Make vegan ice cream from scratch with this 4 ingredient banana Berry Nice Cream recipe. It's rich, creamy, and tastes indulgent but is low calorie and made without any dairy or added refined sugar. You're going to love this healthy dairy free treat!
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Don't let a sweet tooth interfere with your health and wellness goals. With these easy-to-follow instructions, you'll learn to make vegan soft ice cream with frozen bananas, frozen berries, non-dairy milk, and vanilla, aka berry nice cream. No ice cream maker needed!
This nice cream flavor is practically effortless. It's as simple as adding four ingredients to a high speed blender, turning it on, and then stepping back as it blends the frozen banana and berries, almond milk, and vanilla into a smooth and creamy dairy free, low calorie frozen dessert.
Why You'll Love This Recipe
- Make delicious dairy-free ice cream in 5 minutes or less - no churning needed.
- A healthy dessert to satisfy sugar cravings.
- Made with fresh, natural food ingredients.
- Easy to modify with flavors and your favorite ice cream toppings.
- Naturally dairy-free and vegan!
Ingredients You'll Need
- Frozen Bananas: Bananas become sweeter as they ripen. Use bananas that are deep yellow and beginning to brown.
- Frozen Berries: Use your favorite berry or a few different types and make mixed berry nice cream. Use a medley of strawberry, blueberry, blackberry, and raspberry
- Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk: Or any full fat unsweetened dairy-free vanilla-flavored milk. Coconut, oat, and cashew are good options. The calories will vary slightly between the options
- Vanilla Extract: Use quality vanilla extract for the most creamy and dreamy berry nice cream.
Step-By-Step Instructions
Step 1: Add milk. Pour the almond milk into your blender.
Step 2: Add frozen fruits & flavor. Followed by the frozen banana, frozen berries, and vanilla extract.
Step 3: Blend until smooth. Blend until the mixture is soft and creamy. This will take about a minute.
Step 4: Serve. And that's it. You can either enjoy your nice cream immediately in bowls or ice cream cones or freeze it for later. Add healthy toppings if you like, and enjoy!
NOTE: You can print the FULL recipe with all ingredients & detailed instructions below!
Expert Tips
- For extra creamy and fluffy nice cream, try replacing half of the almond milk with thick coconut cream.
- Add a pinch of salt to make everything sweet taste even sweeter.
- This recipe works best with a high-speed blender or high-powered food processor.
- The berry nice cream will be very soft. For a thicker, scoopable texture closer to regular ice cream, let the mixture freeze for about an hour to thicken. If it freezes too much, let it sit out at room temperature to soften for a few minutes.
- Nice cream tends to melt quickly, so keep it in the freezer if you aren't serving it right away.
Variations
The berry nice cream flavor options are endless. See below for a few ideas:
- Strawberry: Blend frozen bananas with frozen strawberries, strawberry almond milk, and vanilla.
- Blackberry banana: Frozen bananas, frozen blackberries, vanilla almond milk, and vanilla bean.
- Chocolate raspberry: Blend bananas, raspberries, and vanilla almond milk, with 2-4 tablespoons of dutch-processed cocoa powder.
- Cherry vanilla: Cream frozen bananas, frozen cherries, vanilla almond milk, and pure vanilla.
Treat yourself to a healthy nice cream sundae with your favorite toppings and melted nut butter drizzled over the top. These toppings are perfect for nutritious nice cream:
- Crunchy granola
- Shredded coconut
- Cacao nibs
- Chopped nuts
- Fresh chopped fruit and berries
For toppings more naughty than nice:
- Chocolate sauce
- Caramel
- Melted marshmallow
- Sprinkles
- Mini white chocolate chips
- Shaved dark chocolate
- Oreo crumbs
- Whipped cream
Storing
This recipe makes about 6 scoops. Leftovers keep well in a freezer safe container for up to 3 months. Set the container out for a few minutes to let it soften whenever you're craving something sweet.
Recipe FAQ‘s
Yes, that's what makes it nice. It's a satisfying way to enjoy creamy ice cream with fewer calories. Not to mention, the ingredients are dairy-free and plant-based.
Yes! Freezing nice cream creates a texture similar to traditional ice cream. Blend the ingredients until smooth and creamy, and then scrape the fluffy mixture into a shallow freezer-safe container with a tight-fitting lid. Another option is freezing nice cream in single servings.
Absolutely. After blending, transfer the banana berry mixture to popsicle molds and freeze for 6-8 hours. Once frozen solid, transfer the popsicles to an airtight freezer-safe bag or container and place parchment in between each. Keep frozen for 2-3 months.
Nice cream should taste like sweet, creamy bananas and juicy berries. The bananas may have been underripe, or the berries weren't very sweet if it had a bitter taste.
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Special Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 medium ripe bananas peeled and frozen
- 1 cup frozen berry blend
- ¼ cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Pour the almond milk into your blender.
- Followed by the frozen banana, frozen berries, and vanilla extract.
- Blend until the mixture is soft and creamy. This will take about a minute.
- And that's it. You can either enjoy your nice cream immediately in bowls or ice cream cones or freeze it for later. Add healthy toppings if you like, and enjoy!
Notes
- For extra creamy and fluffy nice cream, try replacing half of the almond milk with thick coconut cream.
- Add a pinch of salt to make everything sweet taste even sweeter.
- This recipe works best with a high-speed blender or high-powered food processor.
- The berry nice cream will be very soft. For a thicker, scoopable texture closer to regular ice cream, let the mixture freeze for about an hour to thicken. If it freezes too much, let it sit out at room temperature to soften for a few minutes.
- Nice cream tends to melt quickly, so keep it in the freezer if you aren't serving it right away.
- Storing: This recipe makes about 6 scoops. Leftovers keep well in a freezer-safe container for up to 3 months. Set the container out for a few minutes to let it soften whenever you're craving something sweet.
Nutrition
All nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary with brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes and more.
Cindy
I made this and it turned out delious 😋 I used a cup of mixed berries. I will definitely be making more.
Thank you
Tim
Can you substitute the bananas by something else?
Sue
Looks yummy!
How many servings are in the recipe? Thanks!
Erika
Hi Sue, there are 6 servings in this recipe.
Angelina Phillips
hiya can I ask if it can be frozen if there are any leftovers please?
simplylowcal
Hi Angelina, yes you can. If you put the leftovers in a freezer safe, airtight container it should last a few months. When you’re ready to eat it again, remove it from the freezer for a few minutes so it can soften a little first. 🙂
Ramona
I have made this today and we LOVED it. My kids want it again, I need more berries now 😉 Thank you for this recipe - very simple and super easy to make indeed
Natalie
Oh I love the flavors and color is amazing. So inviting. I didn't know you can make ice cream with these ingredients. So simple. Must try!
Cookilicious
OMG look at that color! Drooling over it!
Cate
Yum this looks so healthy and tasty! Perfect for summer, thanks for sharing!
Dannii
I love an easy no churn ice cream and this flavour sounds lovely and refreshing.
Noelle
So sweet and the perfect fruity ice cream!! Thanks for the great idea 🙂