Ninja Creami Chocolate Protein Ice Cream (Dairy Free)
The next time you're craving homemade ice cream using your Ninja Creami machine, you need to make this Chocolate Protein Ice Cream! This creamy ice cream is a chocoholic's dream & will not only satisfy your sweet tooth, but will also provide you with an extra boost of protein all while being refined sugar free & dairy free. Made with just 5 wholesome, simple ingredients, this recipe is the perfect base for making all kinds of dairy-free ice cream in the Ninja Creami ice cream maker.
Equipment
- Ninja Creami Machine
- Blender
- Ninja Creami Pint Container
Ingredients
- 1 cup almond milk or chocolate almond milk/dairy free milk of choice
- ¾ cup canned coconut milk full fat
- 2 medjool dates
- 1 scoop chocolate protein powder
- 2 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 pinch sea salt
Instructions
- Make the ice cream base. Add the almond milk, coconut milk, dates, protein powder, cocoa powder & sea salt to a blender. Blend until smooth. You may find that a few small bits of the dates remain if your blender is not high speed; this is ok. You can strain them out or leave them in, it’s up to you.
- Freeze the ice cream base. Pour base into the ninja creami pint container right up to the max fill line. Place storage lid on the container and freeze for a minimum of 8 hours. Ninja recommends at least 24 hours but I don’t have that kind of patience and find that 8 hours is plenty.
- Mix the ice cream. Follow the instructions for placing the frozen pint of the base mixture in your Ninja Creami. For your first spin you will press the “Lite Ice Cream” button.
- Respin. Once the first spin is complete, you will need to respin the ice cream mixture in order for it to become the perfect texture. My best creami prep tip is to add about 2-3 teaspoon additional almond milk, just enough to cover the top of the pint, before you respin. Place the outer bowl lid back on, fitting the bowl into the machine, & press the "re-spin" button.
- Add mix ins. If you’d like you can add your favorite mix-ins by adding them to the pint container & pressing the mix-in button, or simply enjoy the chocolate ice cream as is.
Notes
- Ninja’s instructions state that you cannot use the “respin” feature followed by the “mix in” feature. I ALWAYS respin my dairy free ice cream, because it needs this in order to be creamy, and I use the mix in function after with no trouble.
- Before respinning, I recommend always adding a little bit more almond milk, or dairy free milk of choice. Just enough to almost cover the top of the pint container is perfect, about 2-3 tsp. This will help ensure the final result is super creamy.
- If you do not finish your pint in one sitting, smooth over the ice cream that is left in the container with the back of a spoon. Place the lid back on & freeze. You will need to run the leftovers back through the same steps in the Ninja Creami when you are going to enjoy it again. Note that if you added mix ins, the machine will end up pulverizing them!
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