If you're like me, you think about ice cream a lot. Like pretty much every day. And if you're also like me, you should not eat a pint of ice cream every day. That just gets bad really quickly. My solution-- healthy banana nice cream.

What is nice cream? All it is is blended frozen bananas! It's simple and quick to make, but I got bored with the typical chocolate and vanilla, and needed something more. So here are 6 of my favorites that are just a step above the basics (and they don't taste like banana).

Nice Cream Base

Prep Time: 4 hrs 5 mins

Cook Time: 5 mins

Total Time: 4 hrs 10 mins

Servings: 1

Ingredients:

2 bananas peeled and sliced

1 Tablespoon canned coconut cream the thick cream on top canned coconut milk

1 Tablespoon your favorite protein powder optional

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps

Place the peeled and sliced frozen bananas in a container and place into the freezer for at least 4 hours or overnight.

Once frozen, place the banana slices, coconut cream, protein powder (optional), and vanilla into a blender or food processor and blend for 3 minutes or until creamy. 

Start with this simple base recipe, and add whatever you'd like to recreate your favorite flavors. I wrote up 6 of my favorites for you to try out!

Birthday Cake

Prep Time:5 mins

Cook Time:5 mins

Total Time:10 mins

Servings:1

Lexi Bryant

Ingredients

1 Tablespoon cashew butter

Lenny and Larry's Birthday Cake Protein Cookie

1 teaspoon sprinkles optional

Steps

Add the cashew butter to the nice cream base and blend until combined.

Pour nice cream into a bowl and crumble the protein cookie over the nice cream, and add sprinkles if you choose.

Cookie Dough Brownie Dough

Prep Time: 30 mins

Cook Time: 5 mins

Total Time: 35 mins

Servings: 1

Lexi Bryant

Ingredients

For the Cookie Dough:

1/4 cup almond flour

2 Tablespoons coconut flour

1 Tablespoon honey

1 Tablespoon maple syrup

1 Tablespoon almond butter

1 Tablespoon mashed banana or applesauce

1 Tablespoon chopped chocolate

For the Brownie Dough:

1/4 cup almond butter

2 Tablespoons maple syrup

1 Tablespoon almond milk

Steps

Place all ingredients for cookie dough except for chopped chocolate into a blender or food processor and blend until combined. Stir in chopped chocolate.

Roll cookie dough into bite sized balls and place into freezer for 15 minutes.

Place all ingredients for brownie dough except for chopped chocolate into blender or food processor and blend until combined. Stir in chopped chocolate.

Roll brownie dough into bite sized balls and place into freezer for 15 minutes.

Stir chunks of cookie dough and brownie dough into nice cream base until evenly dispersed. Top with more cookie and brownie dough.

Oatmeal Cookie

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 5 mins

Total Time: 25 mins

Servings: 1

Lexi Bryant

Ingredients

For the Oatmeal Cookie Dough:

1/2 cup oats

1/4 cup almond butter

1 Tablespoon honey

1 Tablespoon almond milk

1 Tablespoon protein powder

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

For the Nice Cream:

1 Tablespoon almond butter

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

1 Tablespoon oats

1 Tablespoon almond milk

1/2 Tablespoon maple syrup

Steps

For the Oatmeal Cookie Dough: Place all ingredients in a bowl and mix until combined. Roll into bite sized balls and freeze for 15 minutes.

For the Nice Cream: Place all ingredients into a small bowl and soak for 10 minutes.

Add to nice cream base in blender and blend until combined.

Pour nice cream into bowl and top with crumbled cookie dough.

Pumpkin spice

Prep Time: 5 mins

Cook Time: 5 mins

Total Time: 10 mins

Servings: 1

Lexi Bryant

Ingredients

1 Tablespoon pumpkin puree

1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

1 Tablespoon maple syrup

1 Tablespoon coconut cream]

In the blender with the nice cream base, add the pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice, and maple syrup and blend until combined.

Pour into bowl and top with coconut cream.

Piña Colada

Prep Time: 5 mins

Cook Time: 5 mins

Total Time: 10 mins

Servings: 1

Lexi Bryant

Ingredients

1 Tablespoon coconut cream

1/4 cup frozen pineapple chunks

1 Tablespoon coconut flakes

In the blender with the nice cream base, add the extra coconut cream and the frozen pineapple

Blend for 2 minutes until smooth, scraping the sides and blending again if needed.

Pour into a bowl and top with coconut flakes and the extra coconut cream

Mocha Cappuccino

Prep Time: 5 mins

Cook Time: 5 mins

Total Time: 10 mins

Servings: 1

Lexi Bryant

Ingredients

1 teaspoon instant espresso powder

1 Tablespoon vegan coffee creamer like So Delicious brand

1 Tablespoon chopped chocolate or chocolate espresso beans

Steps

In the blender with the nice cream base, add the instant espresso powder and the vegan coffee creamer and blend until combined.

Pour into bowl and top with chopped chocolate or chocolate espresso beans.

Nice Cream Thoughts

If you're going to try one of these, make it the birthday cake. And if you're up for a little more of a challenge, try the cookie dough brownie dough! You're tastebuds and waistline won't regret it.