A while ago I posted
about one of my favourite ways to use up ripe bananas – in a one-ingredient
“ice cream”
that’s made by simply blending frozen bananas in a food processor. When I first
discovered this I was amazed at how easy and quick it was to make soft serve at
home, and that it was completely guilt-free too!
The blog world has
exploded with different versions of this amazing one-ingredient ice cream, some
that keep it pretty guilt-free and others that add a bit more fat but still
sound so delicious! When I saw this
recipe for a mint chocolate version on Girl Cooks World, I knew I had to
make it immediately. It helped that I happened to have a fresh bunch of mint to
use up, and the other ingredients were pantry staples (there are always ripe
bananas in my freezer).
I changed the recipe
slightly by adding some cocoa powder so it would have a stronger chocolate
flavour (hence the brown colour instead of green). The result was amazing! The
mint and chocolate flavours really came through strongly, so you didn’t really
notice the taste of the bananas. I think if you served this to an unknowing
person, you would have a hard time convincing them it’s healthy because it
tastes so good!
There are lots of
other versions of banana “ice cream” out there that I’m dying to try next. Here
are just a few if you’re looking for some inspiration!
Two
Ingredient Banana Peanut Butter Ice Cream on Two Peas & Their Pod
Carrot
Cake Soft Serve on Oh She Glows
Pecan
Banana Ice Cream on The Slow Roasted Italian
Fudgsicle Soft
Serve on Oh She Glows
Healthified
Supreme Chunky Monkey Ice Cream on Healthful Pursuit
Healthy Mint
Chocolate “Ice Cream”
Adapted from Girl
Cooks World
Serves 2
Ingredients:
2 frozen ripe bananas,
broken into chunks
1 tablespoon cocoa
powder
2 tablespoons chopped
mint leaves
1 tablespoon dark
chocolate chips
Directions:
Process the first
three ingredients together until mixture reaches a soft serve texture. Add
chocolate chips and pulse a few times until well combined.
Serve immediately for
a soft-serve consistency, or put in the freezer to firm up first, if desired.
There is a frozen banana in my freezer that will soon meet its destiny...
ReplyDelete@sara
ReplyDeletehaha I think it would be very pleased to be used for such a worthy purpose :)
Mint chocolate chip used to be my favourite ice-cream when I was younger. I haven't ever tried to make it myself, but I would love to try this. It looks awesome!
ReplyDelete@Isobelle
ReplyDeleteThanks! This is probably more chocolately than a traditional mint chocolate chip but I loved how the mint flavour was so fresh and strong. Hope you enjoy it if you try it!
What a neat Idea .... I am really craving for ice cream .... but I did not want to have so many calories ... will try it out :-)
ReplyDelete@Saira
ReplyDeleteThanks Saira .. There are so many different variations of this you can do too, so you could have a different kind of healthy ice cream anytime you get a craving! :)