Peanut Buddy Nice Cream

Peanut Buddy Nice Cream

Peanut Buddy Nice Cream (dairy-free delicious frozen dessert)

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If there ever was a power couple, it’s peanut butter and banana. It’s the perfect flavor combination of sweet and creamy meets protein rich healthy fats. So, it seems only natural to add our good friend, peanut butter, to nice cream, which is made from just frozen bananas. The beautiful thing about nice cream, other than it’s dairy-free deliciousness, is that you can make it in about 5 minutes. Because you’re just blending frozen bananas, there’s no churning or additional freezer time. It’s about as healthy and easy as a homemade dessert can get. You can often find black spot bananas (really ripe bananas) discounted at your local grocer. This is the perfect time to stock your freezer with these golden nuggets for whenever a nice cream craving strikes!

Ingredients

4 very ripe bananas, frozen (black spot bananas)

¼ cup of creamy peanut butter

1 teaspoon of vanilla

A pinch of fine sea salt

Method For Making Peanut Buddy Nice Cream

1.     First peel your very ripe bananas and pop them in the freezer. The perfect nice cream banana is past the point where you would want to eat it fresh out of the peel. The skin will be soft and covered all over with dark brown or black spots, indicating that the starches have turned to simple sugars, making them naturally very sweet. Once frozen, cut them into chunks. Bananas that are just slightly thawed blend up creamiest so you can microwave them for 30 seconds, or just let them sit on the counter for a short while before slicing. You’ll know they are ready to blend when you can make a slight dent in the banana when pressed.

2.     A high-powered blender is really helpful when making nice cream as it powers through the frozen fruit creating a super creamy consistancy. I use a Vitamix which has a tamper that enables you to push the food down and around the blade. If you have a blender without a tamper, you will just need to stop periodically to scrape the sides of the container.

3.     Add your bananas, peanut butter, vanilla and salt to the container. Don’t worry, you won’t taste the salt but it will help marry the flavors together. Blend, starting on low and working up to medium speed, until the mixture is creamy and looks like thick soft serve. This takes about a minute. The friction of the blades creates heat which will melt your nice cream, so be carefull not to overblend.

Scoop the dairy-free deliciousness into individual bowls or cones, pile it high with your favorite toppings, or put it in the freezer for later.

Variation: Add 1 cup of frozen blueberries for a PB & J nice cream.

Helpful Tip:

If freezing for later, let it thaw until scoopable before serving.

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Other nice cream recipes you may like to try:

Chocolate Nice Cream

Berry Blast Nice Cream

Mint Chip Nice Cream

Chocolate Cherry Almond Nice Cream

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Peanut Buddy Nice Cream (dairy free ice cream)

Yield: 4 Servings

Author: Carol Clayton

Prep time: 10 MinTotal time: 10 Min

If there ever was a power couple, it’s peanut butter and banana. It’s the perfect flavor combination of sweet and creamy meets protein rich healthy fats. So, it seems only natural to add our good friend, peanut butter, to nice cream, which is made from just frozen bananas.

Ingredients

• 4 large very  ripe bananas, frozen (black spot bananas)
• ¼ cup of creamy peanut butter
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla
• A pinch of fine sea salt

Instructions

1. First, peel your very ripe bananas and pop them in the freezer. The perfect nice cream banana is past the point where you would want to eat it fresh out of the peel. The skin will be soft and covered all over with dark brown or black spots, indicating that the starches have turned to simple sugars, making them naturally very sweet. Once frozen, cut them into chunks. Bananas that are just slightly thawed blend up creamiest so you can microwave them for 30 seconds, or just let them sit on the counter for a short while before slicing. You’ll know they are ready to blend when you can make a slight dent in the banana when pressed.
2. Add your bananas, peanut butter, vanilla and salt to the container. Blend, starting on low and working up to medium speed, until the mixture is creamy and looks like thick soft serve. This takes about a minute. The friction of the blades creates heat which will melt your nice cream, so be carefull not to overblend.
3. Scoop the dairy-free deliciousness into individual bowls or cones, pile it high with your favorite toppings, or put it in the freezer for later.

Notes:

A high-powered blender is really helpful when making nice cream as it powers through the frozen fruit creating a super creamy consistancy. I use a Vitamix which has a tamper that enables you to push the food down and around the blade. If you have a blender without a tamper, you will just need to stop periodically to scrape the sides of the container. If freezing for later, let it thaw until scoopable before serving.

Calories

218.94

Fat (grams)

8.44

Sat. Fat (grams)

1.69

Carbs (grams)

35.06

Fiber (grams)

4.46

Net carbs

30.61

Sugar (grams)

17.82

Protein (grams)

5.02

Sodium (milligrams)

111.26

Cholesterol (grams)

0.00

Nutritional information is calculated before adding toppings.

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