Chocolate Peppermint Banana Nice Cream
Make this festive Chocolate Peppermint Banana Nice Cream for a delicious vegan holiday treat!
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- No separate cook time
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 cups frozen sliced bananas
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1/8 teaspoon peppermint extract*
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened almond milk*
- 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- 1
First, follow the directions for how to freeze bananas.
- 2
Once the bananas are frozen place them into a high-speed blender along with the cocoa powder, maple syrup, and peppermint extract.
- 3
Add a tablespoon of almond milk and then blend on high for 1-2 minutes. Add more almond milk as needed in order to get things smooth like soft serve ice cream.
- 4
Once you've reached the desired texture, give it a taste and adjust the peppermint extract as needed. We suggest adding 1/8 teaspoon at a time.
- 5
Add mini chocolate chips and pulse the nice cream a few times to mix.
- 6
Option to eat nice cream immediately if you like the soft serve texture or to transfer into a bread tin and freeze for 1-2 hours if you like more of the traditional ice cream texture.
- 7
Serve with more mini chocolate chips.