Munchie Monday: Strawberry Chocolate "Nice Cream"

Apparently 19 July is National Ice Cream Day.  In the days leading up to Ice Cream Day I saw several ice cream recipes.  The one we made was this one:

Strawberry Chocolate Nice Cream

3-4 bananas frozen in 1 inch chunks--about 3 cups or a little more
2 cups frozen strawberries
1 very soft, very ripe banana that needed to be used up
1 teaspoon maple syrup, if wanted
a few dark chocolate chips


Put the bananas, strawberries, and maple syrup in a food processor and process until soft-serve consistency.

LET FRUIT THAW FOR TEN MINUTES FIRST!!!!  I saw that mentioned, but was so souped up for the fruity treat on a very hot day that I tried it immediately.  BAD IDEA!!!  Let the frozen fruit thaw.

What happened was that after about 5 minutes of starting and stopping the food processor to scrape down the sides I finally gave it up and pulled out the VitaMix.  In less than a minute (and using the tamper because the fruit was still frozen) we had wonderful soft-serve dairy-free ice cream.  It was SO GOOD!

Sadly it went down the gullets before I got a picture.  The bowls looked very pretty with the strawberry pink deliciousness and a handful of chocolate chunks on top.

Try it. You will like it!