This Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream is made with just a few simple, wholesome ingredients, is naturally full of protein, and is refined sugar free! Cottage cheese can seriously do anything. If you have never had cottage cheese ice cream, don’t knock it until you try it!! You can’t taste it at all and it gives the best ice cream texture! I used my Healthy Homemade Thin Mint Cookies as my mix in.
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What You Will Need:
- Blender or Ninja Creami – To get the true ice cream consistency, you will need a blender. I have a Ninja CREAMi Ice Cream Maker, which is HIGHLY recommended. It gives the perfect combination of speed, pressure, and time to create creamy ice cream. Ninja’s innovative Creamerizer System finely shaves and churns ice particles, which differentiates it so much from a regular blender. You won’t have those frozen icy pieces. It is an investment, but SO worth it.
- Cottage Cheese – You will need 16 ounces of cottage cheese. I used 1% small curd to keep the fat and calories lower, but use what you prefer!
- Peppermint Extract – 1/4 teaspoon. A little goes a long ways!
- Maple Syrup – 1/4 cup organic maple syrup. Lakanto is a great sugar free option if you are wanting that. It’s naturally sweetened with monk fruit. You can use any liquid sweetener you prefer though.
- Mint Chocolate Cookies – I used 3 of my Healthy Homemade Thin Mint Cookies. Highly recommend 🙂
How To Make It
- Add the cottage cheese, peppermint extract, and maple syrup in your Ninja CREAMi or blender. Freeze until almost solid.
- Use the lite ice cream feature on the Ninja CREAMi to mix the ingredients together. I do this twice to make sure it’s blended well.
- Mix in the mint chocolate cookies with the mix in feature on your Ninja CREAMi.
- Place in the freezer for 10-15 minutes more to firm up.
- Immediately dig in and enjoy!
How To Store Leftovers
If you end up having any leftovers, you can store them in the Ninja Creami ice cream pint container in the freezer for up to 1 month. I like to let mine defrost for 30 minutes or so before I want to enjoy it again in my fridge for that perfect creamy consistency.
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Mint Chocolate Chip Cottage Cheese Protein Ice Cream (Ninja Creami)
This Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream is made with just a few simple, wholesome ingredients, is naturally full of protein, and is refined sugar free! Cottage cheese can seriously do anything. If you have never had cottage cheese ice cream, don't knock it until you try it!! You can't taste it at all and it gives the best ice cream texture! I used my Healthy Homemade Thin Mint Cookies as my mix in.
Ingredients
Instructions
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Add the cottage cheese, peppermint extract, and maple syrup in your Ninja CREAMi or blender. Freeze until almost solid.
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Use the lite ice cream feature on the Ninja CREAMi to mix the ingredients together. I do this twice to make sure it's blended well.
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Mix in the mint chocolate cookies with the mix in feature on your Ninja CREAMi.
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Place in the freezer for 10-15 minutes more to firm up.
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Immediately dig in and enjoy!
Serving Size 4 oz.
Servings 4
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories 192kcal
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat 4.9g8%
- Saturated Fat 2.2g12%
- Cholesterol 11.7mg4%
- Sodium 422.4mg18%
- Total Carbohydrate 23.2g8%
- Dietary Fiber 0.8g4%
- Sugars 19g
- Protein 14.1g29%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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