By the time this post goes up, Brett and I will have spent a week with my parents in Ireland. Next up are adventures in Spain, France and Italy! I'm looking forward to sharing pictures, delicious food, and stories with you all once I'm back in the states, but for now you'll have to be satisfied with these Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Banana Ice Cream Blizzards. I think you'll manage;)
I actually created this recipe after I had been traveling for the weekend for Brett's cousin's wedding last month. The entire time we were gone I mainly ate sweet potatoes, oatmeal, fruit and salads in my hotel room (other than the wedding and rehearsal nights), and by the time I got home I was craving a smoothie. I had these 4-ingredient, Vegan Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Balls already prepared and had a brilliant idea that I should make some banana ice cream for lunch and mix in pieces of the soft, doughy cookie dough to create a blizzard. Oh yeah, it was a delicious lunch. Plus, when you top it all off with low-fat chocolate sauce and some crunchy cacao nibs, you get one amazing and healthy lunch...er, dessert.
One of the main things I love about eating a plant-based, vegan diet is that I get to enjoy satisfying, sweet desserts and I still feel awesome and energetic afterwards. In the past when I would eat cake or ice cream I would always feel sick and sluggish afterwards and, unfortunately, complain to Brett about how bad I felt. Now I can eat dessert for lunch and feel great all afternoon!
How is that?!
Well, for me, plant-based desserts that are sweetened with whole foods like fruit and dates and small amounts of unrefined sweeteners don't spike my blood sugar or give me sugar headaches. Most are lower in fat and full of whole food nutrition to keep me satiated and nourished. I can enjoy lots of dessert while promoting good health and that's amazing to me!!
I think one of the biggest misconceptions of a plant-based or vegan diet is that it is restrictive and boring. Many people (including myself in the past!) think vegans just eat salad and rice crackers all the time and are weak and tired. In fact, just a few weekends ago someone who just found out I was vegan asked me if I was tired all the time because I don't eat meat! In fact, I feel the opposite and have more energy throughout the day now than ever before.
Okay, I feel like I'm starting to rant and that's not like me. Just know that you can promote your health AND eat dessert.
And it will be delicious. Trust me.
More homemade ice cream!
Want another homemade ice cream recipe? Try my 3-Ingredient Best Vegan Ice Cream (No Churn!) recipe.
📖 Recipe
Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Banana Ice Cream Blizzards
Ingredients
- 4 bananas cut into chunks and frozen overnight
- 2 Vegan Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Balls*
- 2 tablespoons cacao nibs
Chocolate sauce:
- 1 tablespoon cacao powder
- 1 teaspoon pure maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon water
Instructions
- Let your banana pieces sit out at room temperature for 5-10 minutes. Then in a food processor or high speed blender, process the frozen banana pieces and optional medjool dates until you get banana soft serve ice cream. Scrape down the sides of your processors when necessary.
- In a small bowl whisk the ingredients for the chocolate sauce together until smooth.
- Prepare the peanut butter cookie dough bites by breaking off small pieces of your already prepared Vegan Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Balls and rolling those pieces into small balls.
- To assemble your blizzards you can either carefully stir the cacao nibs and PB bites into the banana soft serve and drizzle with chocolate sauce, or your can layer all of the ingredients into your desired glasses.
- Serve immediately!
Notes
Nutrition
Meg @ Noming thru Life says
Holy cannoli Batman these look delicious! I love cookie dough, peanut butter, ice cream, chocolate, ice cream, ice cream and uhhh blizzards! Great, can we be friends now, and you can make me one 😉 K thanks.
Faith says
Hahaha thanks Meg! I hope you can try it out soon! Unless you live in Queens, then I'll definitely make you one:)
Alicia@ Eco Friendly Homemaking says
Oh my goodness this looks amazing!! This blizzard is a must try for us. Thanks
Faith says
Thanks Alicia!! I loved how they turned out!
Sydni Jackson says
yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Faith says
Yeahya!!!
Liv @ Healthy Liv says
This looks SO decadent that I can hardly believe it's all plant based! WOW, I think you really outdid yourself on these blizzards. The cookie dough looks like the real deal!
Faith says
Thanks Liv!! It was so satisfying...best dessert lunch ever I've ever had:)
Pragati // Simple Medicine says
This looks amazing!! Totally decadent and delicious.
Faith says
Thanks Pragati!! I loved them!
Sarah says
Looks fabulous!! I have the same love for plantbased vegan desserts but often on the go fall trap and you would think after feeling like crap I would learn.
Hope you are having fun in Ireland, I so miss it there!
Faith says
Thanks so much Sarah! And I can relate. I ate non-plant based dessert loads of times (and occasionally still do) when I first made the switch and always felt horrible. Sometimes my eyes are bigger than my stomach!
Amanda @ Diary of a Semi-Health Nut says
wow this looks AMAZING!!
Faith says
Thanks Amanda!! It's pretty delicious if I do say so myself:)
Liz @ I Heart Vegetables says
These look amaaaaaazing. I could totally go for one of these for my lunch today 😉
Faith says
Thanks Liz! I hope you can try one soon:)
Deborah @ Confessions of a Mother Runner says
omg that looks fabulous! Pinning now and then jumping into the screen 🙂 Thanks for linking up with us today
Faith says
Thanks Deborah!! And don't hurt yourself on that jump!
tina muir says
Faith, this sounds ahhhhmazing!!!! Why oh why must you start my monday morning off with this? Now I want ice cream! YUUUUUMMMM! I am pinning this FOR SURE! Enjoy the rest of your trip 🙂
Faith says
Haha thanks Tina!! I hope you can satisfy your ice cream cravings soooooon 😀