Chocolate almond nice cream is made with just 4 ingredients, and uses only banana as the sweetener! This healthy ice cream is dairy-free, refined sugar-free, super chocolatey, rich from the almond butter and so easy to make. It will quickly become your new healthy soft-serve ice cream once you try it!
Chocolate almond nice cream
Healthy ice cream makes me happy. Tradition dairy-filled ice cream always leaves my stomach feeling not so great, and the high sugar amounts aren’t great for everyday treats.
But when your healthy homemade ice cream is sweetened with just bananas, is filled with chocolate and almond butter flavor, and doesn’t take hours of churning, it’s easy to say YES to chocolate almond nice cream!
My kids are obsessed like I am, and anytime we have ripe bananas to freeze, they ask for banana soft serve like this recipe I’m sharing!
What is nice cream?
Have you heard of nice cream before? If not, here’s the scoop on it.
Nice cream is banana soft serve ice cream. It’s made with frozen banana that is blended into a creamy ice cream.
Why is it called nice cream? Because texture-wise it’s like ice cream, but it’s made with better-for-you ingredients! Nicer for your health. Still just as tasty!
What you’ll need for chocolate almond nice cream
- bananas
- almond milk (here’s how to make your own)
- almond butter
- cocoa powder
How to make nice cream
- Start by freezing your bananas (if not already frozen). Take 2 ripe bananas, peel, and dice them into 1-2 inch pieces. Lay the banana pieces on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Place in the freezer and allow the banana to fully freeze. The bananas will take about 2 hours to freeze.
- When the banana pieces are frozen, it’s time to make chocolate almond nice cream! Place the frozen banana pieces in a food processor and pulse a few times to begin to break them down. After that, turn the food processor on and allow it to run for 30 seconds, breaking the banana down. It will look kind of stuck right about then.
- Add in 1 tbsp of milk (up to 2), almond butter, and cocoa powder. Turn the food processor back on, and let it run for 30 seconds. Scrape down the side and break up any chunks that get stuck – we want smooth nice cream! Continue to process until you are left with smooth, creamy nice cream. You can use it right away, or place it in a loaf pan lined with parchment paper and freeze to make it a little more solid and scoopable.
- Serve and enjoy with almost slivers and/or chocolate chips!
More healthy frozen treats you’ll love
- Healthy peanut butter banana soft serve
- Orange mango kefir popsicles
- Prune and almond butter popsicles
- Melon mint sorbet recipe without ice cream maker
- Açai ice cream
- Frozen peanut butter cup pie
Chocolate Almond Nice Cream
Ingredients
- 2 ripe bananas
- 1-2 tbsp almond milk (or milk of choice)
- 1 tbsp almond butter
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
Instructions
- Start by freezing your bananas (if not already frozen). Take 2 ripe bananas, peel, and dice them into 1-2 inch pieces. Lay the banana pieces on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Place in the freezer and allow the banana to fully freeze. The bananas will take about 2 hours to freeze.
- When the banana pieces are frozen, it’s time to make chocolate almond nice cream! Place the frozen banana pieces in a food processor and pulse a few times to begin to break them down. After that, turn the food processor on and allow it to run for 30 seconds, breaking the banana down. It will look kind of stuck right about then.
- Add in 1 tbsp of milk (up to 2), almond butter, and cocoa powder. Turn the food processor back on, and let it run for 30 seconds. Scrape down the side and break up any chunks that get stuck – we want smooth nice cream! Continue to process until you are left with smooth, creamy nice cream. You can use it right away, or place it in a loaf pan lined with parchment paper and freeze to make it a little more solid and scoopable.
- Serve and enjoy with almost slivers and/or chocolate chips!
If you try this recipe, I’d love it if you left a star rating and comment below letting me know how it turned out!
XO
Heather
