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Dairy Free Chocolate Banana Ice Cream

Dairy Free Chocolate Banana Ice Cream

Dairy free chocolate banana ice cream made with bananas & nut milk is so smooth & creamy it tastes just like real ice cream. Add fruits, nuts, candies, etc.

DOUBLE OR TRIPLE THIS RECIPE TO MAKE A LARGER BATCH OF ICE CREAM

INGREDIENTS – please use organic ingredients

• 2 Bananas, the riper the banana, the sweeter the ‘ice cream’
• 2T to 1/4C Full fat Coconut Milk or other nut milk of your choice like Almond or Cashew, *see note
• ½ Vanilla Bean, scraped
• 1T Raw Cacao Powder like Dagoba Brand, *see note

Note – use, homemade full fat nut milk like almond or cashew. Or use lower calorie, unsweetened almond or cashew milk from a carton. Ice cream won’t be as creamy and thick but will be lower in calories. Depending on which additional ingredients and spices you are adding, you may want to omit cacao powder if you don’t want a chocolate flavor.

TRY ADDING 1 OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FROZEN FRUITS

• Berries like Strawberries, Raspberries, Blueberries, or Blackberries
• Cherries
• Peaches
• Pineapple
• Mango

OTHER YUMMY ADDITIONS TO ADD AFTER BLENDING

• Organic Hot Fudge Sauce, chilled until thick like King’s Cupboard brand
• Chopped Nuts like Pistachios, Walnuts, Pecans, Cashews, Almonds, Brazil Nuts, Hazelnuts, or Macadamia Nuts
• Nut Butters like all natural peanut butter or almond butter
• Dark Chocolate or Mint Chocolate squares
• Homemade Marshmallows, chopped
• Coconut Caramels, chopped
• Unsweetened Coconut Flakes or Shreds, raw or toasted
• Mini Chocolate Chips
• Roasted Coffee Beans, crushed
• Strong Brewed Chilled Coffee, substitute for some of the nut milk
• Use your imagination….

TRY ADDING ONE OF THESE SPICES

• Cinnamon
• Nutmeg
• Pumpkin Pie Spice
• Chili Powder

DIRECTIONS—peel, slice, and freeze bananas. Add all ingredients to the inverted blender cup of blender or use a small food processor. Depending on which additional ingredients and spices you are adding, you may want to omit the raw cacao powder. Blend until mixture resembles soft serve ice cream, in consistency. Add more coconut milk or filtered water, as needed. If mixture is too thick to blend. Mix in other yummy additions of your choice. Eat right away or transfer to small container or bowl and freezer until firmer before serving.

Metatags — Dairy free chocolate banana ice cream made with bananas & nut milk is so smooth & creamy it tastes just like real ice cream. Add fruits, nuts, candies, etc.