Surprisingly Nutritious: Week 5: Peanut Butter Banana Ice Cream

Happy Saturday! I was scrolling through Facebook this week and stumbled upon a Tasty video called "4 Healthier Desserts." After watching it I knew I wanted to make the first recipe in the video, which was a healthier version of one of my favorite foods, ice cream. The healthy element in this ice cream is the banana. Here are the ingredients I used:

- 3 bananas
- 1 tablespoon natural peanut butter
- 1 and 1/2 tablespoons mini chocolate chips
- Smuckers Magic Shell
- Mini Marshmallows

The frozen bananas right out of the freezer

This recipe was pretty straightforward. All I had to do was freeze the bananas, then blend them, add in the peanut butter and chocolate chips, refreeze and voila - recipe complete! So, a positive of this recipe is how easy is it to prepare. I didn't experience any setbacks when making this. As far as taste goes, it definitely didn't taste like ice cream. With that being said, it wasn't half bad. The main thing I dislike about bananas is the texture, and this recipe completely eliminated the soggy texture normal bananas have. I ended up putting some Magic Shell and mini marshmallows on it to help the taste.

Frozen bananas in blender

The picture to the left is the frozen bananas after being blended. The picture directly below is the blended frozen bananas with the chocolate chips and peanut butter mixed in.

I decided to do a different rating system. Instead of just having one number, I am going to have a rating for how easy the recipe was to make and another rating for how the recipe tasted. I would rate this an 8/10 for easiness to prepare. For taste, I would rate it 6/10. As I said, not bad, but definitely not ice cream!