Chocolate Nice Cream

5 from 1 vote

Prep Time5

Freeze Time1

Total Time1 5

Keyword: chocolate, dairy-free, gluten-free, ice cream, nice cream, no added sugar, plant-based, vegan

Servings: 1/2 cup servings

Calories: 185kcal

1 large ripe banana (about 120 g)
1/2 cup medjool dates, pitted (80 g) about 4 large, pre-soak in hot water if not soft
1/4 cup nut/seed butter (64 g) you can also use 1/2 cup raw cashews
1/2 cup water or (nut) milk (120 g)
1/4 cup cocoa powder (24 g)
pinch of salt, drop of vanilla, etc.

Add all ingredients to your blender and blend until completely smooth (mine takes 1-2 minutes).
Pour it into a container and let freeze until solid, about 1-2 hours at least.
Thaw a few minutes before scooping out to enjoy (or microwave 10 seconds).

If you want to make this in a Ninja Creami, mix together water/milk, cocoa, and nut butter, vanilla, salt until smooth (you can use a blender bottle or hand frother) pour into your creami pint then drop the chopped dates and banana in this mixture. Freeze for 24 hours. Let your frozen pint thaw for 10 min and spin on sorbet setting and re-spin (with optional splash of liquid) if necessary.
Before anyone asks me, no it doesn't taste like bananas! It has a hint of date but I really do like that caramel-y flavor and I think you might too.
LPT for you: Make them as popsicles. A-maze!
LPT #2: Add some protein powder/collagen for nutritional boost. You might want to add some more liquid.