Peanut Butter Banana Ice Cream

Summer comes, the heat is on, and so is ice cream! This vegan, peanut banana ice cream, also known as nicecream, is delicious, quick to make, and customizable.

Ice cream is a cult classic, but good, clean vegan options are often hard to find. This 10-minute homemade peanut butter banana ice cream is a hit for all ages (so long they don't have nut allergies)

Our berry nicecream recipe inspired this and is great for summer creamy cravings. They both make great breakfast smoothies as well!

This is guilt-free like our warm, summer dessert Vegan Cherry Pie, or the comfort of Fall with these Apple Empanadas.

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• 🧾 Ingredients
• 🍽 Equipment
• 🔪 Instructions
• 👨🏻‍🍳 Toppings
• 💡 Expert tips
• 🫙 Storage
• 🎥 Video
• 📋 Recipe
• 💬 Reviews and Comments

🧾 Ingredients

• Frozen bananas.
• Peanut butter

Optional: plant milk such as creamy cashew milk, agave syrup, and walnuts.

See the recipe card for quantities.

Substitutions and variations

• Nut butter - use any nut cream, such as almond or hazelnut butter. Chestnut butter also works well.
• Sweetness - use maple syrup instead of agave.
• Nuts - for additional texture, you can use any nuts and even toast them quickly in a flat saucepan before adding them to the blender for a richer flavor.
• Salt - if you are into salty chocolate, you might like adding a pinch of salt for a flavor kick. If your peanut butter is salted, there is no need.
• Protein: you can add your favorite vegan protein powder into the mix, like this vegan chocolate protein ice cream; it is a flavor bomb and is the perfect snack after working out.

If you are into berries, check out our berry nicecream.

🍽 Equipment

The blender is important here. You need a good-quality high-speed blender. Alternatively, you could use a food processor, as well as a high-speed, high-potency one!

We have used the nutribullet as well, and it works nicely.

Note: a food processor doesn't deliver the quality that a high-speed blender delivers, but it is still an option.

🔪 Instructions

Step 3: Once blended, add the optional walnuts and blend just for a couple of seconds.

👨🏻‍🍳 Toppings

When making any Banana Ice Cream Recipe, you just use the same toppings you would use if you were in an ice cream shop. Our favorite toppings are:

• Cocoa powder
• Shredded coconut
• Cacao nib
• Chocolate chips

Hint: if you want to add any solid textures to your peanut butter banana ice cream, such as walnuts or chocolate chips, add them only once you have blended the bananas, peanut butter, and the optional agave syrup; otherwise, they will be grounded and will be unnoticeable.

💡 Expert tips

Bananas are usually not expensive, but here in Italy, they are. But... usually in grocery stores, when we buy super ripe bananas, they cost 4 times less, as most people don't like overly ripe bananas.

Guess what? These are the best bananas to make vegan ice cream and smoothies. Buy them, and freeze them immediately. You will always have vegan ice cream 10 minutes away. We use frozen bananas sooo much!

We love running and practicing yoga in the morning, so we always use these frozen ripe bananas for our Post-Workout smoothie.

🫙 Storage

This vegan ice cream is best when served the same day.

After following the instructions above, you will have a soft texture banana ice cream; if you want it to be more scoopable, spread it into a parchment-lined bread loaf pan and then freeze it for about 2 to 3 hours.

Use an ice cream scoop. If it is too firm, let it thaw for 10-20 minutes.

Frozen nicecream keeps for a couple of weeks, but we’d recommend consuming it after the first five days for better texture. Just make sure it is well covered.

Enjoy a scoop of vegan nicecream with a slice of vegan banana bread.

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