Vegan Chocolate & Peanut Butter Soft Serve
This Vegan Chocolate & Peanut Butter Soft Serve recipe is such an easy and healthy way to enjoy frozen dessert with no added sugars.
Healthy Soft Serve
Making dairy-free, vegan soft serve from frozen bananas and mango in a food processor is not a new concept. I first blogged a recipe about it way back in 2012. I’ve updated my recipe, though, and wanted to bring it back as a healthy ice cream that you can enjoy during these long, hot days of summer.
Ingredients
The base of this healthy homemade soft serve recipe is frozen bananas and frozen mango chunks. You could choose one of the other, but I really like the blend of the two fruits.
The sweetness of this recipe comes from the fruit and the addition of dates. I love that this is a whole food recipe!
Recipe Notes
- To make the soft serve easier to blend, be sure to freeze your bananas in slices. Here is a guide for how to freeze bananas.
- I have a lot of other recipes for traditional vegan ice cream, but this one is more like a soft serve. It gets made in a food processor so it only takes about 10 minutes from start to finish.
- Be sure to let the ingredients process for at least 5 minutes. It will seem like a long time to run a food processor, but it’s really the minimum to break down the frozen fruit into the soft-serve texture we’re looking for.
- You’ll see in the recipe that I give the option to use cocoa powder or carob powder. I like to use carob powder when I’m going to serve this to kids or when I’m eating it later in the day. Carob powder doesn’t have any of the stimulatory effects that cocoa powder can have for some people.
FAQs
Can I make this in a blender?
Yes, but a food processor is ideal. It will be difficult to get the ingredients to process in a blender without adding extra liquid (which won’t result in the right consistency).
Can I leave out the bananas?
Yes, but you’ll need to add extra mango chunks and the soft serve won’t be as sweet.
Can I use almond butter instead of peanut butter?
Yes, absolutely!
Recommended Items
- Breville Sous-Chef food processor
- Organic vanilla extract
- Fair-trade, organic cocoa powder
- Carob powder
Enjoy this delicious vegan dessert! And, if you like this recipe, you might like some of my other dairy-free ice cream recipes (or check out my epic vegan ice cream round-up):
- Dairy-Free Mango Ice Cream
- Raspberry Chocolate Ice Cream
- Strawberry & Vanilla Bean Nice Cream
- Vegan Pumpkin Ice Cream
Here’s the printable recipe:
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Vegan Chocolate & Peanut Butter Soft Serve
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
- Diet: Vegan
Description
This Vegan Chocolate & Peanut Butter Soft Serve recipe is such an easy and healthy way to enjoy frozen dessert with no added sugars.
Ingredients
- 2 frozen bananas, broken into large pieces
- 1 cup frozen mango chunks
- 2 tablespoons peanut butter
- 4 pitted Medjool dates
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons to 1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder or 2 teaspoons carob powder*
Instructions
- Place the frozen banana chunks, frozen mango, peanut butter, dates, vanilla, 2 tablespoons of almond milk and cocoa powder in the base of a food processor.
- Process on high for 5 minutes, or until the mixture is creamy and fully combined. Add an extra 1-2 tablespoons of almond milk, if necessary, to get the right consistency.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
*I like to use carob powder when making this recipe for kids because it will be less stimulating.
You can substitute almond butter for the peanut butter, if you prefer.
This recipe is best served immediately.
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Food processor
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: vegan banana soft-serve recipe, vegan ice cream, dairy free soft serve recipe
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I love how easy this vegan ice-cream is! Such a great idea and mango and banana sound like a yummy combination!
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I am definitely making this for me and my son! I am lactose intolerant so dairy-free ice cream is perfect for me.
We do frozen banana “nice” cream a lot for my kids, but I’ve never tried adding in mango chunks. I’ll have to give it a try!
Chocolate and peanut butter are my fiance’s favorite flavor combos! I love that this is vegan, as we are trying to be more conscious of what we consume. Can’t wait to try!
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I always have frozen bananas and now I know what to make! I love how easy and healthy this is. Thanks for this great recipe!
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Excellent flavor, my husband and I loved it! Didn’t quite get the same consistency, more liquid than your picture showed, but flavor was good.
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Great! I”m glad it turned out well, Cheryl!
Do you know how we can adjust to have more of an ice cream texture? Do we maybe need to freeze for a bit? More soupy than soft serve.
Yes, don’t use any almond milk whatsoever. And, you can freeze after blending to harden it up even more (but don’t freeze for more than a couple of hours or it will get too hard).