This chocolate cinnamon nice cream is creamy, indulgent and chocolatey. It's also sugar free, dairy free and made only from healthy ingredients. Talk about having your cake and eating it;) And it takes just 5 minutes to whip up this delicious healthy summer dessert!
What you'll love about the recipe
- The perfect excuse to eat ice cream whenever you want. Whether this is for you or your kids, it's going to make someone very happy:)
- Chocolate cinnamon nice cream is incredibly satisfying. Cocoa adds a rich chocolate flavour and cinnamon is a natural sweetener
- Homemade chocolate nice cream is dairy free, vegan, gluten free, low fat and nut free. It's a super easy way to make sugar free ice cream
- Just over 100 calories for a generous serving
- This no-churn healthy ice cream is ready to eat immediately. (You might also like this healthy no-churn kiwi sorbet recipe)
Ingredients
Frozen ripe banana. Using frozen banana as an ice cream base means this instant ice cream can be eaten immediately without further freezing. Frozen banana also goes incredibly creamy, so it's an ideal dairy free ingredient for easy healthy ice cream.
Freezing bananas
Peel the bananas before freezing, and cut them into slices. I usually pop them in a single layer on the lid of a plastic tupperware container so they are easy to remove. Once frozen you can then store the frozen banana slices in the container. I make sure to always have some frozen banana on hand over the summer months.
The riper the bananas the better, as they'll be naturally sweeter. If you can get yourself a bunch of reduced over ripe bananas, slice them up and put them in the freezer. You can also use them in this berry nice cream or a healthy banana bread.
Cocoa. Note that this is unsweetened cocoa powder rather than drinking chocolate. Unbelievably, for something so delicious, cocoa powder is healthy and a good source of antioxidants.
Ground cinnamon. I love the flavour of cinnamon, and it's a perfect complement to chocolate. Cinnamon has also got health benefits.
How to make chocolate cinnamon nice cream
If you've got a super high powered blender, that's ideal for making chocolate nice cream. Otherwise you can use a regular food processor. If your food processor is quite large, I'd recommend doubling the recipe quantities so that it's easier to blend.
Add the banana, cocoa and cinnamon to the blender and blitz until smooth. You might need to scrape down the sides of the blender a couple of times.
Stop the processor as soon as the mixture is smooth, otherwise it'll start to soften.
If you're using a regular food processor, you'll need a little more patience and might need to wait a couple of minutes for the banana to soften slightly before it will break down. Try pulsing the mixture before turning the processor on fully.
Variations
You could also try one of these other variations of the recipe
- Double chocolate nice cream: Stir in a handful of dark chocolate chips. Or simply sprinkle them over the top. You could also serve with a drizzle of melted dark chocolate
- Chocolate fudge nice cream: Add a tablespoon of peanut butter (or another nut butter) to the recipe. You'll get a richer, fudgy flavour and texture
- Choc and nut nice cream: Stir in your favourite chopped nuts. Almonds are especially delicious with chocolate:)
Serving
I like to serve this chocolate cinnamon nice cream immediately as it has the perfect creamy soft serve texture.
However, you can also place the ice cream back in the freezer for as long as needed. If you do refreeze it, allow it to soften on the side for 10 minutes before serving.
Other healthy summer desserts
All of these healthy no-bake summer desserts are sugar free, gluten free and dairy free.
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Recipe
Chocolate Cinnamon Nice Cream
Equipment
- High powdered blender or food processor
Ingredients
- 2 sliced frozen bananas
- 10 g cocoa powder or 2 dessertspoons
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Add the slices of frozen banana, cocoa powder and ground cinnamon to the blender or food processor.
- Blitz until smooth and creamy. Scrape down the sides and reprocess if necessary.
- If you are using a food processor, you may need to wait a minute or so for the banana to soften slightly before you can get a smooth and creamy texture. Try pulsing the mixture before turning the processor on fully.
Cathy says
The best nice cream I’ve made. The flavour is very chocolatey, the texture softly smooth, and with a hot spell forecast it’s a great use for rapidly ripening bananas.
Wendy Faulkner says
Thank you, I'm glad you liked it. I've been making a portion most afternoons when it's sunny:)