Fruit sweetened no churn ice cream is a cool, creamy vegan friendly dessert that’s easy to make without condensed milk! Learn how to make this homemade Fruit sweetened, no churn ice cream with just 5 Ingredients! It’s naturally sweet and smooth – perfect for summer. Paleo or vegan options. Healthy, Homemade, easy, and delicious!
Let’s talk ice cream for a minute y’all. Homemade, fruit sweetened, no churn ice cream. As many of you know, or will now know, I’m not a huge fan of FROYO. Gasp!! I know! Sorry but it’s just not creamy enough for me. I am not fond of the consistency and to be honest, I think it’s too sweet. Well, depending on the brand or flavor. I’m an ice cream girl or gelato girl through and through! It’s a childhood favorite of mine and nothing beats the summer memories I have of sitting on the front porch of marble slab creamy, eating ice cream and talking “life” with my dad. Yes, those are some of the best memories of my life. You think I’m kidding but I’m not. So fitting since Father’s Day is Sunday, right?
But my main point here is this. Ice cream is nostalgic. And there’s a way we can STILL continue to enjoy this classic creamy frozen treat without all the guilt. Meaning, we can make it HEALTHIER with REAL food, sugars or additives, and still make it CREAMY!
PROMISE PROMISE! Fruit-sweetened no churn ice cream is like the easiest thing evah evah (that’s slang for EVER x 10).
Ready for it? Let’s discuss ingredients. …
In order to make no churn ice cream, you usually need condensed milk to thicken and sweetened it. Yes, condensed milk is real food, so there’s no real issue there. UNLESS –> you have a dairy allergy, are watching sugar intake, or are vegan/paleo. Ya know? Which, I know many of us feel better eating that way in some for or another. Right? And why I have a homemade vegan sweetened “milk” sauce recipe too!
Well, here’s a COOL (pun intended) way to make no churn ice cream. Especially for those with allergies or are vegan, etc.
FRUIT SWEETENED no churn ice cream!
All you need to do is replace that EXTRA condensed milk with frozen banana and another fruit source. For instance, I used frozen banana and mango and blended it all together.
After you blend that up and make it extra creamy, you combine it with a whipped coconut cream (like in my vegan coconut frosting) or you can use heavy whipping cream if you are not vegan. I’ve tried both creams with this method and both work GREAT!
Once you’ve whipped (in mixer) and blended, all you have left is to add additional flavors. For instance, I used cinnamon, raisin, honey (or maple syrup), and there may have a been a wee bit of rum. Yes, rum raisin. Shhhh… don’t tell anyone I spiked the ice cream.
So where was I, yes… oh so creamy and dreamy fruit sweetned no churn ice cream.
AKA –> FRUITY-LICIOUS…. ness.
Don’t mind my grammar, it’s Friday and I’m having fun with it.
Homemade Fruit Sweetened No Churn Ice Cream {Vegan Friendly}
Homemade Fruit Sweetened No Churn Ice Cream {Vegan and Paleo Option}
Ingredients
- 2 cup chilled coconut cream or heaving whipping cream (see notes for how to use coconut cream. You will need it to CHILL 24 hrs.)
- 1 frozen banana
- 1 cup frozen mango
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1/2 raisins
- optional add ins - Honey, maple syrup, agave, rum extract, nuts, cinnamon, etc.
Instructions
- Important if you are using the vegan coconut cream version. Be sure to place 2 10z cans of coconut CREAM (not milk) in the fridge overnight to harden. You will need to use all of this. Some of the water will be left to drain, but mostly you will use the cream part. See notes for more. m
- First, blend your frozen banana and mango together until creamy. Set aside.
- Next, place your cream (chilled and coconut cream or heaving whipping cream) in mixer. mix on medium high until soft peaks are formed.
- Feel free to add in a few tablespoons of agave/honey/or maple syrup while mixing.
- Once the peaks have formed, slowly add in your banana mango mix. Gently fold together until mixed through.
- Fold in the rest of your ingredients. The raisins, cinnamon, vanilla, etc.
- pour mixture into a 9x3 tin baking pan. Best to have the baking pan lined with parchment paper to cause less sticking.
- Drizzle any extra toppings on top (i.e honey, cinnamon, etc.)
- Place in freezer for 2-3 hrs until hardened.
- Keep in freezer until ready to serve or to save the rest for later. *IMPORTANT NOTE* If using coconut cream, it will harden fast in freezer. You can place in freezer first for a few hours, but it will need 30 minutes or so to thaw before serving. If you use the heavy whipping cream, the texture will be more like ice cream
Recipe Notes
Fun options! Soak your raisins in 1/4 cup rum for 1 hrs until expanded. then add to ice cream before chilling. A great rum raisin dessert!
