This has become my favorite way to eat bananas! It’s incredibly easy to make, takes less than 5 minutes, and only has 4-5 ingredients.
Start out by taking those past-ripe bananas that are sitting on your counter and putting them in your freezer. Go ahead; you know you aren’t going to eat them by themselves at this point. They don’t need a wrapper because they have a peel. Forget about them for a few hours while you go about your day.
When you are ready to have some amazing dark chocolate ice cream, take a banana (for a single serving) out of the freezer.
I have learned to use an oven mit or a towel to hold onto the frozen banana. Your fingers will thank you.
Cut the banana into medallions.
Because bananas don’t have much fiber, they thaw very quickly. Don’t be hasty, but don’t dawdle either.
Since the bananas are already thawing rapidly, the peel should come off pretty easily. You can either use your knife to cut the peel off (which would be over-kill considering the knife I was using), or use your fingers.
You’re already half way done with this process!
Once they have been peeled, place the frozen banana medallions into your food processor (or whatever you are using). Then add these ingredients:
2 Tbsp cocoa powder
1 Tbsp unsweetened carob drops
a pinch of sea salt
***** 1 Tbsp honey (this was a mistake on my part! I forgot that I wasn’t using avocados and just started going through the motions. Because bananas are mostly sugar already they don’t require any added sugar.)
2 Tbsp cocoa; 1 Tbsp unsweetened carob drops; 1 tsp vanilla; a pinch of sea salt; optional honey
Blend until you reach the desired consistency. Bear in mind, again, that bananas don’t have much in the way of fiber. Because of that, it will become runnier as you keep blending. I mixed mine up to “soft-serve” consistency.
This recipe yields a single 1 cup serving. Pour into a pretty little bowl and enjoy as-is, or garnish to your liking. This time I used 1 tsp shaved coconut and a mint leaf. The nutrition facts, including the coconut, are listed in the caption below.
310 cal; 64g carb; 6g fat; 6 g protein Adding honey adds 15 cal; 4 carb; 0 fat or protein
Bon apetit!
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