Name: Best Banana Ice Cream
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 310 min
Ingredients: 3 bananas (chopped, frozen); 1/8 cup almond milk; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1/2 cup chocolate chips

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If you haven't yet discovered the 'nice cream' (aka banana ice cream) trend, prepare to have your mind blown!

Nice cream is a super healthy ice cream alternative that looks at tastes just like the real thing. It's super easy to make and is great for kids.

My kids still don't know that this stuff isn't actually real ice cream, Shhh, don't tell!

Today we are going to be sharing one of our favorite 'nice cream' variations, that have all been a huge hit with our kids.

If you are looking for a healthy after school treat, this is a perfect go-to recipe.

How to Make Nice Cream

At its base, nice cream is made from one ingredient, bananas!

This super-simple method of making healthy ice cream can be customized to a whole variety of flavors.

You can add in lots of delicious foods such as fruits, chocolate or nut butter to flavor your nice cream as you wish.

Today we are going to be making a vanilla bean nice cream with chocolate chips.

Nice Cream Tips and Tricks

We prefer using ripe bananas, however, if you are looking to try to hide the banana flavor a bit, you can use less ripe bananas

We use silicone muffin cups to set and freeze our banana ice cream. Not only is this the perfect bite-sized portion, but it also makes it much easier to store than in a large muffin tin.

If you want to freeze some nice cream for later, this is not a problem! Simply take your nice cream in the silicone muffin cup out of the freezer and put it in the fridge for 10 minutes to soften it up and give it the perfect consistency of ice cream.

Best Banana Ice Cream

Banana Ice Cream is the perfect healthy sweet treat for kids and adults alike. Simple to make, and with unlimited potential flavors, this nice cream recipe will surely be a hit!

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

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Prep Time: 10

Additional Time: 5

Total Time: 5 10

Servings: muffin cups

Calories: 104kcal

Ingredients

3 bananas chopped, frozen
⅛ cup almond milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup chocolate chips

Instructions

Chop three ripe bananas and freeze them for at least a 3-4 hours.
Blend together ⅛ cup of almond milk, frozen bananas and 1tsp of vanilla extract
Pulse until smooth and creamy
Fold in ½ cup of chocolate chips
Spoon into muffin pan with silicone liners
Freeze for one hour
Enjoy!

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Notes

You can use vanilla paste or the seeds of one vanilla bean instead of vanilla extract
You can substitute almond milk for any plant based milk product

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