Healthy 4-Ingredient Chocolate Banana Ice Cream
This Healthy Chocolate Banana Ice Cream is creamy, chocolatey and super simple and quick to make. It’s dairy-free, vegan and sugar-free, and made with just 4 healthy ingredients. A great alternative to traditional ice cream.
Ingredients
For the Chocolate Banana Ice Cream:
- 2 bananas peeled and frozen
- 1 tablespoon almond butter
- ¼ cup pitted dates
- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder or more if you like a darker and more chocolatey ice cream
For the Toppings
- ½ cup cherries pitted and halved
- ½ sliced banana
- 1 teaspoon chocolate chunks
- 1 teaspoon crushed hazelnuts
- ½ teaspoon puffed quinoa
Instructions
- For a firm chocolate banana ice cream, place your ice cream maker bowl in the freezer, the day or night before, to properly chill. If you don’t have an ice cream maker, just skip this step. Bellow, I show you how to make ice cream without a machine.
- Place the frozen bananas, almond butter, dates and cocoa powder into your food processor. Pulse until creamy and smooth, scraping down sides as needed. This may take a while depending on the power of your processor.
- If you’re after soft serve, consume immediately.
- For a firmer ice cream, USING AN ICE CREAM MAKER, pour the mixture into the bowl of the ice cream maker and churn for 30 minutes. Then freeze for 1 hour so that it is hard enough to scoop it.
- For a firmer ice cream, WITHOUT A MACHINE, transfer the ice cream to a container and freeze it for 30 minutes, then give it a stir. By breaking up the ice cream, you’ll help make it smooth and creamy. Freeze and stir again every 30 minutes twice more.
- Store the ice cream in a covered freezer container until ready to serve.
- To serve the Ice Cream
- Scoop or spoon the ice cream into a bowl, top with you favorite berries, nuts or any other toppings you love, and enjoy!
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