Recipe Directions

  • 1. Freeze bananas for at least 8 hours. (Peel and chop into quarters. Freeze in tupperware or ziploc bag.)
  • 2. Place frozen banana chunks and cacao powder (and optional sweetener) in food processor.
  • 3. Process in food processor for approximately 3 minutes. You may occasionally need to stop the processor and scrape the banana mixture off the sides to ensure proper processing. As you process, the mixture will become creamier and fluffier. You'll know the mixture is ready once it resembles soft-serve ice cream.
  • 4. Consume immediately. (Do not refreeze.)

The Rawtarian's Thoughts

By The Rawtarian

This is just divine. Try it. You’ll be shocked at how good frozen bananas and cacao can taste!

Only make as much as you can eat right away.

This recipe makes enough for one larger serving for one person. Feel free to double the recipe as necessary.

This recipe will turn out the best if the bananas that you freeze are perfectly ripe. A perfectly ripe banana is still firm, not green, and has a few brown spots just starting to appear on the peel.

If the bananas that you freeze are too brown and over-ripe, your ice cream will have a strange, acidic, overtly banana taste. So you really do want to use perfectly ripe bananas for the best results.

Although I do tend to like sweet desserts, I don't personally add any additional sweetener to this recipe, but I have included the option in case you want a particularly sweet recipe or are wanting to serve to skeptics :)

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Nutrition Facts

Nutritional score: 86 out of 100
  • This recipe is very low in Calories, Fat, and Sodium.
  • This recipe is low in Carbohydrates.
  • This recipe is a good source of Vitamin B6.
  • This recipe is a noteworthy source of Dietary Fiber, Vitamin C, and Riboflavin.

Amounts per 171 g (6 oz) suggested serving

NameAmount% Daily
Calories 156 6 %
Protein 2.4 g 4 %
Fat 0.93 g 1 %
Carbohydrates 40 g 12 %
Dietary Fiber 5 g 16 %
Sugars 21 g
Calcium 12 mg 1 %
Iron 0.81 mg 6 %
Sodium 2.3 mg
Source: USDA, The Rawtarian

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skvega's Review

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Wonderful!!!!

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Love this!! "Cooking is my livelihood. Uncooking is becoming my life."

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Mmmmmmm. Just made this, just ate this. Absolutely divine. And speedy. I am starting to spend a lot of time on this site. Cooking is my livelihood. Uncooking is becoming my life.

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I cannot seem to be able to do 100% raw. I love Dutch chocolate and chocolate malt ice cream. My recipes are dairy: 1 1/2 cups milk ( freeze to form crystals), 3 frozen bananas, 1 TB. carob powder, 2-3 TBS. Nestle's carnation original malted milk powder . 1 TB. tahini added gives a milk-chocolate malt flavor. 1 TB. almond butter gives a Dutch chocolate malt flavor.

Non-dairy: Amazake replaces dairy milk; then I don't use carnation original malted-milk powder. I've been able to get my favorite vegan "chocolate ice cream.

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Can you use a NutriBullet for this recipe without adding excess liquid?

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Hi Linsey,

I don't have a NutriBullet myself, so I can't quite say. However, a food processor is a much better choice for making this recipe.

:)

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Creativelycc's Review

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Had this for dessert tonight! Super delicious and very filling!

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Nice choice! I'm glad you enjoyed it :)

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is there a substitute for the banana as a lot of your recipes use them I cannot eat tem

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Vegan "Ice creams."---If you don't use bananas, frozen pears can act as sweeteners for berry and peach ice creams. However, they will be less creamy and more like sorbets. Frozen avocado may be a good alternative to bananas and will make the ice cream creamier.

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Excellent tips, Louise.

It's comments like yours that make this place so useful for us all :)

xox

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Hi Copperstones,

Great question.. I use bananas for both sweetness and creaminess in recipes. Generally, I do not suggest substituting, because recipes just don't turn out the same.

What I do suggest is doing a search on my site for banana-free recipes:

You can do a detailed ingredient search on my website in a hard-to-find spot: use the search at the top (search for something, like "banana"), then click on the fork and knife icon beside the search box, then click the "more options" and there you can specify recipe ingredients.... and which ingredients you DON'T want...

I hope this helps!

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Can you freeze this? It is yummy but don't think I could eat it all I doubled it up :)

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Hi Karen!

It's going to be rock-hard if you re-freeze it. So I normally don't recommend that.

BUT if you have a bunch of leftovers, you can refreeze them and then just let it sit out on the counter and melt a bit (15 mins?) the next time you want to eat it.

Note: To make it be softer and not as rock hard, it needs more fat in it. Like coconut oil or blended cashews etc. So this recipe isn't really made to be refrozen.

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Jen Nefer's Review

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yes..this was so good. I made it in less than 5 minutes and ate it right after. LOVE. Thank you so much!

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Awesome, Jen! :)

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Looks amazing. Can i use a vitamix?

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Absolutely, Katerina!

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I just love this. It doesn't need the sweetener. Great with blueberries or mix in cacao nibs. Yum!

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Glad you enjoyed, Daryl! Thanks for sharing your tip about the sweetener - other folks may feel the same way. :)

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Made this tonight and it was delicious! A new go-to for that chocolate fix. Yummy even in the middle of a weeklong ice storm!

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Hey Jessica! Gotta have ice cream even in the winter! Of course!

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jbubonia's Review

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So easy and delicious. A great way to use this bananas that are a little too ripe. I mixed in some shredded coconut.

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Coconut is a nice added touch, Janace!

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Here's another fun flavor combination: bananas, blueberries, a spoonful of raw almond butter, a handful of soaked then dehydrated walnuts & pecans, a few drops of vanilla stevia and a few drops of almond extract.

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Oh, yes please! :)

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synergy's Review

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Fantastic! yummmm

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:)

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