Sinfully rich, indulgently dark, and secretly healthy chocolate ice cream!
This no-churn, creamy chocolate nice cream has a secret:
A full 1/3 cup of cocoa powder is packed into the recipe, for the ultimate richness.
So if you’ve tried healthy ice cream recipes before and not been blown away, definitely give this one a shot, because you might be surprised.
It’s the perfect healthy frozen treat for any dark chocolate lover, and every time I make this chocolatey nice cream, I can’t stop eating it from the blender!
Also be sure to try this Vegan Chocolate Cake
The new-and-improved recipe is adapted from the chocolate version of my original Banana Ice Cream Recipe, and it uses only natural ingredients, without any additional sweeteners.
If you’re not a dark chocolate fan, you can of course add a little stevia or pure maple syrup or your favorite sweetener if you wish.
But it is not required for the recipe, especially if you start with ripened bananas, often referred to as “nature’s candy” because of their ability to sweeten recipes naturally without having to add extra sugar.
For those of you who don’t want a banana flavor, the extra cocoa added in this healthy ice cream does a great job masking the banana, and opting to use the nut butter (or your favorite nut-free alternative) masks it even more.
I honestly could not taste any banana at all. Then again, I love bananas so I might not be the best person to ask.
*For a banana-free version, try this Almond Milk Ice Cream.
Healthy Chocolate Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 3 frozen bananas (a banana-free version is linked above)
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 2-3 tbsp peanut or almond butter, optional
- pinch salt
- broken-up dark chocolate bar or chips, optional
Instructions
- *Make sure bananas are at least partially brown before peeling, chopping, and then freezing.Combine all ingredients in a high-speed blender or food processor—you can add the optional chocolate and the brownie bites before or after blending. Process until completely smooth, adding a little milk of choice if it’s too thick for your blender to process. Either serve immediately as soft serve, or freeze for about an hour and then scoop out with an ice cream scoop. Although nice cream tastes the best the day it’s made, you can technically freeze for up to a few weeks and thaw before eating.View Nutrition Facts
Notes
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I’m a sucker for their chocolate brownie bar! Also the chocolate chip cookie dough.
Apple Pie is my fave 🙂
I love Larabars and love the short list of ingredients. I’ve been enjoying blueberry muffin and cherry pie flavors recently!
I love the superfoods hazelnut, cacao, and hemp bars as well as the cashew cookie! Though I would eat any of them – I don’t think I’ve ever DISLIKED a Larabar flavor! Can’t wait to try these new “bites”!
I love nice cream – make it at least once a month because it’s so easy and delicious (not to mention guilt-free). Never thought of adding Larabar bites into it / as a topping, but now I will definitely have to try! The hazelnut hemp & cacao sounds like the perfect addition to chocolate ice cream 🙂
I think I would like to try the coconut chocolate chip. It reminds me of having a high calorie, not so good for you, candy bar!
I love the chocolate chip cookie dough flavor!
My favorite is the Apple Pie – it is so satisfying! I would love to try the Hazelnut, Hemp and Cacao!
Thanks for this recipe. I am so relieved that it doesn’t have coconut! 🙂 I would love to try the Larabars with the chocolate mint…I absolutely love their chocolate chip bars. <3
I like the coconut chocolate chip flavor!
This ice cream looks yummy. I am going to have to try this very soon. I’ve never tried the LaraBars before but I love nuts and chocolate so any combination of those would definitely be my favorite. I’ll be looking for them the next time I haunt the grocery store aisles. And I’d love to win the prize package and try them all! 🙂
Mint Chip Brownie bar and Mint Chocolate Truffle Bites both sound awesome! (I’m a Mint girl!) Also can’t wait to try your Easy Chocolate Brownie Nice Cream. Yum!
I like the peanut butter flavor, but I’d love to try mint chocolate! Thanks, Katie!
my favorite larabar is pecan pie; my daughter is almost two and she is super picky, but will eat them with me, sometimes.
Hi Katie!
So I took my first bite of a Larabar yesterday, thinking to myself there’s no way dates can taste good. I took a tiny nibble and omg, ecstasy. The chocolate was deeply flavorful and my mouth is watering again just describing it. It gave me new sensations I haven’t felt eating the typical protein bars in the past (altho Gatorade has an amazing choc chip bar that you should definitely try)
My favorite flavor, and honestly the only one I’ve eaten yet, is chocolate chip peanut butter <3
The one I want to try most is hazelnut cacao from your post cuz I've not seen it anywhere else; it's just like u, KT , a girl with a passion I haven't found anywhere else, would love to meet you in real life
I’ve loved every Larabar I’ve tried!! But, my tops are the Applie Pie, Peanut Butter Cooke, Blueberry Muffin…. hard to choose 🙂 I’d like to try the Bites!