Chocolate Protein Ice Cream | Ninja Creami

This Ninja Creami Chocolate Protein Ice Cream is super creamy and delicious! It doesn’t even taste like a healthy ice cream recipe!

Chocolate Protein Ice Cream

The Ninja Creami will transform the way you make your protein ice cream recipes! It makes amazingly tasty ice cream that is way better than those store bought brands. And for a fraction of the price!

Get ready to be flooded with Ninja Creami ice cream recipes! I’ve already made 10 different kinds, but will be slowly posting them because I don’t want this to seem like an ice cream only blog.

This Keto Chocolate Protein Ice Cream was the first Ninja Creami protein ice cream that I added to my blog. It’s a low carb dairy free version of this ice cream recipe. I’ve also made this Ninja Creami Strawberry Ice Cream Recipe, Ninja Creami Peanut Butter Ice Cream and this Chocolate Protein Ice Cream Recipe without Bananas.

I went from drinking boring protein shakes to eating protein ice cream almost every morning. Ice cream is my guilty pleasure. If you put it in front of me, I will eat it all in one sitting.

You can have an entire pint of this healthy chocolate protein ice cream for just 311 calories and 41g of protein!

Why You’ll love this Healthy Protein Ice Cream

• Healthy recipe – This recipe is about 107 calories and has 14 grams of protein.
• Super easy to make – This is super easy to follow. The only hard part is waiting 18-24 hours for the ice cream to be frozen.
• Super Macro Friendly Ice Cream – for the entire pint of this chocolate protein ice cream recipe there is: 311kcals, 40.8g protein, 43g total carbs, 12g sugar alcohols, 5.7g fiber, 25.3g net carbs, and 6.2g fat

Ingredients

• Fairlife milk – Fairlife is a great high protein, low carb, low fat milk option. And it doesn’t have those funky gums or emulsifiers than can mess with your stomach!
• Banana – I used half a banana so it gives a pop of flavor
• Naked Nutrition Grass-fed Whey Protein – I use the unflavored grass-fed protein powder. By far my favorite protein powder. It mixes great and doesn’t have any weird or gritty after taste and mouth feel.
• Vanilla extract – you can use either liquid vanilla extract or you can even use vanilla bean paste for a richer vanilla flavor
• Stevia extract – I love the convenience of NOW Organic Stevia Extract 
• Besti Monk Fruit Erythritol Blend – I’ve been loving the Besti Brand Sweeteners. I have a few of them that I alternate between.
• Cocoa powder – make sure it’s an unsweetened kind. Regular or dark cocoa powder works. Just make sure you don’t use cacao powder for this or it will be bitter and not as sweet.
• Stevia sweetened chocolate chips – I love Lily’s, they’ve been my go-to for years! These are optional for the recipe and not added into the macros. But 1 TBSP of LILY’s semi sweet chocolate chips will add a total of 60kcals, 8g carbs, 4g fiber, 3g sugar alcohols, 4.5g fat and 1g of protein.

Tips & Tricks

Make sure to make this recipe the day before you want to eat the ice cream. If not you’ll be sad and have to wait 18-24 hours before you’re able to eat it.

Tools to make this Protein Chocolate Ice Cream

• Ninja Blender – I absolutely love my ninja blender. Not only can you use it for the obvious like smoothies and shakes, but it works perfect for making the ice cream base as well!
• Ninja Creami ice cream maker – I honestly am in love with this Ninja Creami. Before I bought these extra Ninja Creami Pints I was using it every day. Now I make ice cream in my Ninja Creami in bulk, doing 4-5 recipes at a time. I opted for those pints because they were about half the price, but be weary if you need them quickly, it took about 3 weeks to get here. They did have some prime options, but I was being thrifty.

How to make Homemade Protein Ice Cream in a Ninja Creami

1. Add all of the ingredients into a blender, except for the chocolate chips. Blend until the ingredients are well combined.
2. Transfer the liquid to the Creami ice cream pint and place the lid on tight. Freeze for 18-24 hours.
3. Once the ice cream base is completely frozen, remove it from the freezer.
4. Remove the lid and transfer the pint into the Ninja Creami pint holder.
5. Place the blade into the lid and then place the lid onto the pint holder.
6. Lock the ice cream into the creami and select either the ice cream or soft serve selections.
7. If after one round of spinning your ice cream is a little dusty in texture and not creamy, select the “spin again” setting.
8. Next, make a hole in the ice cream and drop in your chocolate chips. Next, select the “mix-in” setting and let that run. After it’s finished remove the pint from the holder and enjoy.

Chocolate Protein Ice Cream Macros

Per entire pint there is 311kcals, 40.8g protein, 43g total carbs, 12g sugar alcohols, 5.7g fiber, 25.3g net carbs, and 6.2g fat. And it’s up to you on how many servings you want to make out of it.

Ninja Creami Chocolate Protein Ice Cream Substitutions

• If you are wanting a higher calorie protein ice cream, you can substitute the milk with heavy cream or half and half. This would be good for someone wanting to gain weight, someone who is having trouble getting enough calories in, or if you are intermittent fasting and need high calorie food choices.
• If you can’t find Fairlife milk, you can use skim or 1% milk of your choice.
• You can also use any milk alternative instead of Fairlife milk to reduce the calorie content of this chocolate protein ice cream.
• You can add in mix ins like this protein cookie dough, nuts, or sugar free chocolate chips

If you’re looking for protein powder or low carb sweetener substitutions, hop on over to this keto protein ice cream recipe where I deep dive into lots of different options.

How to store

Store this chocolate protein ice cream in the freezer with the lid on. Mine never lasts longer than a few days. It should last 3 to 6 months in the freezer as long as the lid is on tight.

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Chocolate Protein Ice Cream

This Chocolate Protein Ice Cream is super creamy. Who knew something this good would this healthy for you! A perfect treat that’s packed full of protein.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

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Prep Time 1 day

Cook Time 3 minutes

Total Time 1 day 3 minutes

Servings 3

Calories 104kcal

Author Lara

Equipment

• Ninja Creami

Ingredients

• 1 cup fairlife milk
• ½ banana
• 2 scoops Naked Nutrition Grass-fed Whey Protein
• ½ tsp vanilla
• 5 drops stevia extract
• 1 tablespoon Besti Monk Fruit Erythritol Blend
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 1 tbsp stevia-sweetened chocolate chips (optional)

Instructions

• Add all of the ingredients into a blender or mason jar except for the chocolate chips. Blend or shake until the ingredients are well combined.
• Transfer the liquid to the Creami ice cream pint and place the lid on. Freeze for 18-24 hours.
• Once the ice cream base is completely frozen, remove it from the freezer.
• Remove the lid and transfer the pint into the Ninja Creami pint holder.
• Place the blade into the lid and then place the lid onto the pint holder.
• Lock the ice cream into the creami and select either the ice cream or soft serve selections.
• If after one round of spinning your ice cream is a little dusty in texture and not creamy, select the “spin again” setting.
• Next, make a hole in the ice cream and drop in your chocolate chips. Next, select the “mix-in” setting and let that run. After it’s finished remove the pint from the holder and enjoy.

Notes

Macros per pint: 311kcals, 40.8g protein, 43g total carbs, 12g sugar alcohols, 5.7g fiber, 25.3g net carbs, and 6.2g fat

Nutrition

Calories: 104kcal | Carbohydrates: 14.3g | Protein: 13.6g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.03g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Trans Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 23mg | Sodium: 56mg | Potassium: 285mg | Fiber: 1.9g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 19IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 51mg | Iron: 1mg

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