Banana "Ice Cream"

My daughter loves ice cream and she likes bananas, i thought maybe if i tried this that it would get her to eat a little healthier....well, i'm not sure if i'll try this again.

This is "ice cream" made from only bananas. I've seen the machines that process it for you and i've read that you can just use a blender or food processor. I got one of the cheaper Ninja processors, so i wanted to try this to use it more. I also loved the idea because it could save some money on ice cream if my daughter liked it....she wouldn't even try it(picky eater..she is only 3 though).

I find this to be a bust for me. Might of been because i used fairly fresh bananas instead of the more ripened ones some recipes call for. It gave a weird after taste, probably from them being fresh. and then also from being fresh, might of been why i had problems processing it.

Some pictures of my progress with it:

Put the frozen bananas into the processor.

After running it...It made banana crumble lol. I ran it a bunch of times and this was all i was getting. I had to let them thaw a little before it finally started to get creamier. But at least if i want banana crumble, i know what to do now lol.

Then after getting to thaw some first, i managed to get this. it is sorta ice cream looking. Texture wasn't very soft serve either like the posts i've seen said, but could of been because of the bananas i used. It was more like a thick paste.

Since i didn't exactly like the taste, i tried to make it chocolate by putting chocolate syrup in it. I think that just made it worse. I could't even eat this myself. Also, trying this out scared me that i already broke my processor. It started to run hot from all the running just to try and get a good texture. So it stopped working while i was trying to make it into chocolate. Luckily once it cooled down, it still works. Yay i didn't kill it!


I've seen a good bit of different blogs saying that this works for them and they love it and their kids love it....but i don't think i'll try this again, even with more ripened bananas. I'll try banana "ice cream" again if someone else makes it for me, either through blender/processor or that ice cream maker that uses bananas and other fruits. I do have a blender that probably would handle this, it's the vita-mix brand, but i still don't think i'll make this again. Or maybe in a few years when i actually think my daughter will try it. If that, then i'll at least have this blog post to tell me what NOT to do lol.