Banana Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

Banana Chocolate Chip Ice Cream is made with only 5 ingredients! This recipe is simple, easy, and amazingly banana-delicious! This is a fabulous ice cream and it makes an easy summer treat!

Banana Chocolate Chip Ice Cream…

For this recipe, you will only need a good whisk, and 5 minutes of prep time before the mixture is poured into the ice cream maker. Also, we used our favorite Cuisinart Ice Cream maker. Since we are accustomed to tossing our bananas to the refrigerator or freezer as soon as they ripen, and save them for making healthy smoothies, banana bread recipes, and now ice cream! Plus, if you love ice cream, then don’t miss our Blackberry Chocolate Chip Gelato and Tiramisu Ice Cream with Chocolate Chips.

Reasons to LOVE this Ice Cream:

• This is an “ALL NATURAL” ice cream with no eggs and no artificial additives. (Yay!)
• Because ripe bananas are very sweet, this ice cream contains less sugar than most commercial brands.
• Plus, substituting the half and half instead of heavy cream and milk resulting in this ice cream to contain less fat.
• Best of all? This recipe is super easy and it tastes better than Ben and Jerry’s Chunky Monkey Ice Cream!
• Plus, other brands of ice cream made with chocolate chips, are overload with them, making it overpowering!  We adjusted the proportions in the recipe to experience the taste of the banana flavor first, with a touch of chocolate.

And the end result? 

Amazing! What’s more? It was totally successful in achieving the proper balance of flavors in this recipe.

Quick Notes & Tips for Success…

• In order to speed up the process, it’s best to chill your bananas beforehand. 
• When the ice cream is ready to chill, you may leave it in the canister and place it in your freezer, or you can transfer it to another container. 
• Cover tightly with foil wrap and chill it for at least one hour before serving.

It’s so creamy and delicious, one can’t help but eat a scoop or two before it goes into the freezer – I’m guilty of that!

Before You Start: 

• For our recipe, we used our favorite Cuisinart Ice Cream maker, to make our homemade ice creams.
• Before you start: Make sure you place “the base” (aka the canister) of the ice cream maker is placed into the freezer the night before.
• Also, it’s best to chill your bananas in the fridge 2 hours prior or the night before.  This step will help speed up the process and allow you to quickly pour the mixture immediately into your ice cream maker.

How to Make Banana Chocolate Chip Ice Cream – Only 5 Ingredients?

For this recipe, you will need the following ingredients:

• 2 large ripe bananas, chilled in the fridge
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 cups Half and Half
• 2 tsp. fresh lemon juice
• 1/4 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions to Make It: (*full recipe card below!)

To make this banana ice cream with a rich banana flavor, you will need to blend together bananas, half and half, sugar, lemon juice, and semi-sweet chocolate chips. Then the rest is easy!

1.  In a medium mixing bowl, mash the chilled bananas with a fork.  Whisk in the sugar.  Add the half and half and lemon juice, and whisk until well combined, about 2 minutes.

2.  Pour the mixture immediately into your frozen ice cream canister/ ice cream machine and turn it on. Churn for about 25 minutes, or follow the directions according to your ice cream maker.

3.  In the very last 5 minutes, toss in the chips into the canister while it’s churning,(a few minutes before it’s completely done).

Yields: 1.5 quarts (6 cups)

An Easy, Delicious Dessert

Banana Chocolate Chip Ice Cream turned out fantastic! 

A delicious treat to serve your family and friends. An ideal dessert when entertaining. We just love bananas with chocolate, don’t you?  This recipe is so much fun and easy to make, we hope you’ll give it a try!

ENJOY!!

More Ice Cream or Gelato Recipes You’ll Love!

• Easy Spumoni Ice Cream
• Pumpkin Spice Ice Cream- Lightened!
• Tiramisu Ice Cream with Chocolate Chips
• Blackberry Chocolate Chip Gelato
• Caffe Latte Ice Cream – Lightened!
• Sweet Cherry Pie Ice Cream

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