Chocolate Breakfast Soft Serve
Yes. Re-read that sentence. Chocolate. Breakfast. Soft Serve. (And it’s vegan. Did I just blow your mind?) I was understandably skeptical. I’m not gonna lie. When I read about it on my friend Lindsey’s blog, Sound Eats, I was all, “There’s no way in hell that will actually be good. Those poor vegans and their sad ice cream substitutes.” (Before you think I’m a total jerk, let me just tell you that I was completely lactose intolerant until my teens and have tried just about every dairy-free frozen dessert and found that there is really nothing that stands up to the real deal. And I’m kind of an ice cream addict. If there was a 12 step program, I’d fall off the wagon around step 2.)
I happened to have two bananas on my counter and decided to at least give it a try. Lindsey had gone on and on about how amazing it was and I generally agree with her opinions of foods. (She is the first to admit if something tastes like crap, which I appreciate in a vegan food blogger.) Let me tell you, I was blown away by how good this was! And with an ingredient list composed of cocoa powder, frozen bananas, a dash of vanilla, and a spoonful of peanut butter, you really can’t go wrong health-wise. So… try it for yourself and see why I plan on eating chocolate soft serve for breakfast as often as I can! Continue reading to see the full recipe…
To try this amazing feat of healthy food engineering, get ready ahead of time by peeling and freezing a bunch of bananas. You’ll need 2 per serving.
Ingredients:
2 peeled, frozen bananas
t tbs cocoa powder
1 tbs peanut butter
2 drops pure vanilla extract
(drizzle of honey, if you aren’t vegan)
Method:
Put all ingredients in a food processor and process until the consistency of soft serve (about 3 minutes).
You may need to break up the frozen bananas to speed the process along.
Serve immediately. Garnish with cocoa powder, chocolate chips, coconut flakes, etc. ;)
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I just made this for my 3 year old niece and she was so excited to eat “ice cream” for breakfast! We both thought it was YUMMY! I even added some pumpkin spice to add some fall flavor :)
@Becka… It’s just really the peanut butter and the vanilla. Get raw peanut butter and probably have to skip the vanilla. Either way it sounds tasty!
@christopher How do you make it more raw than it already is? Does it depend on the heat created by the blades? And great suggestion on agave! I love agave!
I have been meaning to try this but with carob instead of chocolate.
If you do it right you can make this raw also. And instead of honey you can use agave nectar!
@ Jes @ VeggieGirl It makes my heart swell up with happiness to see you ladies in my comments again! :) I’m so glad you’re still reading along.
While I really don’t need any more chocolate in my diet, I think I need some of that in my diet! Chocolate banana goodness for breakfast? Yes please!
@Erin Thanks for stopping by! Hmmm… instead of bananas you could try mango but then the chocolate might be weird. You could make more of a sorbet with mango and pineapple and coconut milk! Ooooo… I bet that would be yummy! Top with shredded coconut too. I’m gonna have to try this.
To Erin: maybe try substituting frozen mango? I keep meaning to try this. I think it would work, because frozen mango has a really creamy texture like bananas. Chocolate wouldn’t go as well with it, but you could definitely do a more tropical flavored “soft serve”. :)
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And this ice cream? Looks delicious. I wish I wasn’t allergic to bananas because this? Sounds heavenly. I wonder what you could substitute for those…
Will defo give this a go as I’ve got some bananas that have gone over-ripe sitting in my kitchen! Yummy…
I will be making this as soon as I can get the bananas frozen! It sounds fantastic!
So glad you liked it!! :) (I thought it was going to taste like crap too, specifically I thought it would taste like cold baby food bananas lol). I was actually just thinking about making this exactly when I came to your post. Must have been fate. Too bad my %*!^#$ food processor broke or I’d make more right now!
P.S. Have you tried coconut milk “ice cream”? Now that junk is the BEST ice cream substitute – blows soy and rice crap out of the water.