Banana Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

Banana Chocolate Chip Ice Cream is made with only 5 ingredients! Bananas, half and half, sugar, lemon juice, and semi-sweet chocolate chips blended together will result in a luscious, creamy, velvety ice cream with an intense flavor of bananas.  Simple, easy, and amazingly banana-delicious!

Using only a good whisk and 5 minutes of prep time before the mixture is poured into the ice cream maker makes this an easy summer treat!

This is an “ALL NATURAL” ice cream with no eggs and no artificial additives.

Since ripe bananas are very sweet and substituting the half and half for heavy cream and milk results in the banana chip ice cream containing less sugar and half the fat.

Plus, the recipe is super easy and it tastes better than Ben and Jerry’s Chunky Monkey Ice Cream!

Some ice cream that contains chocolate chips, tastes so overloaded with chocolate flavor, that you lose the flavor of bananas entirely. 

I adjusted the proportions in the recipe to experience the taste of the banana flavor first, with a touch of chocolate.

And the result? 

Amazing! And totally successful in achieving the proper balance of flavor in my recipe.

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!

In order to speed up the process, it is best to chill your bananas beforehand. 

Since I am accustomed to tossing my bananas to the refrigerator or freezer as soon as they ripen to save for making smoothies, banana bread recipes, and now even ice cream, you won’t ever have to throw them away before you get around to eating them.

Banana Chocolate Chip Ice Cream turned out fantastic! 

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!!

A Few Tips to Get You Started: 

• Make sure you place “the base” (aka the canister) of the ice cream maker is placed into the freezer the night before you start.
• Before making this ice cream, 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 Banana Chocolate Chip Ice Cream:

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/ machine and follow the directions according to your ice cream maker, about 25 minutes.

3.  Toss in the chips into the canister while it’s churning, a few minutes before it’s completely done.

Yields: 1.5 quart

FYI: here is the link to our Cuisinart Ice Cream maker.

Enjoy!

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More Delicious Ice Cream or Gelato Recipes…

• 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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