Feel free to sub raisins for chocolate chips, nuts, etc!
See my whipped coconut cream post for details on how to chill the coconut before whipping.
*Ice cream consistency preferences*- When using the coconut cream (for vegans) the texture will be more like soft serve/frozen yogurt but still TASTE like creamy ice cream.*IMPORTANT NOTE* If using coconut cream, it will harden fast in freezer. You can place in freezer first for a few hours, but it will need 30 minutes or so to thaw before serving. If you keep it in the fridge it will turn into more of a yogurt base. If you use the heavy whipping cream, the texture will be more like ice cream. Both are DELISH!!
Calories Estimated 280 18 grams fat. 18 carbohydrates 13 sugars 1.5 protein
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Nutrition Notes : This is the nutrition for the Coconut Cream used versus Heaving whipping cream. They are very similar except the heaving whipping cream has a few more calories.
In all seriousness ya’ll, I never thought I could make homemade ice cream just like the nostalgic kind I had back in the day. But guess what? THIS IS THE WAY! In fact, as soon as this batch of ice cream was frozen, I took half to my dad. He tried it, he loved it (and was in shock it was healthy), then we reminincessed of those times we sat outside marble slab creamy, ice cream cone in hand, melting like crazy, and talking “life.”
Did I mention my dad is one of my best friends still to this day? Yep, sure is! Blessed beyond measure.
So cheers to being able to make homemade no churn ice cream and to making new memories (with those you love). And Cheers to all those wonderful Father’s who took you to get ice cream and talked “life,” even when you had melted ice cream all smothered on your face.
Favorite childhood ice cream flavor?
Have you ever made homemade no churn ice cream? Fruit sweetened or vegan ice cream?
p.s. if you REALLY want to make this an EPIC ice cream. Soak the raisins in RUM then add them to your ice cream with cinnamon. It’s unreal good!
Other NO CHURN ice cream from around the web
Dairy Free Pumpkin No Churn Ice Cream
Low Carb Coffee no churn Ice Cream
Paleo caramelized Banana Pecan No Churn Ice Cream
Strawberry Cookies and Cream Ice Cream
Cheers,
LC
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I’m with you about ice cream, there’s no replacement for really classic creamy ice cream. This looks just beyond amazing and I’ve had ice cream on the brain lately – love that it’s no churn!
can’t beat that classic. You know it! 😉
I’m really not a huge fan of the heavy fat stuff, as you know. I think the only super premium stuff that I really liked growing up was ben and jerrys, actually! But put chocolate in there, and I”m sure I could be convinced!
oh yes, true! then banana CHOCOLATE soft serve is on my list to make for you!
I love any and all ice cream unfortunately my lactose intolerant belly not so much! I am so making this recipe when my Mom comes for my surgery in. August. She eats the weight watchers ice cream which makes me cringe inside because the ingredients are so questionable!
yea!! have you tried the coconut cream version then? so good!
Can’t wait to try this!!
That looks rather dreamy…and creamy 😉 It screams fun in the sun <3
Best of both worlds! LOL
ice cream is my jam!! i could eat this every meal of the day!!
I could too! Ahh especially in this summer heat!
oh my gosh this is super creamy and looks perfect!!! Pinning!
thanks friend! let’s share a bowl together soon! mmm k?
YUM! I totally want a scoop of this, Lindsay!
Come over!! I’m making more right now hehe
Wow…this is amazing! I had NO IDEA that you could make something so creamy and healthy but also delicious…and it tastes like regular ol’ ice cream? I’m sold!
I was amazed myself. Totally a great treat for whole family!
This looks BEYOND creamy! And I’m so happy that there are no added sugars–JUST fruit! 🙂 It probably is just as delicious as it looks! I have to try it out ASAP! I love the taste of creamy, sweet and light ice cream!
And no papaya haha
Holy makerel, I had no idea you could replace condensed milk with fruit and have it turn out soooo creamy dreamy amazing! Loving the banana-mango combo. This is a winner, for sure!
Yes! It’s magical I swear!!
Total decadence, Lindsay! I must admit, I’ve made something similar to this before save freezing it (and an unfrozen banana). We ate it as a mousse… and OMGeeee I get it! SO now, the next step is freezing it. I’m writing an ice cream post for next week and am contemplating no churn ice creams. I’ve tried several and I just can’t seem to get past ice crystal formation in no churns. I can’t get the smooth silky mouthfeel I’m looking for. Perhaps this will be the one I’ll get on the no churn train with!! I’ll give it a go soon! Thank you for this! So fabulous!
