This Jamaican Style Carrot Juice Recipe is a refreshing yet sweet treat. One of my favorite drinks when growing up in Jamaica.
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Growing up, carrots were one of my favorite vegetables to eat—not the cooked carrots, but a regular raw carrot right out of the bag. I’d grab one, sit in front of the TV, watch my cartoons, and chew on the carrot. I wanted to be Bugs Bunny.
A little birdie also told me that carrots were really good for eyesight so as a kid, I made sure I ate at least 2 a day. I still don’t need glassess…I’ll give props to the carrots and that little birdie.
Growing up, while I wasn’t eating all the carrots in the house, I would also get to enjoy this Jamaican Style Carrot Juice. It wasn’t made too often in the house, but when it was made, it was a true treat.
Now, this isn’t your typical carrot juice recipe. It’s a bit thicker and sweetened with condensed milk and other spices. So, in other words, it ain’t the healthiest drink on the block. But seriously, who cares? It’s delicious, and it does have a vegetable in it.
Ingredients for Carrot Juice
- Carrots – rinsed and cleaned. It’s up to you whether to peel them. If they aren’t organic, I tend to peel them.
- Water – this will help when blending the carrots to make the juice.
- Condensed milk, nutmeg, and vanilla extract – this adds sweetness and flavor to the carrot juice.
How to make Jamaican Style Carrot Juice with step by step Photos
Peel and chop carrots, then add them to to blender with water and blend until smooth. Strain the liquid into a jar.
Add condensed milk, vanilla extract, and nutmeg to the jar and serve. Pour into a pitcher and refrigerate or serve over ice. Enjoy 🙂
This Jamaican Style Carrot Juice Recipe is a breeze to make. All you need is a blender, a strainer , a bag of carrots, a can of condensed milk, vanilla extract, and nutmeg. Serve it over ice for a nice refreshing drink. Ya mon.
Want more Jamaican Recipes?? Check out my Jamaican Sorrel Drink, Instantpot Jamaican Cornmeal Porridge , Corned Beef and Cabbage – Jamaican Style and these Jamaican Banana Fritters.
Notes on Jamaican Style Carrot Juice Recipe
- You will need a pretty good blender for this recipe. I love love love my Red Vitamix Blender that my hubby got me for Christmas.
- This drink is pretty sweet, depending on how much of the sweetened condensed milk you add. However, the other spices give it a spice-filled taste.
- Feel free to add a good splash of rum to this recipe. Yes, I like to add rum to certain drinks, rum added to this one is really good.
Jamaican Style Carrot Juice Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 lbs carrots
- 5 cups water
- 1 14oz can condensed milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- rum optional
Instructions
- Peel and chop carrots into 2-inch pieces. Add to blender with 5 cups of water and blend for about 2 minutes.
- Place strainer over pitcher and pour mixture into strainer, allowing juice to fall into pitcher and carrot puree to remain in strainer. Discard (or save for another use) carrot puree in a strainer.
- Add condensed milk, vanilla extract, and nutmeg to pitcher and serve. Refrigerate or serve over ice. Enjoy 🙂
Notes
- This drink is pretty sweet, depending on how much of the sweetened condensed milk you add. However, the other spices give it a spice-filled taste.
- Feel free to add a good splash of rum to this recipe. Yes, I like to add rum to certain drinks, rum added to this one is delicious.
Ron
Thursday 27th of June 2024
I make this drink regularly but with a twist, I steam the carrots before I blend it,this way nothing goes to waste and the drink is thicker.try it
Carolyn
Saturday 5th of October 2024
@Ron, My mom's best friend from Jamaica used to boil her carrots first and then blend them and the water they were cooked in. We also had it with rum or an orange liquor. I loved it with or without.
Tanya
Friday 28th of June 2024
Thanks Ron! I'll give it a try.
RO KEL
Tuesday 27th of December 2022
I’m excited to make this. Looks very easy which is in my category and I have some Wray & Nephew white rum. Can I juice the carrots then blend with the water? Thanks for sharing!
Tanya
Friday 30th of December 2022
Hi Ro Kel, that should work fine. I hope you enjoy :)
Gracie
Saturday 10th of December 2022
This carrot juice recipe sounds great...one question do you think one could make it dairy free subbing coconut milk for the condensed milk?
Ron
Thursday 27th of June 2024
@Gracie, an alternative to dairy is adding ginger and lemon juice with a bit of sugar
Tanya
Saturday 10th of December 2022
Hi Gracie, you could. You could also use the dairy free condensed milk.
Helen Gordon
Thursday 8th of April 2021
I haven’t made it yet, but I plan to, it seems to be a pretty easy make, I have a question, how long does this juice keep in the refrigerator?
Tanya
Saturday 10th of April 2021
Hi Helen, I haven’t kept it longer than 2 days.
Denise
Monday 29th of March 2021
Love the idea of this, is the condensed milk sweetened or just plain? Carrot juice is the best, can’t wait to make it?
Tanya
Tuesday 30th of March 2021
Hi Denise, it's sweetened.