Finally a Dessert!

If you like bananas, chocolate and coconut then you'll love this! If you don't like chocolate or coconut, you'll also love this because you can omit them and add something else. This dessert is so simple and so delicious. Plus, despite the name ice cream there is no milk or soy in it. I quiz my two and a half year old now on what I can eat or what I cannot eat. I ask him, "does this come from a cow?" Milk is easy. Cheese is a little harder, but he's getting it. After asking him about the ingredients I used he said, "Mommy, you can eat this!!" Success!

Banana, Chocolate and Coconut Soft Serve Ice Cream

four bananas

1tsp vanilla

1tbsp cocoa powder, or chopped up baking chocolate (optional)

1 handful coconut (optional)

1tbsp peanut butter (optional)

1/4 c chocolate chips (optional)

How to make it? Simple. Freeze bananas. I've heard it's best to peal and cut them then freeze them as then you can just toss them in a blender. My frozen bananas were more a, "oh crap, bananas are going brown I should throw them in the freezer". So the whole thing went in. Cut bananas and put in blender or food processor.

Add vanilla, chopped baking chocolate and coconut. I obviously didn't use the peanut butter {since I cannot eat peanuts and sunbutter isn't worth the price, in my opinion} or the chocolate chips {since they have milk in them} but have read that both these things are excellent add-ins if you can eat them. 

Blend or process away! 

This makes a yummy, creamy treat. I'm sure that if you wanted to put it in a tupperware, put it back in the freezer and then scoop it out it would resemble more "regular" ice cream, rather than soft serve. I didn't want to wait, so I just poured it from the blender to my dish. 

I made three additional dishes, cling wrapped them and stuck them in the freezer for a quick snack later. I hope they make it until tomorrow, but between my two and a half year old {who loves this treat!}, husband and myself, they may just not. :)