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
- ½ 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 says
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
Tanya says
Thanks Ron! I'll give it a try.
Carolyn says
@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.
RO KEL says
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 says
Hi Ro Kel, that should work fine. I hope you enjoy 🙂
Gracie says
This carrot juice recipe sounds great...one question do you think one could make it dairy free subbing coconut milk for the condensed milk?
Tanya says
Hi Gracie, you could. You could also use the dairy free condensed milk.
Ron says
@Gracie, an alternative to dairy is adding ginger and lemon juice with a bit of sugar
Helen Gordon says
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 says
Hi Helen, I haven’t kept it longer than 2 days.
Denise says
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 says
Hi Denise, it's sweetened.
Ronni says
Thank for sharing. The carrot juice is delicious. My son keep asking me to make more of it.
Robbyn says
Thank you for this recipe. At first I wasn’t sure, so I halved it. This is the bomb carrot juice and yes the rum, (I used Tortuga rum) takes it to a whole new level! Thanks again for sharing! Peace
Tanya says
Thanks so much Robbyn 🙂
Dwayne says
@Robbyn, which one of the Tortuga rum you used
Home Plix says
Amazing carrot juice recipe. I really love this recipe. Thanks for sharing such an awesome recipe.
Gillian Thompson says
Can't stand cooked carrots, but raw is a different deal and this juice looks amazing. Will have to give a try. 🙂
Marie-Pierre Breton says
What a yummy way to refill your carotenes!
Sarah says
This sounds really delicious! I have only had juice that had carrots and other fruits in it. I'll have to try this...
Dene' V. Alexander says
I absolutely love the fact this drink has condensed milk in it! It's the perfect combination of ingidients for a refreshing drink. Lol at "acting a little grown" by adding Jamaican rum. I still have a couple of Appleton bottles from when I visited a few years ago!! Delish
April says
You too?! I use to love carrots as a kid and would chill out with tv or a book and snack on them. My grandmother grew her own garden and had all types of vegetables and fruits and I helped with it. I thinks that's probably why I loved vegetables so much back then and still do now. This drink sounds really good. If I had condensed milk right now I would so make this!