This creamy banana ice cream is delicious, easy to make and good for you. Yep, this is a healthy ice cream you can enjoy guilt free. This is a Weight Watchers approved recipe. No ice cream maker required.
Banana Ice Cream
I love making ice cream, but never wanted to invest in an expensive ice cream maker. With this recipe, I get the same creamy ice cream, it is healthy and I do not need anything special in order to make it. It is a win, win, win.
Can I Make This Chocolate Banana Ice Cream
You can a 2 to 3 tablespoons of cocoa to make this banana ice cream into a chocolate ice cream. Depending on the amount of chocolate you want you might want to go slow when adding the flavors in. Too little cocoa and it won’t have a chocolate taste. Too much and it might taste bitter. If the chocolate ice cream tastes bitter, add a it more sugar.
What Other Flavors Can I Make this Nice Cream
This is a basic vanilla ice cream recipe. You can add cocoa to make it chocolate. But you can also:
- Cut up strawberries to make strawberry ice cream.
- Frozen cherries. I like to mash them a bit so that they are not giant pieces of cherries.
- Sugar Free Chocolate Chips
- Different flavored extracts, like mint, root beer, orange, almond or any other flavors you like.
- The possibilities are endless
How Many Points in Weight Watchers Ice Cream
While we have made the 0 point frozen nice cream that is only fruit, it isn’t our favorite. Don’t get me wrong, it is delicious. It reminds me of eating sherbert. But it doesn’t scream ice cream at me. This Weight Watchers Ice Cream has the creamy consistency of ice cream without all the added sugar, fats and calories.
- Blue: 1 Weight Watchers Points
- Green: 2 Weight Watchers Points
- Purple: 1 Weight Watchers Point
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Ingredients in Banana Ice Cream Recipe
- Bananas
- Plain Nonfat Greek yogurt
- Fat Free Cream cheese
- Real vanilla extract
- Sugar Substitute like Stevia
Tip: Regular vanilla extract will affect the color of this dish. To prevent this, choose a clear vanilla extract instead. However, be sure to read labels carefully because most clear extracts are imitation.
Optional Toppings
These optional toppings are not included in the Weight Watchers Points count
- Fresh banana slices
- Shredded coconut
- Weight Watchers Chocolate Ganache
- Crushed graham crackers
- Crushed nuts
If you do not want to use artificial sweeteners, you can also sweeten this recipe with honey. If choosing honey, use 1/4 cup. This increases the point count by approximately 4 points, depending on the plan. This is why I tend to use a sugar substitute.
How to Make Banana Ice Cream
Peel and cut bananas into thin slices. Place banana slices in a plastic freezer-safe bag and place in the freezer until frozen.
Add yogurt, cream cheese, vanilla extract, and frozen banana slices to powerful blender or food processor and blend until completely smooth. (If necessary, add 2-3 tablespoons of water to the blender to loosen the mixture).
While blending, drizzle in honey or sugar substitute until thoroughly combined with other ingredients. Once blended, taste mixture and add more honey, if desired.
Transfer contents of the blender to a freezer-safe dish and cover tightly. Place in the freezer for a minimum of 4 hours or overnight.
To serve, remove from freezer and let sit on the counter for 5-10 minutes to soften. Scoop into individual chilled serving dishes and garnish with slices of fresh banana or other favorite toppings.
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- Low Calorie Rocky Road Ice Cream
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Banana Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 2 large bananas
- ½ c. plain Greek yogurt non fat
- 6- oz. fat free cream cheese cut into chunks
- ¾ T. real vanilla extract
- ¼ – 1/2 cup sugar substitute
Optional Toppings:
- Fresh banana slices
- Shredded coconut
- Chocolate sauce
- Crushed graham crackers
- Crushed nuts
Directions
- Peel and cut bananas into thin slices. Place banana slices in a plastic freezer-safe bag and place in the freezer until frozen.
- Add yogurt, cream cheese, vanilla extract, and frozen banana slices to powerful blender or food processor and blend until completely smooth. (If necessary, add 2-3 tablespoons of water to the blender to loosen the mixture).
- While blending, drizzle in honey or sugar substitute until thoroughly combined with other ingredients. Once blended, taste mixture and add more honey, if desired.
- Transfer contents of the blender to a freezer-safe dish and cover tightly. Place in the freezer for a minimum of 4 hours or overnight.
- To serve, remove from freezer and let sit on the counter for 5-10 minutes to soften. Scoop into individual chilled serving dishes and garnish with slices of fresh banana or other favorite toppings.
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