Dairy-free Banana Almond Butter Ice Cream
Not only is real food healthy, but it is amazing and fun! For the last six months I’ve been on a quest to make ice cream without an ice cream maker. We have tried it in the Vitamix several times, using their recipes, but I am still not satisfied that we had found a great recipe yet. It always turns out like ice milk for us rather than the ice cream that they show in the Vitamix Recipe Book pictures. We are not done yet, but in the mean time I found this recipe from Cupcakes & Kale, and modified it to be simpler and with almond butter instead of peanut butter.
If you can believe this, this recipe can be made completely dairy-free! It never ceases to amaze me the recipes you can create using REAL WHOLE FOODS.
This has got to be one of the easiest recipes in the world. I love that this recipe looks like slightly melted ice cream (just how I like it), and it tastes like ice cream even though the base is frozen bananas. Amazing!!
The Verdict: Of course the whole family loves this one!! Just something to keep in mind, if you are using overripe frozen bananas, it will taste, well, overripe. So freeze bananas that haven’t turned yet if that isn’t your thing.
Chocolate Chip Almond Butter “Ice Cream” Recipe, Dairy Free
Ingredients
- 2 frozen bananas peeled & chopped into 1/2'' portions prior to freezing
- 2 tbsp natural almond butter or other nut butters
- optional 2-3 tsp almond milk or milk of choice to get the food processor going if needed
- 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips or favorite topping (shown are chocolate-covered sunflower seeds from Trader Joe's)
Instructions
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Place the bananas & almond butter in the food processor or high powered blender, and process until smooth.
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Add milk as needed, and process until smooth, like soft serve ice cream.
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Drizzle "ice cream" with chocolate chips, and stir them in by hand.
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Eat as is, or freeze for 30-60 minutes so you can scoop it out like ice cream.
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Enjoy!!
Need another almond butter recipe? Try 4 Ingredient Almond Butter Granola Bars!
I can’t wait to try this in my Vitamix!! I love this recipe! Thank you for bringing your amazing recipes to Fit and Fabulous Fridays! I hope to see you soon. 🙂
We make banana ice cream too. But I’ve never thought of adding in other things. Smart lady!
Hello. Visiting from Serenity Saturday.
You are tempting me with this…anything with chocolate will always get my vote. I’m not a cook, but you could try using Greek yogurt for the texture you’re looking for. We Fage a lot to make our fruit smoothies and they come out nice and thick. Thanks for sharing.
Moonlight Serenade
Love this ice cream recipe! Kind of like an inverted chocolate covered banana!
Oh my, I’m going crazy for this ice cream! I don’t have an ice cream maker yet either. But I do have a VitaMix, and I believe it will be called into action this weekend! I’ve made a pure banana ice cream in the VitaMix, but I love your idea of adding almond butter and chocolate chips!