Healthy Nice Cream (Print Version)
Creamy frozen dessert made entirely from fruit—perfect guilt-free indulgence any time.
# What You Need:
→ Base
01 - 4 large ripe bananas, peeled, sliced and frozen
→ Flavor Variations
02 - 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
03 - 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
04 - 1 cup frozen mixed berries
05 - 2 tablespoons peanut butter or almond butter (optional)
06 - 2 tablespoons plant-based milk (almond, oat, or coconut; as needed for blending)
→ Optional Toppings
07 - Fresh berries
08 - Coconut flakes
09 - Chopped nuts
10 - Dark chocolate chips
# How-To Steps:
01 - Place the frozen banana slices into a high-powered blender or food processor.
02 - Add your preferred flavor additions such as vanilla extract, cocoa powder, frozen berries, or nut butter to the blender.
03 - Blend on high until the mixture becomes smooth and creamy, scraping down the sides as needed. Add plant-based milk 1 tablespoon at a time only if necessary to aid blending.
04 - Serve immediately for a soft-serve consistency, or transfer to a sealed container and freeze for 1 to 2 hours for a firmer, scoopable texture.
05 - Top with fresh berries, coconut flakes, chopped nuts, or dark chocolate chips as desired and serve.
# Expert Tips:
01 -
- It tastes legitimately like soft serve but the entire ingredient list is fruit and whatever flavor you feel like adding.
- Cleanup is basically rinsing out a blender, which means you can make this on your laziest day and still feel accomplished.
02 -
- Do not try blending frozen bananas in a cheap blender, I burned out a motor doing this once and the smell of fried electronics mixed with banana is something you never forget.
- Letting frozen nice cream sit at room temperature for about five minutes before scooping is the difference between a rock solid block and perfect velvety scoops.
03 -
- Freeze your bananas at peak ripeness, those heavily speckled almost ugly ones are packed with natural sweetness and blend up significantly creamier than firm yellow ones.
- Adding half a ripe avocado to the blender makes the texture impossibly rich and luscious without changing the flavor at all.