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
More Healthy Chocolate Desserts
I would love to try the Chocolate Brownie Bites!
Mint Chocolate sounds yummy!
I LOVE the Cherry Pie larabars! So amazing.
Have never tried a Larabar.
I love the apple pie or the cherry bars. I would love to try the brownie bites.
I love the coconut cream pie Larabars but would love to try the coconut chocolate chip flavor. I mean, you can’t go wrong with chocolate chips.
I want to make some nice cream, but it’s too cold for it now. I guess I’ll have to wait a few more months! (Or put on a jacket while I eat it…)
My favorite is Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip. I can’t wait to try the brownie bites.
Yum 🙂 I haven’t tried the bites yet. I get excited at Target and make bulk purchases like that too though. After googling “lara bites”, I now am going to be on the look-out for the chocolate macaroon flavor!
Carrot cake is my favorite flavor!
I’d love to try the mint chocolate. I’m in Canada and hope they come here soon!
How can I view the reviews?
Hi, what reviews?
I love nicecream and can’t wait to give this recipe a try!
As for the Larabars, they’ve always called my name but I haven’t had tons of opportunities to try all that many flavors. I’ve really only tried the apple pie and the chocolate chip cookie dough bars since that’s all they sell at my local Costco. My absolute favorite flavor (which I call the danger flavor because it’s difficult to resist lol ;P ) is obviously the chocolate chip cookie dough flavor. So full of temptacious yum! I rreeeaaalllyyy would like to try all the flavors at some point during my lifetime…the cashew cookie, blueberry, coconut cream, and cherry pie flavors are at the top of my list 🙂
Cashew Cookie!
My favorites are mint chocolate, cookie dough and pecan pie! I would love to try the new superfoods flavors!
Of course Chocolate Chip cookie dough lara bars are the best! But I just discovered the Lara Bar Bites… so good!
I have never tried Larabars but would love to! Katie, it you say they are great then they must be something special! I would love to try any of them, but I love carrot cake so I’d probably want to try that flavor first!