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 love Larabars! I’d love to try those Larabites or the organic bites with the superfoods – they look amazing!
That chocolate ice cream looks so good! I can’t wait to try it.
For Larabars, I’ve never had one, so I have no idea what they’re like. I’ve been curious but I’ve never tried one because they seemed expensive. I’m a big fan of chocolate and coconut, or chocolate and almonds, or chocolate mint, so if I saw them in the store, the first one I’d probably want to try would be the coconut chocolate chip or the mint chip brownie. Peanut butter chocolate chip sounds really good too, as does the dark chocolate almond one. Honestly, all the flavors sound really yummy!
Would love to try chocolate chip cookie dough!
I love any of the ones with chocolate!!!!
I love Lara bars, my favorite is cherry! ? I would be so excited to win these ?
I like them all, but especially love the peanut butter chocolate chip and coconut chocolate chip! 🙂
Larabars are the best! I haven’t tried mint chocolate or the bites yet – they sound so good!
My favorite flavor is the new lemmon one! The blueberry and apple are great too. Can’t wait to try the bites!
I usually make my own version of the coconut chocolate chip but I make them into little balls. The hazelnut cacao sounds yummy!
Like you, I tend to love the chocolate ones – like Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip! I’ve never seen the superfoods flavors – excited to try them!
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip is my favorite. I would like to try the new Super Food flavors though.
i love the chocolate chip cookie dough ones 🙂
My favorite flavor is cherry pie! The other ones are too sweet for me, but the dried cherries add an awesome pop of tartness!
I love the peanut butter chocolate chip!!! I’m getting the Cherry Chocolate Torte tomorrow in the mail and I jaw saw the ! the Hazelnut, Hemp and Cacao and would love to try that flavor!!! Also, the bites looks delicious and I bet they taste awesome in the nice cream! Can’t wait to have a package and make this recipe!
Cashew cookie larabars are my favorite!
ooh I’d love to try the Chocolate Brownie Larabar Bites or the Hazlenut Cacao!!