Berry Nice Cream

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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.

How To Make This Recipe

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!

Recipe 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 nice cream: Blend frozen bananas with frozen strawberries, strawberry almond milk, and vanilla.
• Blackberry banana nice cream: Frozen bananas, frozen blackberries, vanilla almond milk, and vanilla bean.
• Chocolate raspberry nice cream: Blend bananas, raspberries, and vanilla almond milk, with 2-4 tablespoons of dutch-processed cocoa powder.
• Cherry vanilla nice cream: 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.

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