When you're craving a sweet treat to end your day but want something fresh and light, there's nothing better than a refreshing bowl of mango "nice cream".
Mango nice cream is made with just 4 ingredients and a high powered blender. This recipe is naturally vegan, free of added sugars and gluten-free.
Nice cream is essentially just frozen bananas blended with some kind of liquid and desired add ins. It's easy, cheap and great to satisfy sweet cravings.
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Why You'll Love This Recipe
Easy. With only 3 ingredients + salt, this recipe is one of the easiest ways to whip up a quick dessert with almost no effort.
Healthy. This recipe is naturally vegan, gluten-free and contains no added sugars. It's the perfect snack or dessert that still feels luxurious.
Simple clean up. This recipe only makes one dish (your blender or food processor) so it's super easy come time to do the dishes.
Ingredients
Frozen Mango. The mango needs to be frozen. You can use cubed pre-frozen mango or cut and freeze fresh mango. Either works the same so I recommend saving money and buying bagged frozen mango.
Frozen Banana. I like to cut the banana into slices before freezing to ensure even and fast blending, but if you have a high powered blender, you can put the banana in whole.
Coconut Milk. Make sure you're using canned full fat coconut milk. Do not use light or low fat coconut milk.
Salt. The salt balances out the sweetness. I recommend regular table salt.
Looking for other ways to use your new Vitamix? Check out this Butternut Squash Soup or Asparagus Ends Soup (both vegan)!
How to Make This Recipe
For Soft Serve
If you're using fresh mangoes and bananas, cut them into ½ inch pieces and freeze them on a lined sheet tray for at least 5 hours. I like to use pre-frozen fruit for speed and convienece.
- In a high-powered blender like a Vitamix, add all of your frozen ingredients and blend on high power, using the tamper as necessary to push the ingredients into the blades. If the mixture won't blend, add a tablespoon of coconut milk at a time until your blender or food processor can handle the blending. Keep blending and tampering until the mixture is completely smooth.
- If you want soft serve nice cream, it's ready to eat now - enjoy!
For Scoop Ice Cream
- Follow the same steps as soft serve.
- Place your nice cream into a loaf pan and chill in the freezer for at least 2 hours to harden. Once ready to eat, scoop out the nice cream into bowls and serve immediately.
Tips to Make This Perfectly
In order to make this recipe in a blender, you need a very high performance model with a tamper (like a Vitamix). If your blender isn't powerful enough, you can also make your ice cream in the bowl of a food processor.
Make sure to use full fat coconut milk. If you use coconut milk that is low fat, the final product will be too watery and may crystallize if frozen into scoopable ice cream.
Frequently Asked Questions
Nice cream is like ice cream without all the added sugars and hefty calories. I'm all about enjoying delicious full-fat food in moderation, but sometimes you're just craving something sweet and light.
I love the simplicity of this recipe, but if you want to add some texture to this smooth dessert, try grated coconut, chia seeds, pumpkin seeds or roasted coconut flakes.
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📖 Recipe
Mango Nice Cream
Equipment
- High Powered Blender (or Food Processor)
Ingredients
- 3 cups mango frozen
- 2 bananas frozen
- ¼ cup coconut milk full fat
- table salt to taste (optional)
Instructions
For Soft Serve
- If you're using fresh mangoes and bananas, cut them into ½ inch pieces and freeze them on a lined sheet tray for at least 5 hours. I like to use pre-frozen fruit for speed and convienece.
- In a high-powered blender like a Vitamix, add all of your frozen ingredients and blend on high power, using the tamper as necessary to push the ingredients into the blades. If the mixture won't blend, add a tablespoon of coconut milk at a time until your blender or food processor can handle the blending. Keep blending and tampering until the mixture is completely smooth.
- If you want soft serve nice cream, it's ready to eat now - enjoy!
For Scoop Ice Cream
- Place your nice cream into a loaf pan and place in the freezer for at least 2 hours to harden. Once ready to eat, scoop out the nice cream into bowls and serve immediately.
- If you want a bit of a change, sprinkle a small amount of table salt on your nice cream to balance the sweetness.
Nutrition
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Eliza
What a great recipe! So rich and creamy, and I love that it's vegan and gluten free. Another winner from Maritime Glutton!
Lauren
Thank you so much Eliza - so glad you liked it!
Jill
This nice cream is such a lovely color. Looking forward to trying this mango flavor!
Kechi
Glad to know that I can make it with my food processor! I can't wait to try!!!
Sara
Absolutely loved this recipe, the flavour is delicious and yet so healthy, the kids loved it too. Can't wait to make it again!
Lauren
Thank you so much, Sara! Glad you liked it 🙂
Agnieszka
This nice cream is truly spectacular!!! My kids absolutely loved it and had no idea that it's not "real" ice cream.
Lauren
Thank you so much for the kind review 🙂