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This is a vegan version of Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia ice cream. It's a delicious, refreshing, and guilt-free soft-serve dessert.
From The Abundance Diet
Find this cool dessert recipe and more kid-friendly ideas in the Forks Over Knives Recipe App.
By Somer McCowan,
Ingredients
- 4 medium-sized bananas, cut into 1-inch pieces and frozen
- 1 cup frozen cherries
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon to 1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk, as needed
- 2 tablespoons mini vegan chocolate chips
Instructions
- In a food processor, combine the frozen banana pieces, cherries, and vanilla extract.
- Process until creamy, adding almond milk one tablespoon at a time as necessary.
- Pulse in the chocolate chips. Serve immediately.
Nutritional Information:
Per serving (¼ of recipe): 158 calories, 36 g carbohydrates, 2 g protein, 2.3 g total fat, 1.1 g saturated fat, 0 g cholesterol, 2 mg sodium, 4.2 g fiber, 22 g sugar
Note: Nutritional information is provided as an estimate only.
Comments (40)
(5 from 8 votes)Delicious. We really enjoyed this.
what could I sub the bananas with? I can't eat bananas...
look at https://chat.openai.com/chat he answer Frozen mango: Mango is a sweet, juicy fruit that, like bananas, creates a creamy consistency when frozen and blended. Use 4 medium-sized mangoes, cut into 1-inch pieces and frozen, instead of the bananas. Frozen papaya: Papaya has a similar texture to bananas and is also sweet and delicious. Use 4 medium-sized papayas, cut into 1-inch pieces and frozen, instead of the bananas. Frozen peaches: Peaches are a delicious option for a refreshing fruit smoothie. Use 4 medium-sized peaches, cut into 1-inch pieces and frozen, instead of the bananas. Frozen avocado: Avocado is rich in healthy fats and gives your drink a creamy consistency. Use 2 medium-sized avocados, cut into 1-inch pieces and frozen, instead of the bananas. Regardless of your choice, you can keep the other ingredients in the recipe, including the frozen cherries, vanilla extract, almond milk, and mini chocolate chips. Just make sure to adjust the amount of almond milk as needed to achieve the desired consistency.
Made it tonight for dessert. Absolutely wonderful!
Just made this and it really hit the spot. I used soy milk because I didn’t have almond milk and it is delicious and refreshing.
Delicious
I'm going to try this in my new Ninja Creami ice cream maker. So far everything I've made in it has been wonderful. For those who are avoiding sweetened chocolate chips, Trader Joe's sells chocolate chips that are unsweetened.
Will this work in a blender? Looks delish and it’s cherry season
If you have a high-speed blender it should work just fine! Sometimes standard blenders have a tough time with frozen fruit because they need liquid to create the blending vortex, but if that happens you can just add a little extra plant-based milk to help :)
What I'd really love are some frozen desserts that don't use bananas, as I am allergic.
Try substituting yogurt for the bananas. There's a plethora of flavors and styles to choose from.
Can I use this recipe in the soft serve ice cream maker
Where can we buy frozen pitted cherries?
Costco has big bags!
I get mine at Walmart.
Costco
Sprouts
Trader Joe's
4 votes
Good lord people, it’s 2 tablespoons of vegan chips per 4 servings. If you don’t want then don’t use them. Many aren’t that bad for you. Use cocoa nibs. No need to whine
Hahaha, thanks for keepin it real. Love it!
I use 1-2 tablespoons baking cocoa powder because I don't want chocolate chips hanging around. Too tempting. Recipe looks yummy.
Good idea
How can chocolate chips be Forks Over Knives compliant?
Vegan chocolate chips…cocoa beans are a plant
I don't understand how chocolate chips can be Forks & Knives friendly.
How can I make it with out bananas or avocados. I’m allergic to them
Did you get to see the reply about freezing sliced zucchini in place of banana? Sounds crazy enough that I wanna try it...and I happen to have some to freeze!
I would think even vegan chocolate chips would be too high in saturated fat.
Frozen cauliflower works too
Can you do tofu? I use that for my cacao pudding base. Would probably work here with extra cherries.
Try using more cherries in place of the banana. They get really creamy like bananas, especially in a good blender.
So easy to make - and DELISH! Crowd pleaser, for sure!
This sounds great. Cherry Garcia is my favorite
What could substitute for the bananas? I dont eat what is not grown in my hemisphere plus I really dislike banana anything.
This sounds weird but trust me...freeze a sliced zucchini (with peel on or off) and use it in place of banana. You can't taste it at ALL!
Sliced zucchini cooked or raw?
Sounds like a good recipe when cherries are ripe.
Yes and I worked hard this summer to pit and freeze a bunch of cherries n and now we’re enjoying them in smoothies and nice cream. I was very careful to make sure not one pit was left in as I don’t want to mess up my Ninja blender! Next summer I hope to freeze even more when they’re at their cheapest. I’ve also bought frozen cherries at Publix (pricey).
Or your teeth!! Been there with frozen cherries bought commercially. Won't do that again!!