I’ve mentioned banana ice cream in a post before, but just in case someone missed it I thought it was important enough to dedicate an entire post to it today. This recipe somehow magically turns regular old bananas into delicious, creamy, cold, banana flavored ice cream without using any cream or an ice cream maker. I love it because it is good, good for you, incredibly simple to make, and (my new favorite reason) cheap!! I would venture to say that bananas are the cheapest fruit available in any grocery store…so bring it on!
There are also many different variations to this recipe. Feel free to play around and try adding in peanut butter, homemade chocolate sauce, a shot of chilled espresso, or even another type of frozen fruit. You can also top the ice cream with some granola sprinkles from the same yummy granola recipe that I made on the Charlotte Today Show this morning! No matter what extras you add in though, if you like bananas I guarantee you will be happy with the outcome of this recipe. So have fun with it and enjoy!
Banana Ice Cream
This recipe somehow magically turns regular old bananas into delicious, creamy, cold, banana flavored ice cream without using any cream or an ice cream maker.
Ingredients
- 4 bananas, frozen
- ½ cup milk, (or less)
Variations:
- peanut butter
- chocolate sauce
- espresso, chilled
- frozen fruit
Instructions
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Peel the bananas, break them into thirds, enclose them into a Tupperware container, and stick them in the freezer overnight (or longer). I usually throw bananas in the freezer whenever they are about to go bad, and I’ve left them in there for weeks before so there is no rush.
- When you are ready for the ice cream just put the bananas in a blender with 1/4 cup or 1/3 cup milk. I don’t have a fancy, expensive VitaMix so I have to shake my little cheapo Target blender around a bit to get it all to blend properly. Just keep adding small amounts of milk until the consistency resembles ice cream.
It is that easy!
Recipe Notes
We recommend organic ingredients when feasible.
Nutrition Facts
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This banana icecream is really cool my kids love it and enjoy it every weekend. Thanks
I was so excited to try this…unfortunately my kids didn’t like it. I can see this being a base for a more complex dessert though. At the very least I learned how to properly freeze bananas.
I slice the banana before freezing, and use my food processor. For a different flavor, I add pumpkin pie spice.
I made banana ice cream this week. I used cream instead of milk and added frozen berry mix (blueberries and blackberries). My blender wasn’t doing a good job of mixing every thing so I transferred everything to my food processor. Perfect! This turned out SO good. I’ll make it again soon.
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I added malt powder and it was delicious!
Your banana ice cream reminds me of our favorite ice cream my dad made. We thought it was the best ice cream we had ever tasted and called it Best Ever. I use the Cuisinart ice cream maker. Ingredients are one mashed banana, juice of one lemon and juice of one orange. Refrigerate so it will be cold when added to milk. Put 1 cup half/half and 1 cup whole milk (I have never made it this way, I usually use 2 cups of 2%) and 1 cup of sugar. Ugh, I’m sure you could find a healthier substitute for the sugar. While Cuisinart is running, pour in milk and dissolved sugar and run for 10 minutes. Without stopping, pour in fruit mixture. Run for 15-20 minutes, longer if necessary. Ice cream will be soft until you put it in the freezer, but this is the best way to eat it. Hope you find that you can improve on the recipe.
I love the mug/bowl in the banana ice cream recipe. Ordering info?
Hello Chris. Pier 1 and World Market have very similar styles.
If you don’t use all the ice cream, cam you put it back into the freezer for later?
Hello. You can, though it does freeze pretty solid.
I have to say, I was skeptical also. I froze bananas many weeks ago to do this…finally got around to it last night. OMGOODNESS!!! it was incredible! I couldn’t believe it was exactly like ice cream!!! I added peanut butter to mine. So tasty! I can’t wait to try other variations. Kid and Husband approved also!!!
P.S. I used my Cuisinart Food Processor and it made the “ice cream” very smooth!
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I’m not trying to be a crazy follower pushing you into something super out there, I just think you could enjoy cooking with eo’s AND they are fascinating to learn about health wise, just like nutrition. They are beginning to do quite a bit more research with their oils so anyway, just wanted to mention them. We love your recipes!!!
Omg! Delish.
I add some coffee ice cubes,a tbl spoon of raw fusion vanilla protein and a little raw organic cacao powder too!