After several days of being stuck inside thanks to crazy heat and humidity, this 2 Ingredient Chocolate Nice Cream was a lifesaver in our house last week – it was even too hot to go swimming in our pool! When I found myself removing the boys from in front of the open freezer for the third time in the space of half an hour (it was nice and cold according to them!) it was time to distract them, so I decided to enlist their help to make this 2 Ingredient Chocolate Nice Cream together for our afternoon tea.
We’ve always got a container of sliced up bananas in the freezer, and I grabbed the equivalent of two whole bananas to make this ice cream. It’s sooo easy to make, simply add the frozen sliced banana to a food processor, add a little cacao powder (I used a tablespoon) and blitz for 20 – 30 seconds until the mixture becomes nice and creamy.
This recipe made enough for myself and both the boys and you can easily alter the quantities depending on how many little mouths you have to feed. Before making this Chocolate Nice Cream, it’s really important to make sure your food processor has the power to blitz the frozen banana. If you are uncertain, slice the frozen banana VERY finely and add a little to your food processor to test.
2 Ingredient Chocolate Nice Cream
Ingredients
- 2 frozen bananas - sliced into small pieces
- 1 tablespoon of cacao powder
Instructions
- Place the sliced banana and cacao powder into a food processor (please make sure your machine can handle blitzing frozen items) and blitz for 20 - 30 seconds or until the frozen banana and cacao have combined and are nice and creamy.
Thermomix 2 Ingredient Chocolate Nice Cream Instructions
- Place the sliced banana and cacao into your Thermomix bowl.
- Blitz for 20 seconds, working your way up to speed 8.
- Scrape down the sides and blitz for a further 10 seconds or until smooth and creamy.
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Kim @ Land of Zonkt
lol, I know what you mean. You know it’s hot in Oz when you can’t even bare the pool.
But seriously the sun burns so much and if there’s not shade, sunscreen or not, your gonna be in strife.
I love nice cream. I do a similar thing with making super thick smoothie mix and putting it in those iceblocky things.
works a treat… when I add milo lol
xx
Lynn | The Road to Honey
It’s so crazy to think how drastically different the weather can be across the globe. While you are sweating your buns off. . .I am over here in Boston freezing mine off which has prompted me to look longingly at the weather forecast for Nairobi (I lived here prior to moving to Boston).
Cold weather or not. . .I am always down for a scoop or two of Nice Cream. Which by the way. . . I’ve just had for the first time a few weeks ago. Shocking, I know. I haven’t had the chance to experiment with it yet. . .but I love the idea of sprinkling in some cocoa powder for a nice hit of chocolate.
Renee Wilson
Ooh so simple. I could have made this for the kids tonight when they were begging for dessert if I’d read this earlier. Will pop some bananas in the freezer.
Toni {Finding Myself Young}
Oh Lauren, this is awesome! Going to have to give it a try. Hopefully my food processor doesn’t die. #teamIBOT
Tegan
I’ve started freezing bananas recently to use in cooking so I might have to give this a whirl! Especially on the days when Mr 6 is complaining again because I forgot to get icecream when I did the groceries.
hugzilla
Oh man, I need to try this!