Granny’s cookbook.

No added sugar, no churn ice cream

2 ripe bananas

1/2 cup of cocoa powder, unsweetened

1 cup of milk can be regular milk or skimmed or almond milk

1/2 cup of chocolate chips, optional

Chocolate sprinkles for decoration, also optional

Method

If you haven’t already done so, chop your bananas and place them on a baking tray, I sprayed mine with Pam to avoid anything sticking, that’s up to you.

Once my bananas were semi frozen I mashed them with a potato masher as I don’t have a food processor and that seemed to work out fine.

If you have a food processor or blender, then, put the bananas and the cocoa, along with the milk into it, secure the lid tight and blend away, the mixture should be like a smoothie. Pour this into your plastic tub which has a tight-fitting lid and place in the freezer as level as you can get it, walk away and let the freezer do its work.

If you don’t have a blender or food processor then whisk the mixture till it’s as smooth as your arms will let it be before they feel like they are falling off.

Once frozen, serve with the chocolate chips and sprinkles if using.

It was very hot on the day I made this, so mines a little melted in the picture but it tasted quite lovely, I was worried the first time I made this as I thought it wouldn’t be sweet enough or taste of nothing but the ripe bananas, I was wrong, it tastes really good, nobody even noticed it was banana. As for the milk this recipe also works well with almond milk, so if you can’t have cow’s milk, you can still have pudding. The sprinkles are at your discretion.

As it melts quickly I wouldn’t recommend you take it on picnics but it’s good for indoors and especially if you want to have that late-night treat when no ones watching kind of snack with practically no guilt, the no added sugar is great for me and my waistline, it feels naughty, but it isn’t, hurray! Enjoy.