Chocolate Nice Cream

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If you love chocolate ice cream you’ll love its healthy cousin nice cream! Made from over-ripe frozen bananas, it’s completely dairy and refined sugar-free. You’ll be so surprised it tastes sweet and creamy just like soft-serve ice cream!

“I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!” Every kid who’s chanted these words is filled with joy and expectation of America’s favorite rich and creamy frozen dessert, ice cream.

Nice cream, is a miraculous non-dairy, sugar-free ice cream made simply by blending, frozen over-ripe bananas into a luscious creamy soft serve. Add cocoa powder, a splash of vanilla, a pinch of salt, and voila, chocolate nice cream is born. I always have a stash of frozen bananas on hand, ready to be made into this simply delicious healthy dessert.

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Ingredients

• 4 large very ripe bananas, frozen (black spot bananas)

• ¼ cup of peanut butter

• 1 teaspoon of vanilla

• A pinch of fine sea salt

• ¼ cup of Dutch cocoa powder

  Makes 4 servings

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How to make Chocolate Nice Cream

1. First peel your very ripe bananas and pop them in the freezer. The perfect nice cream banana is past the point where you would want to eat it fresh out of the peel. The skin will be soft and covered all over with dark brown or black spots, indicating that the starches have turned to simple sugars, making them naturally very sweet. Once frozen, cut them into chunks. Bananas that are just slightly thawed blend up creamiest so you can microwave them for 30 seconds, or just let them sit on the counter for a short while. You’ll know they are ready to blend when you can make a slight dent in the banana when pressed.

2. A high-powered blender is really helpful when making nice cream as it powers through the frozen fruit creating a super creamy consistency. I use a Vitamix which has a tamper that enables you to push the food down and around the blade. If you have a blender without a tamper, you will just need to stop periodically to scrape the sides of the container.

3. Next add your bananas, peanut butter, vanilla, and salt to the container. Don’t worry, you won’t taste the salt but it will help marry the flavors together. Blend until the bananas are creamy, white and look like thick frosting. This takes about a minute.

4. Now we’re ready to add the cocoa powder. Just scoop it into the banana mixture and blend until it’s smooth and looks like soft-serve ice cream. The friction of the blades creates heat which will melt your nice cream, so be careful not to over blend.

Your nice cream is all ready! You can scoop it into individual bowls or cones, pile it high with your favorite toppings, or put it in the freezer for later.

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Helpful Tip

If freezing for later, let it thaw until scoopable before serving.

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Yield: 4 Servings

Author: Carol Clayton

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Chocolate Nice Cream (dairy free ice cream)

If you love chocolate ice cream you’ll love its healthy cousin nice cream! Made from over-ripe frozen bananas, it’s completely dairy and refined sugar-free. You’ll be so surprised it tastes sweet and creamy just like soft-serve ice cream!

Prep time: 10 MinTotal time: 10 Min

Ingredients

• 4 large very ripe bananas, frozen (black spot bananas)
• ¼ cup of peanut butter
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla
• A pinch of fine sea salt
• ¼ cup of dutch cocoa powder

Instructions

1. First, peel your very ripe bananas and pop them in the freezer. The perfect nice cream banana is past the point where you would want to eat it fresh out of the peel. The skin will be soft and covered all over with dark brown or black spots, indicating that the starches have turned to simple sugars, making them naturally very sweet. Once frozen, cut them into chunks. Bananas that are just slightly thawed blend up creamiest so you can microwave them for 30 seconds, or just let them sit on the counter for a short while. You’ll know they are ready to blend when you can make a slight dent in the banana when pressed.
2. Next add your bananas, vanilla, and salt to the container. Blend until the bananas are creamy, white and look like thick frosting. This takes about a minute.
3. Now we’re ready to add the cocoa powder. Just scoop it into the banana mixture and blend until it’s smooth and looks like soft-serve ice cream. The friction of the blades creates heat which will melt your nice cream, so be careful not to over blend.
4. Your nice cream is all ready! You can scoop it into individual bowls or cones, pile it high with your favorite toppings, or put it in the freezer for later.

Notes

A high-powered blender is really helpful when making nice cream as it powers through the frozen fruit creating a super creamy consistency. I use a Vitamix which has a tamper that enables you to push the food down and around the blade. If you have a blender without a tamper, you will just need to stop periodically to scrape the sides of the container. If freezing for later, let it thaw until scoopable before serving.

Nutrition Facts

Calories

232.44

Fat (grams)

9.43 g

Sat. Fat (grams)

2.21 g

Carbs (grams)

37.85 g

Fiber (grams)

6.31 g

Net carbs

31.54 g

Sugar (grams)

18.5 g

Protein (grams)

6.16 g

Sodium (milligrams)

81.44 mg

Cholesterol (grams)

0 mg

Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators.

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