Did you know that you can perform a culinary magic trick with a couple ingredients? As long as you have a high-speed blender or food processor, you have the ability to turn a banana into ice cream. When you blend a frozen banana, you achieve a wonderfully creamy consistency. Frozen bananas are perfect smoothie ingredients to achieve maximum creaminess, but they also make the perfect ice cream base.
Banana nice cream, as it has become known, is a healthy alternative to classic dairy-laden, sugar-rich ice creams. Most people like to sit down after a long day and enjoy a scoop, or two, or three, or a pint of ice cream. All of that dairy and sugar consumption can lead to a lot of mucus accumulation, fat storage, or poor digestion. Instead, sit down with a dessert that you can enjoy guilt-free!
How To Freeze Bananas
This seems like a no-brainer, but there is a specific technique to help make your life infinitely easier. First and foremost, never freeze your bananas with the peels on, well, unless you want to struggle. Always peel the bananas prior to freezing them. Once you peel the bananas, slice them into half-inch thick rounds. You don’t have to get a ruler out to measure each slice, but make them roughly that size. Using four or five bananas at a time, place the slices on a baking tray lined with parchment paper and place it in the freezer overnight. Remove the bananas in the morning, transfer them to Ziploc bags, and then keep them in the freezer until you are ready to use them. The reason for slicing them is because smaller frozen banana pieces break down quicker during the blending process and help you achieve a thicker, creamier ice cream.
How To Make Banana Nice Cream
Once you have your frozen banana slices, the next step is to use your high-speed blender or food processor. There is no need for an ice cream maker, folks! Follow whichever recipe you decide on and add the frozen bananas to processor. Then you can add more ingredients to flavor your nice cream. A few popular ingredients include raw cacao powder, grade A maple syrup, raw almond butter, raw agave nectar, or certain fruit. We have four of our most popular nice cream recipes below and we hope you enjoy them.
Guilt-Free Raw Banana Chocolate Nice Cream
Sometimes you just need a little sweetness in your life. You don’t need processed ice creams when you can make tasty desserts like this!
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Creamy Banana Ice Cream
This is the easiest ice cream recipe you’ll ever make. It’s a refreshing dessert with just the right amount of sweetness to satisfy your sweet tooth.
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Raw Vegan Blueberry Ice Cream
Two ingredients stand between you and a refreshing bowl of ice cream: blueberries & bananas. Say hello to your new favorite summer dessert.
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2-Ingredient Chocolate Banana Nice Cream
This is the perfect guilt-free treat for warm summer days. No ice cream machine needed and it’s ready in under 5 minutes!
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Vincent Stevens is the senior content writer at Dherbs. As a fitness and health and wellness enthusiast, he enjoys covering a variety of topics, including the latest health, fitness, beauty, and lifestyle trends. His goal is to inform people of different ways they can improve their overall health, which aligns with Dherbs’ core values. He received his bachelor’s degree in creative writing from the University of Redlands, graduating summa cum laude. He lives in Los Angeles, CA.
