’s that easy!

You can see my daughter loves the vanilla, but I prefer chocolate. Between the organic maple syrup, organic vanilla, coconut milk cream and raw cacao powder, you can’t really go wrong! You don’t need much of the ingredients above, just enough to wet the snow and stir.

It makes for a sweet ending to a sweet day. There’s something wonderful about a snow day, with Daddy home from work and kids in their snow suits running through 18 inches of snow. We dug tunnels to walk in and ate more snow than anyone probably should. We snuggled and loved and read books and made Valentines’ and pretty much had what I would call the perfect winter day.

You know all those health benefits of chocolate? The real health benefits are in the raw cacao because it hasn’t been heated, so the enzymes are alive and able to provide all the benefits to you! Here’s the affiliate link for the raw cacao powder we purchase (as usual: