My mom gave me a Yonanas machine for my birthday a number of years ago. I was a bit skeptical. I eat bananas, but I don’t like banana flavored anything, especially ice cream. Well, let me tell you what my friends, bananas can make one heck of a faux ice cream. And wait for it….it’s even healthy!
Mixing in a little peanut butter and cocoa powder is my favorite, but I’ve included several other flavor combinations for you to try. It’s the consistency of frozen yogurt, without any of the dairy. Awesome, huh? You really can have your ice cream and eat it too! I’ve been doing this for several years now and people are always asking for the recipe. I’ve even served it to kids and they had NO idea!
PRO TIP: This recipe works best with bananas that have ripened to the point where they have little black spots appearing. Bananas have various stages or ripeness and become sweeter as they progress, with a less pronounced banana flavor.
Watch the video below where I walk you through every step of the recipe. I love including videos with every post for those who are visual learners. You can see my entire collection of video recipes HERE.
This is super terrific !
What a great way to enjoy fruit while it tastes like ice cream.. I have made the chocolate banana ice cream and added 1/2 tsp. almond flavoring. Really good !
this is very delicious we had this last night and me and my family loved it!
i tried making this but the taste is a no no from my side
I love this ice cream! but the only problem is i can taste the banana more than the peanut butter for some reason. But anyway it is delicious! Thank you Rachel for sharing this!
I have a question… is this ice cream cold like regular ice cream? If it does, it needs to be put in the freezer, right?
Yes, it holds for several days or even weeks depending on the container you store it in. And yes, it needs to be kept in the freezer.
I love ice cream……honestly this is so good I Could not believe it….I also made it with frozen
blackberries….yummy.right now I have several bags of frozen sliced bananas in my freezer
I can’t even begin to say how much I LOVE the chocolate, peanut butter banana healthy ice cream! It is pure joy! As an ice cream lover, the flavor is amazing. Tastes like Baskin Robbins chocolate peanut butter! YUMMY!!! ๐
made this last night and i cannot believe the texture is just like a real ice cream!
I tried it and it was great, Thank U
When I make this dessert I add 1/4 cup of almond milk and use PB2 (powdered peanut butter) which limits fat. ๐