So you know how I’ve been making chocolate fudge sauce and caramel with dates? Well, as I said in the fudge sauce post, I made it for an idea I had for Breakfast Sundaes.
I’ve made this sundae as breakfasty as it can get, using the good old 1 ingredient banana ice cream (with a few flavoury additions), the date-based sauces and some wholesome sprinklings to make one kick-ass, delicious and cooling ice cream sundae, quick enough to eat for breakfast!
When I make the banana ice cream, I usually add come cocoa powder and almond extract (its SO GOOD. Trust). But this time I stuck more closely to the banana flavour, adding cinnamon and vanilla for a flavour boost and also baking soda for a slightly salty, tangy, buttery flavour (seriously, it does add that) to make it taste like banana bread batter.
I think I probably ended up doing this after becoming obsessed with Carey’s banana bread muffins. I made them 3 times within a period of 3 weeks.
Of course, I also added some coconut and almonds on top (you’ve probably sussed that I love them), but as per my usual layering ways, there are loads of things you could put on top of the ice cream and sauces to make it your own.
Healthy Banana Bread Ice Cream
PrintIngredients
- 2 to 3 ripe bananas , (that have been peeled and frozen)
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
Instructions
- Break the frozen bananas in half and place with the rest of the ingredients into a blender or small food processor (you can also use a stick blender if you're making like 1/3 of the recipe).
- Blend until smooth and creamy (you'll have to scrape down the edges of the blender/processor every few minutes).
- If you wanna eat it super soft, eat it now! or transfer to a container and freeze for at least 1 hour (it'll be slightly firmer, but still more like soft serve at 1 hour. After about 3 hours, it'll be icier, but you can scoop it and leave it to soften a bit, and it'll be back to normal).
Toppings
- For the date caramel (from my Healthy Banoffee Parfaits):
- Put 1/3 cup of pitted, chopped dates, 1/3 cup of milk (any kind e.g. almond/cashew/cow’s milk), 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract and a pinch of salt into a blender, blend together until smooth. Pour into a saucepan and heat whilst stirring over a low flame for 5-10 minutes, until thickened and reduced down to ~1/3 of a cup in volume. Set aside to cool.
- For the recipe for healthy chocolate fudge sauce, click here
- For sprinkling: cacao nibs, flaked/desiccated coconut, chopped nuts (almonds, pecans, walnuts, pistachios, cashews), fresh fruit, granola/museli, dried fruit, sprinkles, dark chocolate chips
Ice cream for breakfast?! Say what??? Sounds like the perfect morning treat for the super humid weather over here in South Carolina 🙂
It’s so satisfying to eat when it’s boiling hot out 🙂
Heaven right here.
I love your food photography!
Frozen bananas taste better than ice cream to me.. much, much better.
thanks Monica! The frozen banana ice cream is SO GOOD (but I still do love ice cream haha)
Ice cream for breakfast, I’m in!
Carina xx
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who wouldn’t be!? 😉
Yeah! What a great treat. I can’t wait to make it sometime soon.
And, I love your gifs. They are perfect.
thanks Sarah! 🙂
That’s a pretty wicked breakfast, in both senses of the word
haha, that is very true!
This looks so good. I made a similar thing with the 1 ingredient ice cream and your date caramel sauce a couple of months ago. I put toasted coconut flakes on top and it was delicious. I need to try your chocolate fudge sauce as well. Genius!
so good right!? yesssss, the fudge sauce is so yum 🙂
Congrats on finishing exams!! So exciting! Also, I joined that book club and will be reading along with you guys! I want this sundae so, so, bad right now. YUM!
thanks Katrina! Yaaaay :))
I love that you totally just made it acceptable to eat ice cream for breakfast. I think I love you.
haha, it is my calling in life to make these things happen 🙂
haha… go girl! ice cream are anytime food ;))
😀 it is now!
Oh yummy. I love bananas and chocolate!
J
Thanks Jana! They go so well together 🙂
I love banana bread, and putting it in ice cream sounds like a fabulous idea. I would love to get all up into those sundaes!
thanks Marcie!
I want it, as a big fan of breakfasts I need to try it.
hahaha go for it Marta! 🙂
Two of my favorite things combined into one! Thank you for this delicious looking recipe. I too am in love with Carey’s banana bread muffins, but ice cream wins out in the end for me.
Thanks Todd! They’re insanely good 🙂 as is the ice cream
I’m loving your photography style! I recently started a new site, nodietsallowed.com, and trying to learn from amazing bloggers like yourself. Thank you for providing beautiful photos and recipes!
thanks Kami!
LOVE THIS! So nice to have a way to eat sundaes without feeling bad about my nutritional habits! And I feel you on the summer overload, back when I lived in Oregon we’d wear as many shorts and breezy dresses and swimsuits as possible during the 2 months of not constant cloudiness that we knew as summer. Now that I am in LA it’s pretttttty much summer 10 months out of the year, which basically means I can eat ice cream all the time without getting cold. WIN.