Oh you did? What cream did you use? How much banana? I’m so curious now haha
Whipped Coconut Creme! Hooray! Oh – that should have been (save a frozen banana).. so all I used was coconut creme and pumpkin puree (omgee!!) + maple syrup. Rob hated it. I loved it! 😀
Haha I would have loved it! Yum maple and pumpkin! So for this you whip coconut and add banana frozen fruit purée! So good!!
Coconut cream in ice cream? Yes, please!
My did loved ice cream, but what I remember most is how he’d eat Cool Whip right out of the container with a spoon. It drove my mother nuts!
I used to do that too and tell my mom is was just whipped yogurt and I was being healthy
Fruit sweetened AND no churn? Summer heaven right here!
You are genius!!!!!
nah, i just like creating recipes! hehe.
Daaang! This does not look like healthy ice cream. It is, by far, the most amazing looking healthy ice cream I have ever seen. And I have the ingredients! I just need to make some room in the freezer and then I’m making this. I’ll report back! 😀
i’ll help you clean out the freezer! 😉
this is perfect in sooo many ways!
Are you kidding me!??!?! This is the epitome of perfection! I’ve never made homemade ice cream, mostly because I figured they all needed ice cream makers and ain’t no one got the room for more kitchen gadgets. And the pictures! Excuse me while I lick my screen.
I can’t believe the smoothie queen girl has never made this!! you must!! it’s EPIC! you’d love.<3
While I do own an ice cream maker I’m usually too lazy to clean it plus forget freezing it in advance sp this is perfect. Also: it’s pretty much fruit with some coconut = fruit salad = breakfast food, yes? And the rum raisin verson is SO calling my name.
yes!!! totally breakfast. let’s just call it coconut fruit frozen yogurt. haha.
Yum! I’m curious, since mangoes tend to bother my tummy (fructose malabsorption) if you think another fruit could work. Pineapple, perhaps? Or papaya?
I’ve been meaning to try no-churn ice cream one of these days. I just don’t have room for an ice cream maker in my itty bitty grad school apartment!
totally! you can use 2 bananas but it might taste more banana-y. If that makes sense? I would try pineapple or papaya if you want some fruity flavor. Keep me posted.
I’ve packed our ice cream maker away (moving on Thursday!), so this recipe is PERFECT, esp. because it’s no-churn. Annnnd I have tons of mangos I need to use up 🙂 wahoo!!
With no ice cream maker, i’m forever looking for no-churn recipes. Such a fan of coconut milk, so I can’t wait to make this…especially with rum soaked raisins?! Hello! I loved nearly all ice cream flavors as a kid – Neapolitan might have ranked at the top.
Yes!! Good choices
Ok so curious…..think I could do this without banana? I’m probably the only person on earth that doesn’t like them ?
No prob!! I think just add more mango or some starchy fruit would work best. Let me know if you try it .
Hi~ Me too…… Not really like banana…..
You can try avocado, more mango, or frozen papaya. Let me know if you do! I haven’t tried it yet but I think it should work. Just add more honey if you use the avocado
Dang, girl! I can’t believe this ice cream is vegan AND no-churn!! The texture of it look absolutely spot-on 😉
It’s tasty! I will try to make it for my family. I hope i can do and they like it. Thanks for sharing!
I bet you can! keep me posted
Hi,
Regarding the vanilla in this recipe, is that vanilla bean or vanilla extract? Or something else vanilla?
Thanks
just updated it! I used vanilla extract but vanilla bean would be amazing too!
That’s just mouthwatering.. I need to show my wife this in hopes she’ll make this for us.. lol 😀
Just made this, using vanilla bean instead.. came out pretty good! Thanks for sharing 🙂
oh great idea! I will have to try that next!
Can confirm.. it came out amazing! 🙂
woohoo yea!
Can’t wait to try this!!
yea! the real cream version is my fav.
I can do it too! Ahh especially in this summer heat!
I can do it too! for especially in this summer heat.
Kind of disappointed. I used the heavy whipping cream and the ice cream got really hard in the freezer. Couldn’t even scoop it. Had to break pieces off with a knife. Ugh. Is there a way to keep it from getting so hard? I didn’t use mango, just banana and added some cocoa to make it chocolate.
Hi Melanie. So sorry to hear about this! Did you let it sit for 5-10 minutes at room temp before scooping? Was the heavy cream chilled beforehand? Adding ⃣banana helps make it less icy. If you send me exactly what ingredients and method you used, I’m happy to help!
Yes–makes complete sense. I’ll give it a try sometime!