Frozen bananas and mini chocolate chips make these tasty little Two-Ingredient Banana Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Bites the perfect healthy summer treat!
Dairy-Free Frozen Banana Treats
Ready or not, summer is here! And as the weather starts to warm up, finding treats that don’t require an oven is key. These 2-Ingredient Banana Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Bites are easy to make in the food processor, store great in the freezer, and taste amazing. They’re a cool, refreshing summer must-have!
Get the Scoop on a Healthier Summer
One of our favorite summer treats is one-ingredient banana “ice cream”. I love to slice overripe bananas and freeze them so we can make banana ice cream anytime we get a craving. It’s dairy-free, but the kids think it’s real ice cream and are completely satisfied with it. It’s so much healthier so I’m thrilled they love it so much.
One day I was thinking how could I make a ready-to-go banana ice cream for the kids to eat poolside.So I scooped the ice cream into mini muffin cups so we can enjoy these little ice cream bites without having to use bowls or spoons.
Watch Me Make Two-Ingredient Banana Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Bites
Join me in the kitchen to make up a batch of these deliciously healthy ice cream bites!
Easy, Full of Flavor and Kid-Friendly
They turned out great! I threw in some mini chocolate chips for fun and extra yum! Each bite is about two bites of creamy dreamy banana ice cream with a little crunch from the mini chocolate chips.
They’re so easy to make and store in the freezer just great. I stock our freezer for several weeks every time I make them.
Beat the Heat!
These bites are so easy and you’ll have healthy treats ready to eat when you need to cool off from the summer heat. Pure bananas make them so creamy and naturally sweet. I could eat the whole batch if I let myself. They’re so good!
What Do I Need to Make 2-Ingredient Banana Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Bites?
(See recipe card for measurements and details)
Ingredients:
- 6 ripe bananas
- 3/4 cup mini chocolate chips, divided
Supplies:
- Food processor or high-speed blender
- Baking sheet
- Mini muffin pan
- Freezer safe container
- Parchment paper
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How to Make 2-Ingredient Banana Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Bites
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Slice the bananas into 1/2-inch slices and lay flat on the parchment-lined baking sheet. Cover with plastic wrap and place in the freezer for 1 and 1/2 hours.
- Remove frozen bananas from the freezer and let set out for about 5 minutes while you set up your food processor or high-speed blender. You want the bananas to softened just a bit, but still be frozen.
- Place the bananas in the food processor and pulse/blend until smooth and creamy.
- Stir in 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips.
- Grease a mini muffin pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- Scoop the banana ice cream into each cup of the muffin pan, filling each one almost full.
- Then sprinkle the top of each cup with a few more mini chocolate chips.
- Place the bites in the freezer for about an hour and then use a butter knife to pop each one out.
- Stack the banana ice cream bites in a freezer safe container with a lid, placing parchment paper between each layer of bites to keep them from sticking together.
- When ready to eat, remove however many bites you want from the freezer container and let set out for a few minutes before eating.
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How to Store 2-Ingredient Banana Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Bites
To store, stack them in a freezer safe container with parchment paper between each layer of bites to prevent them from sticking together.
When ready to eat, remove however many bites you want from the freezer container and let set out to thaw for a few minutes before eating.
They store great in the freezer for up to 3 months.
Here’s to a happy healthy summer full of fun and yum! If you make these Two-Ingredient Banana Ice Cream Bites, be sure to snap a picture and share it with me on Instagram @thebakermama so I can see. 
I love seeing how inspired and creative y’all get with the recipes I share. Enjoy!
xoxo,
Two-Ingredient Banana Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Bites
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Freezing Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
- Total Time: 2 hours 45 minutes
- Yield: 24
- Category: Dessert
Description
Frozen bananas and mini chocolate chips are all it takes to make these tasty little 2-Ingredient Banana Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Bites that are the perfect healthy summer treat!
Ingredients
- 6 ripe bananas
- 3/4 cup mini chocolate chips, divided
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Slice the bananas into 1/2-inch slices and lay flat on the parchment-lined baking sheet. Cover with plastic wrap and place in the freezer for 1 and 1/2 hours.
- Remove frozen bananas from the freezer and let set out for about 5 minutes while you set up your food processor or blender. You want the bananas to softened just a bit, but still be frozen.
- Place the bananas in the food processor and pulse/blend until smooth and creamy.
- Stir in 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips.
- Grease a mini muffin pan with non-stick cooking spray. Scoop the banana ice cream into each cup, filling each one almost full, then sprinkle the top of each cup with a few more mini chocolate chips. Place the muffin pan in the freezer for an hour.
- Remove the pan from the freezer and pop each bite out with a knife. Stack the banana ice cream bites in a freezer safe container with a lid, placing parchment paper between each layer of bites to keep them from sticking together.
- When ready to eat, remove however many bites you want from the freezer container and let set out for a few minutes before eating.
Notes
Store bites in the freezer for up to 3 months.
Sorry I made these and they were just yucky !!
Oh no, Beth! I’m sorry to hear that. This is the first time I’ve ever heard someone not liking them. I wonder if your bananas were either not ripe enough or overly ripe?
Is there a reason you wouldn’t blend the fresh bananas, fold in the chips and then freeze, rather than freezing twice?
Hi Gayla! Great question. Frozen bananas create a much creamier/silky “ice cream” than room temperature bananas when blended and frozen into bites, for some reason. Enjoy!
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Tried these….. I have to say they’re not sweet enough for me to eat as a snack alone. I would add some stevia next time to satisfy my ultra sweet tooth. I’m tossing these into my smoothies..
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Can’t wait to try this tomorrow! Might add some strawberries in there too for a strawberry-banana flavor! Thanks for sharing this fantastic idea! =)
Hi Joanne! Adding strawberries is such a great idea! Enjoy!
Sounds like a great healthy recipe, I can’t wait to try. I also have a 24 year old son with autism and I can’t get fruits or veggies in him either! Thanks Maegan and Judy! Can’t wait to try them , and I will also have to tell a “white lie” about the ingredients.
hi. this looks great, and even more interesting is the fact that there’s no milk or cream. ill try them out. Good job!
I made these last weekend and they were so easy and so yummy! We don’t have little ones, but I have one Son who is 25 and has Autism. I cannot get any fruits or vegetables in him. I thought he might like these as they had chocolate chips- and yup it worked ( had to fib a bit and tell him they were vanilla ice cream with some banana flavoring!) it worked and we are so happy that he is eating bananas! thanks for the recipe!!
That’s so great, Judy! I’m so happy you made them and that everyone, especially your son, is enjoying them! Thanks for sharing! 🙂