Chocolate Peanut Butter Nice Cream

Some of you reading this may think, what is nice cream? Nice cream is just ice cream using bananas instead of dairy. This vegan ice cream blends up in just minutes! This is way healthier than normal ice cream, and is a fun treat for everyone.

Looking for an easy homemade vegan ice cream everyone will love? Look no further than this chocolate peanut butter nice cream recipe. Completely dairy free, with no added sugars. Only 5 ingredients and 100% healthy. This fruit based vegan treat can be made for dessert or even breakfast!

This chocolate peanut butter nice cream is a dairy free version of chocolate peanut butter ice cream. Our absolute FAVE. Since going plant based, this recipe has been our go to for healthy whole food vegan treat of choice.

Ice Cream Texture using Bananas

So how do bananas turn into a delicious dairy free dessert? The secret to getting that creamy, thick texture without using dairy milk is frozen bananas! Unlike other fruits, bananas have a very thick and creamy texture. This is because they have a high amount of pectin compared to other fruits, in addition they have a lower water content. This makes them perfect to make this vegan dessert instead of sorbet.

For optimal creamy results be sure to freeze bananas overnight. The best bananas are those that are still yellow with few brown spots. This will give the best soft serve like consistency.

Nice cream also has limitless flavor options but this one is our go to. We LOVE chocolate and peanut butter together. Some great options of frozen fruit to put in your nice

Best toppings for nice cream

This is the best part of making this recipe. You can get very creative with it! Think as if you were at an ice cream shop. You can use different fruits to flavor the nice cream. Remember cacao will always turn it to chocolate nice cream. If not you can use other fruits to change the flavor.

The best part of going to an ice cream shop is the toppings bar! Load this nice cream up with different toppings if you like.

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Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream

Recipe by Cooking Up Vegan Course: DessertsCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Easy

Servings

2

servings

Prep time

5

minutes

Total time

5

minutes

Chocolate vegan ice cream using frozen bananas.

Ingredients

• 1 Cup 1 Frozen Bananas

• 1 Tbsp 1 Cacao Powder

• 1 Tbsp 1 Peanut butter

• 2 Tbsp 2 Plant based Milk

• 1 tsp 1 Chocolate Chips (Optional)

Directions

• Add all ingredients into the food processor and blend until mixture is nice and creamy.
• Serve immediately and garnish with chocolate chips. Enjoy!

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