This Strawberry Nice Cream is everything you’re craving and more! Creamy, cold, satisfying and satiating, you never knew good for you strawberry “ice cream” could taste so good! Made from wholesome, natural ingredients without added sugar, it’s a treat you can feel good about feeding everyone in your family!
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To say we created a little human who is OBSESSED with ice cream and frozen yogurt would be an understatement. This recipe was born out of my desire to show my toddler and husband that healthy treats can be nutritious and delicious!
Not to toot my own horn, but they both gave it two thumbs up!
If looking to reduce added sugars in your diet, be sure to check out my Slash the Sugar Guide! You can also up the ante and challenge you and yours by following my 7 Day No Sugar Challenge or 21 Day Added Sugar Challenge. This frozen strawberry dessert can absolutely be included!
What You Need to Make this Recipe for Strawberry Nice Cream
Ingredient Tips
- Toppings: You can certainly modify this recipe with sprinkles and/or toppings that suit whatever season is coming up!
- Yogurt: Greek yogurt, compared to regular plain yogurt, is ideal for this recipe. Regular yogurt would have more water content which would lead to larger ice crystals when freezing, making the end result less creamy. So, make sure to use Greek style yogurt!
Ingredient Swaps
- If you don’t have cottage cheese, you can also sub in 2 cups of Greek yogurt.
- If you’d like to make this recipe vegan-friendly, the yogurt/cottage cheese can be swapped with your favorite non-dairy yogurt alternative. Just check the label to confirm it is unsweetened (usually the plain varieties have no- or low-added sugar). Some brands that carry this variety are Silk, Ripple, Nancy’s, Kite Hill, and So Delicious.
- You can swap in various toppings here, like dark chocolate for white and crushed nuts or seeds for the outer coating!
How to Make this Nice Cream Recipe
To make the Strawberry Nice Cream:
Start with the Strawberry Nice Cream so it has time to set while you make the cones!
Steps 1 +2:
Place all the ingredients in a high powered blender, pulse until smooth.
Step #3:
Pour the nice cream into a rectangle loaf pan or like dish. You want it to be long enough that there is only about 1 1/2-inch thickness to the nice cream when it freezes. This allows for an even freeze. Place it into the freezer.
Step #4:
After about an hour (or at least 20 minutes before you want to serve it), remove from freezer and let soften up. Serve as desired!
To make the cones:
Step 1:
Melt white chocolate in a microwave safe dish in 15-second intervals, or about 30-seconds.
Step 2:
Stir, then place the cone top directly into the melted chocolate, then immediately into the sprinkles. Repeat until finished.
Step 3 + 4:
Admire your beautiful work as they harden on the counter until ready to serve!
When ready to dive in, use an ice cream scoop to spoon into your cones or grab a spoon and enjoy straight from the container!
While maybe a little DIY-esque in the picture, this sure pleased my toddler!
Recipe Notes + Expert Tips
- To keep these completely added sugar free, dip the cone top in yogurt then place in desired topping, like crushed dried berries, cacao nibs, or chopped nuts. Freeze until yogurt hardens and serve immediately when removed from the freezer.
- The cones work wonderfully as a fun, crunchy topping mixed into the nice cream too!
- When serving leftovers that have been in the freezer longer than 3+ hours, they will be extremely hard to scoop out. Be sure to allow at least 10 to 20 minutes prior to serving to allow the nice cream to soften on the counter.
- If you prefer a very smooth, yogurt texture, leave this in the fridge over the freezer!
- Nice cream is best consumed within 10 days when stored in the freezer, and 5 days if stored in the fridge.
FAQs on Making this Homemade Strawberry Nice Cream Recipe
Yes! Frozen blueberries, raspberries, banana, or pineapple would be great additions to this strawberry-based recipe (or feel free to swap the strawberry out completely for one or two of the fruits mentioned).
Added sugars are generally used to increase the palatability of foods that might otherwise be be deemed not as tasty by American standards. However, while okay in moderation, too many added sugars in the diet have been linked with a laundry list of preventable chronic diseases including type 2 diabetes and obesity. Furthermore, one can reduce their tolerance to added sugars by mindfully replacing them with foods containing naturally occurring sugars, like fruits and dairy products. As an added benefit, fruits contain fiber which helps keep one fuller for longer, thus reducing the desire to reach for a second or third helping of highly processed, calorically empty, sweets. Win-win!
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Strawberry Nice Cream
Ingredients
Strawberry Nice Cream
- 1 cup frozen strawberries
- 1 cup low fat cottage cheese
- 1 cup low fat Greek yogurt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Cake Cones
- 6 each cake cones
- 3 tbsps white chocolate chips optional
- 2 tbsps sprinkles
- 3 each fresh strawberries chopped
Instructions
To make the Strawberry Nice Cream
- Begin by placing all nice cream ingredients in a high powered blender. Process until smooth.
- Pour nice cream into a rectangle loaf pan or like dish and use a spatula to spread evenly. Keep the nice cream to no more than 1 1/2-inches thick from the base of the pan to the top of the nice cream to help it freeze evenly.
- Set in the freezer for 1 hour. Remove and serve, or take out 10 to 20 minutes prior to serving if you have let it sit longer than 3 hours in the freezer.
To make the cones
- Melt chocolate in a microwave safe dish in 15-second intervals (usually twice.) Place top of cake cone into chocolate, then role in sprinkles or desired topping. Set on counter to let harden. Repeat with remaining cones.
- When ready to enjoy, scoop nice cream into cones and top with any remaining sprinkles!
Notes
- To keep these completely added sugar free, dip the cone top in yogurt then place in desired topping, like crushed dried berries or chopped nuts. Freeze until yogurt hardens and serve immediately when removed from the freezer.
- The cones work wonderfully as a fun, crunchy topping mixed into the nice cream too!
- When serving leftovers that have been in the freezer longer than 3+ hours, they will be extremely hard to scoop out. Be sure to allow at least 10 to 20 minutes prior to serving to allow the nice cream to soften on the counter.
- If you prefer a very smooth, yogurt texture, leave this in the fridge over the freezer!
- Nice cream is best consumed within 10 days when stored in the freezer, and 5 days if stored in the fridge.
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Peggy says
My Nice Cream turned out icy and not creamy. That is was not nice!
Elizabeth Shaw says
I’m sorry you had that experience! It is a true nice cream, so while the frozen fruit and dairy help to provide a texture as close to “ice cream” as possible, is still not quite the same for true ice cream enthusiasts! Adding a 1/2 frozen banana also is another route to give more body to it!