Craving Buster: Clean Eating Chocolate Banana Ice Cream
I have to tell you, this is one of the most sinful desserts I’ve had since starting my clean eating program. It was a recipe that Danica from DanicasDaily gave me at our blogger’s luncheon. If memory serves, she said her sister had passed it on to her.
If you like bananas, and you like ice cream that’s just a little melty, then this is the perfect dessert for you.
It’s soft, it’s fluffy, it’s cold and ice creamy. But guess what….
It’s not ice cream at all! (Shhh, don’t tell the kids! They’ll never know the difference!) It’s just bananas!
Here’s how to make this little bit of chocolaty heaven:
Clean Eating Chocolate Banana Ice Cream
(Makes approximately 4 cups – depending on the size of your bananas)
Ingredients
4 bananas
1 cup milk
2 tbsp. cocoa powder
2 tbsp. agave or honey
Directions
Step 1 – This is one of those recipes you have to start the day/night before. Slice your bananas into a container with a lid. Put in the freezer over night or until thoroughly frozen. It’s imp0rtant that they are completely frozen.
Step 2 – Empty your frozen banana slices into a food processor. Add all other ingredients and turn on your processor. That’s it!
Note: You may need to stop the processor a few times and poke at it with a spatula just to be sure you got all the bananas blended. There are always a few rascals in there that like to hide.
Also, this is NOT something you can put back in the freezer after making. This is strictly a make and serve dish. Freezing the finished ice cream turns it into something pretty yucky. So make it and eat it!
Alternative: If you prefer, you can just do the bananas and milk with a splash of vanilla extract. It’s very similar to vanilla ice cream, and you don’t have to add any additional sweeteners like you do when you add cocoa powder.
And just in case you’re on the fence with this one, here’s that photo again to get you salivating. Did I mention there is zero fat?
Munchkin Helpers:
If you have little ones, here’s how they can help (With close supervision, of course).
Let your kids empty everything into the food processor. They love to watch it mix!
Nutritional Content
1 serving = 1/2 cup
Calories: 82
Total Fat: 0 gm
Saturated Fats: 0 gm
Trans Fats: 0 gm
Cholesterol: 1 gm
Sodium: 18 mg
Carbohydrates: 20 gm
Dietary fiber: 2 gm
Sugars: 13 gm
Protein: 2 gm
Estimated Glycemic Load: 9
Nutritional Information estimated at Nutritiondata.com. Data may not be accurate.
Caution: Any time a child is in the kitchen, they will require close supervision. Munchkin Helpers suggestions should be applied with common sense to your own child, taking their own capabilities into account. Do not assume that because it says here that your child can do something, that they can, in fact do it. Please use common sense when in the kitchen with your child(ren).
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22 comments
Okay…just looking at this makes me hungry right now! I have to go grocery shopping tonight or tomorrow night, so I am getting the bananas and doing this!
Yeah! Let me know how you like it.
And just an FYI, I have another version coming up in a few days. So pick up a can of light coconut milk too. You’ll love it!
My hubby and I made this last night – and it was SOOOO good. Thank you
Also – we used a blender – and it worked fine…and my bananas were whole not sliced. Took a bit of work to get it smooth – but it was worth it!!
Hi Kerry,
That’s great! I’m thrilled you liked it! I don’t have a blender at the moment, so I’m glad you gave me some feedback there.
It does make it a bit easier if they are sliced though.
Thanks for trying one of my recipes!
Tiffany
I just blogged about this a couple weeks ago, too. We LOVE it. But ours was plain, now I can’t wait to try it with chocolate!
Oh, and try it with peanut butter sometime, too! MM!
Hey Katrina!
Wait till you see the next recipe!
This was really good. My 6 year old loved it and it was something he could make from start to finish with a little guidance. The only thing that went wrong was that I did not cut the bananas up before freezing and the food processor flopped all over the place and sprayed us with milk out the top, LOL. Totally my fault, but it was worth the laugh. I’ll try the coconut tonight.
Leigh!
That sounds like a hoot! Definitely important to slice them!
Also, I’ve been trying to get a hold of you. You won the Beach Body Contest! Please contact me for your prize!
Tiffany
My hubby and I made this last night – and it was SOOOO good. Thank you
Also – we used a blender – and it worked fine…and my bananas were whole not sliced. Took a bit of work to get it smooth – but it was worth it!!
Hi Bruce,
I guess I’m lazy that way. I don’t like to do any extra “work” in the kitchen. That’s why I slice them. Either way, it’s a really yummy treat. So happy you liked it!
This is amazing, but I tweaked it a little bit to make it even better. I bought some Jay Robb chocolate protein powder a while back because it’s sweetened with Stevia and doesn’t have a lot of nasty chemicals. Unfortunately, the stevia made it too sweet for me! So I followed your ice cream directions minus the honey plus 1/2 scoop of the protein powder. It was perfect! 10 extra grams of protein, and the coco powder made it less sweet and SUPER chocolately (which is how I like my ice cream!)
Fantastic Millason! Great idea! I love Jay Robb products. Especially their protein bars! Yum!
just cut my bananas to make thie either tonight or tomorrow depending when they freeze! Honey or agave is better? I have both. I have been slipping because of sweet cravings so I am really trying to search some of the desert type recipes on here for those cravings! It looks yummy:)
Angela,
You can use either honey or agave. Doesn’t matter. Just know that if you use honey, it will have a slight honey flavor to it. It will also increase the glycemic index. But either one will work just fine.
Let me know how you like it!
yes very delicious…My girls and me loved it:) My so does not like bananas so he wouldn’t try it. We will be making this again!
I absolutely love this recipe….just made some again tonight, and it totally hit the spot for both the chocolate and ice-cream cravings. My kids loved it too, which is an added bonus!
I love the idea of adding protein powder….although if this gets too healthy, I might start eating it for breakfast!
Melissa – LOL!!! Ya, the thought has crossed my mind on multiple occasions.
i made something similar to this, although i wasn’t too fussed about running it in the blender (don’t have a food processor). what i needed was a frozen banana + 20g peanut butter + 45g of light cottage cheese. it was so decadent! frozen bananas are heaps concentrated than unfrozen ones that i don’t need to add any sweetener at all. (although they were pretty ripe when i froze them. hehe!)
Steph – Sounds good! I’ll have to try it that way. Thanks
Hi Tiffany, it’s late so I am sorry if I have missed the recipe but is there a coconut ice cream recipe you have that excludes bananas? Husband and one child out of 3 don’t like bananas WTH? Otherwise I am on a mission to find a way to make this dessert as clean as possible. Thanks for your website, you’re such an inspiration xo D
Hi Dani,
This ice cream is made out of bananas. It doesn’t work any other way. I have a strawberry smoothie that can sometimes substitute as ice cream. It’s under the craving busters category.
I’m currently working on a “banana-free” ice cream recipe. I’ll let you know when I figure it out.
Good luck!
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