How To Turn Frozen Bananas Into A Healthy Dessert
Break out your blender or food processor to make this popular, tasty treat with just fruit! Bananas are naturally sweet and loaded with fiber, potassium, and vitamins. Once blended, they also have a creamy texture that resembles everyone’s favorite dessert– ice cream. Now you can enjoy it guilt free in less than 5 minutes.
Ingredients Needed
- Frozen sliced bananas
- Any optional flavor enhancements such as other frozen fruits, juice, peanut butter, cocoa powder, maple syrup, honey, milk, cinnamon, vanilla, etc.
- You could also top with chocolate chips, nuts, or granola to make a chunky monkey delight.
Equipment Needed
- A high quality blender, food processor, or even this Yonanas Machine made specially for making banana ice cream.
- A small spatula for scraping the sides
- A freezer friendly container
- One willing human to do the blending
Blending the Bananas
- Simply place sliced frozen bananas into your blender or food processor and slowly blend until smooth. You may need to scrape the sides down with a spatula as you go. If you allow the bananas to slightly thaw for about 10 minutes, you shouldn’t need any additional liquid.
- Another option is to add the liquid of your choice until you get the consistency you like. A few options include water, almond milk, oat milk, cow’s milk, chocolate milk, orange juice, etc.
- At this time you can also add optional flavorings such as peanut butter, cocoa powder, vanilla extract, cinnamon, or other fresh or frozen fruits such as strawberries or peaches. Anything that pairs well with banana!
Enjoy Now or Freeze For Later
- If you’re a frosty fan, this banana ice cream is delicious served right out of the blender. To make it firmer, you can also place it in the freezer for about an hour and then scoop it out like ice cream.
- To save for later, place the mixture into a shallow dish that will fit into your freezer such as a bread loaf pan, Tupperware container, or ceramic dish. Cover, freeze, and remove from the freezer about 30 minutes before ready to eat. Use an ice cream scooper to remove the frozen, whipped banana from your container and serve however you’d like.
- To bring this banana nice cream up a few notches, enjoy with chopped nuts, chocolate chips, or granola.
Let’s face it, all kids have a sweet tooth, so it’s nice to have a few treats you can make them without loading them up with sugar. Bananas are like nature’s candy, and there are so many healthy ways to prepare this budget friendly fruit. Once frozen and blended, they are silky smooth like ice cream and yet loaded with nutrients. Keep a few frozen to make this last minute treat!
Creamy Frozen Banana Nice Cream
How to make dairy free and healthy ice cream with just frozen bananas! This healthy treat is kid friendly, nutritious, and totally delicious. Your picky eaters are going to love this clean eating snack because they'll basically think they are eating dessert.
Ingredients
- Sliced frozen bananas *see notes
Optional Flavor Enhancements
- Frozen or fresh berries, mangos or peaches, peanut butter, cocoa powder, protein powder, cinnamon, vanilla extract, honey, etc.
Instructions
- Simply place sliced frozen bananas into a high quality blender or food processor and slowly blend until smooth. You may need to scrape the sides down with a spatula as you go. If you allow the bananas to slightly thaw for about 10 minutes, you shouldn’t need any additional liquid.
- To speed up the process as well as flavor the banana, you can add 1-2 tbsps of liquid such as water, juice, or milk.
Optionally Flavor To Your Liking
- To make the mixture fruity, consider adding other frozen or fresh fruits to the blender such as strawberries, blueberries, peaches, mangos, etc.
- Are you a chocolate peanut butter lover? Add a tbsp of peanut butter and a bit of cocoa powder to the mix. You could alternatively drizzle with melted peanut and chocolate syrup once finished.
- Anything else that pairs well with banana can also be mixed in such as cinnamon, vanilla extract, honey, maple syrup, caramel, etc.
Enjoy Now or Freeze For Later
- Once blended, your bananas should be the texture of a thick frosty that can be enjoy right away. You could even top it with chopped nuts, chocolate chips, or granola for crunch.
- To make the mixture more like ice cream, place the banana frosty into a shallow dish such as a bread loaf pan, Tupperware container, or ceramic dish. Freeze for about an hour and then use an ice cream scooper to serve.
- To enjoy at a later time, cover your dish, freeze, and then thaw on the counter for about 30 minutes before serving.
Notes
Sliced bananas are best frozen in a single layer so that they don't stick together, making them easier to blend. I recommend placing them on a parchment lined sheet pan and then transferring them to a freezer bag or container. Even easier, you can also place them in a large Ziplock bag, keeping them loose and in a somewhat single layer before freezing. Basically, you just don't want them all bunched up in a blob before freezing!
Don’t forget to pin and save this healthy treat for later! 🙂