And hurray book club!!! SO happy to have you moderating, Izy! I started on the book a bit last night and it is quite an interesting read so far :o)
Thanks Eva!! Haha i was so tempted to just grab the haagen daz out of the freezer one morning because it was just sooo hot out! You’re so lucky to have so much sun!
Yaaay! It is indeed :))
Omg, ok ok ok, so I totally thought that I was a complete weirdo because I kind of like the taste of baking soda…… I mean, it’s not like I’m eating it by the spoonful or drinking glasses of baking soda water, but yeah, I definitely thought there was something wrong with me. (Like that pica disorder, when people eat crazy things like dirt!) This makes me feel a lot less weird.
So yeah, healthy ice cream made with baking soda that tastes like banana bread batter? I am IN! And thanks for the shout-out! I’ve made those muffins a few times too — soooo good.
Yay book club!! (:
Ahhhh no omg I LOVE that taste. Batter/cookie dough with baking soda in it is the best. That kind of sour tang from it is ahamazing.
No problemo, it’s totally my fave banana bread recipe now!!
Yayyy!
Oh my goodness – I want to eat this every morning!
haha me too 🙂
You’ve surpassed yourself again! Sundaes for breakfast? Yes please.
ahahaha I guess so!! 😉
I’m a couple days late in commenting, but boy do these ever look good. And so few ingredients…that’s how I like to roll. Thanks!
not late at all 🙂 Thanks!
OMG, you are too much. Having sundaes for breakfast is such a brilliant idea, especially during the summer. Love the fact that it’s so healthy and so simple at the same time. A great new twist on eating frozen bananas.
thanks Katherine! That’s how I roll 😉
Your writing cracks me up every time! Literally love your blog SO MUCH (I’m a mega nerd too and am blog crushing hard). These sundaes look delicious. I’m so hungry right now I have a headache, so am going to go and hunt for food immediately.
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ahh thanks Rosie! :))) haha, I know what that’s like, go find foooood!
Sundaes for breakfast sounds like an amazing idea! It’s simple and my kids would love it! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Brian, it’s crazy good 🙂
Hurray! Congrats on finishing up. On a related note, my old roommate used to have ice cream all the time for breakfast. Like, real-honest-to-goodness ice cream. And bowls of it. I think I’ll just stick to this version though, tyvm.
thanks Ala! hahah, that’s what i’d LIKE to do, alas, my body wouldn’t be happy with that! Banana ice cream is good enough, right? 🙂
Oh man. That’s quite a breakfast. I’m digging it, and I love the coconut flakes and almonds on top they make it look so good with those as garnishments.
Thank youu! Coconut flakes = my life
I laughed at your description of people’s reactions to the warming weather because it is the exact same thing here (Chicago, USA). I never thought to use it as an excuse to eat ice cream for breakfast. You’re a genius!
ahaha, glad to know it’s not just Londoners that do this! Thank you 🙂
Ice cream for breakfast = genius idea Izy!
p.s: Totally love your photography style Izy. your blog is def one of my fav food blog, keep it up 🙂
ahh thanks Miguel :))
WAIT,WAIT,WAIT. did you mention the extended essay? does this mean you’re doing the IB? If so, same, gurrrl!! If not, awks… but I LOVE THIS SUNDAE IDEA BTW xxxxxx
Ice cream for breakfast!? Don’t know who will love it more me or my wife? And it’s healthy ice cream, double bonus! Thanks for sharing!
I just tried making these and completely failed (which sucks, cause they look amazing). How do you blend this without any liquid in the blender? My blender just kept throwing the frozen bananas around (even though it’s a pretty good blender that has never let me down before). I tried cutting the bananas to very small pieces and to press them down in the blender, but even then it didn’t really work… :/
Aww no! Maybe try leaving the frozen banana to defrost a little before blending, I’ve always just been able to blend it straight from frozen, but you could probably add a few tablespoons of any kind of milk, or some yogurt to help it along!
This was AMAAAZIN! It does actually taste like real ice cream, although it’s just a banana. My mu was so suprised when i told her that it only contained banana.
YUM! Just had this for dessert minus the choc sauce and cacao nibs! So yummy! I’ve been making banana soft serve for ages but I too always add things like cocoa or frozen berries to cover up the banana-ness (?) The cinnamon and baking soda really does make it taste amazing! I also added a naughty but oh so nice little knob of butter to the caramel because it’s my first time trying it and I’m a bit of a sceptic! Thanks!
Your breakfast banana bread ice cream sundae looks delicious( and more so because I’m a dieting vegan!). The use of a gif image for illustrations is amazingly good.
What a deliciously fun idea. And anything that I would eat for breakfast, snack, or dessert is such a win!
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What’s up, I read your blogs on a regular basis.
Your story-telling style is awesome, keep it up!