This peanut butter cup banana soft serve is a healthy way to satisfy your ice cream craving. All you need is homemade peanut butter cups and frozen bananas!
This recipe looks easy, AMIRIGHT? Because it is! I first discovered banana soft serve back in college from Edible Perspective. I used to make this stuff ALL THE TIME. Why? Because it tastes just like ice cream without all the added sugar and preservatives. Did you know that ice cream is my dessert of choice? I’ve got a wicked infatuation for soft-serve. A Dairy Queen Crunch Cone ER MER GERD. Ambitious Kitchen knows what I’m talking about. Seriously soft-serve ice cream is life.
Fun Fact Friday: Did you know that DQ’s headquarters is based in Minnesota?
That’s right…I live in the soft-serve homeland thank you very much! If you are wondering what a crunch cone is (because apparently some people have never heard of it…cough cough Man Candy) it’s a vanilla cone dipped in a mixture of sprinkles and peanuts. Sprinkles + peanuts = love. If for some reason the DQ doesn’t have crunch cones on their menu (this HAS happened before) I always opt in for a mini PB Cup Blizzard. 🙂
Where am I going with this? Well- this recipe my friends, is an excellent replacement for a Peanut Butter Cup Blizzard because it’s 100% homemade and WAY HEALTHIER for you.
This recipe is literally frozen bananas whipped into a delicious and creamy soft-serve. Then, I added in some of FFF’s protein peanut butter cups for the ultimate dessert. Of course I topped it with additional melted peanut butter cuz why not.
Peanut Butter Cup Banana Soft Serve
Ingredients
- 4 cups frozen banana
- 4 protein peanut butter cups
Instructions
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Then, slice 4 bananas and place banana slices on cookie sheet. Place in freezer for 4 hours or over night.
- Once banana slices are completely frozen, take them out of the freezer and let them thaw for about 5 minutes. Then, place in a high-speed food processor. Mix on high for about 2-3 minutes or until bananas are whipped. You may need to stop and scrape the sides a few times!
- Once the bananas are fluffy, add in 4 chopped protein peanut butter cups and pulse a few times.
- Option to serve right away or place in a cake pan and freeze for about 2 hours before serving.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1/4 Calories: 232Similar recipes:
I wrote this in the recipe notes, but feel free to serve it immediately or to transfer it into a bread pan and into the freezer for a few hours so it’s more ice cream like. It’s all to preference and depends on how much self control you have 🙂
HAPPY FRIDAY! I’ll be enjoying the weekend with Man Candy and @LinleysHands on the St. Croix River! WOOT.
Thank you!
I bought mine at Costco and the recipe book and owner’s guide was not in the box. I called Ninja and was able to get a pdf of the owner’s manual but they would not send me the recipe book! Do you know where I can find a good recipe book or THE recipe book? I don’t do many smoothies but would love some food processor recipe or the soft serve recipe. I appreciate any help you can give. I want to use my machine to it’s fullest!
Not sure where you can get that book, but I did pull together a list of my favorite recipes to make in the Ninja! Check it out here: https://fitfoodiefinds.com/2016/12/every-human-needs-ninja-kitchen/
I’ve been meaning to make a lot more smoothies too, and with the weather it’s a lot more appropriate! Sometimes I make them too liquidy and not creamy enough! But who wouldn’t want this ice cream for breakfast?! It looks absolutely perfect!
I do that tooooo and then I add more ice and it gets flavorless 😛
This looks SO good! Pb + banana = always a good idea 🙂
this is just amazing. I’ve done banana ice cream before but not patient enough to put in the freezer. Totally gonna have to try that! And adding the protein pb cups? Genius
This looks to good to be true. YUM
LOLz. It pretty much is like crack.
Some of my favorite flavor combinations right here! I could see myself eating this for breakfast… 😉
YES. I’ve totally had banana soft serve for breakfast. It’s like the best way to start your day 😛
Yes please! My kind of treat for sure! I love ice cream. And I love PB and chocolate. So easy and so yummy!
YUMMM. Nothin better than that peanut butter cup flavor!! 🙂
If I was a flavor I’d be pb cup.