Thermomix Chocolate Banana Ice Cream

This Thermomix Chocolate Banana Ice Cream is so healthy that it's good for you. No sugar. It counts as fruit because it is fruit.... And it looks like chocolate ice cream, doesn't it?

Yes, chocolate ice cream made with bananas. The only effort you really need to put in is making sure you freeze the bananas ahead.

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I've been making this Chocolate Banana Ice Cream in the Thermomix for my daughter for many years. It's still a firm favourite.

I'll always remember afternoon after afternoon sitting on the patio in the summer, eating this together when she was tiny.

It was more of a soft-serve back then as I would make it on the spot. But now I make it ahead and put it in the freezer to have later.

In fact, 2-3 hours in the freezer is enough for it to harden a fair bit to be able to scoop it out.

You can leave it in the freezer for days, the maximum I've left it has been a couple of weeks.

Don't have a Thermomix?

Try blitzing it in your blender or food processor, it should work just fine!

How to freeze the bananas

Always think of it as one banana per person.

Break each banana in 3-4 chunks so that you know how many chunks make a banana.

1 heaped tablespoon of cocoa powder or raw cacao powder per banana.

So, for every 3-4 chunks of banana you add 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder or raw cacao powder.

When using cocoa powder I tend to choose Green and Black's.

In this house bananas are a bit like bread crumbs. See a banana going a bit ripe? Stick it in the banana bag in the freezer. The bananas actually snap off each other really easily so you don't have to use the whole bag every time.

Just use what you need or make a big batch and stick in the freezer.

We do the same with bread before it goes off. But with bread, we first blitz it then add it to the bag of bread crumbs, you can then use them from frozen.

Optional

This is something we've started doing in the last few months because there is a Dark Chocolate and Rose water Jack's Gelato that T loves:

1 tablespoon rose water per banana, I use the Steenbergs brand.

No, it doesn't taste like Turkish Delight.

In fact, I do not like Turkish delight but I love rose water in this ice cream.

Other ingredients you could add

What else could you add?

Chocolate chips?

Raw Cacao Nibs?

Do them in reverse for a few seconds at the end.

Step-by-Step Photos

In these photos you can see my biggest batch yet, 690 g of frozen bananas.

It filled two plastic tubs!

Important tips

The amount of times you need to do bursts of 30 seconds will depend on contents.

Always do the 2 seconds on Turbo then bursts of 30 seconds on speed 10, scraping down in between until it looks like in the photo above.

Then either eat as a bit of a soft serve or transfer to tubs in the freezer for a few hours (or days) for more of an ice cream consistency that you can scoop out.

I sometimes freeze in individual containers too (portion control but also what can I fit in the freezer control!).

I do it in my Thermomix but you should be able to do it in a powerful blender too.

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