My 15 year old asked me if I’d just go back to making green smoothies for breakfast since he likes those better. That would probably have made a big difference, having smaller and softer chocolate chips made for ice cream. I see in your pictures that your ice cream looks like store bought, with the thin square chocolate chips. They all agreed that the chocolate chips were a fail in it because regular chocolate chips get too hard in cold recipes. My kids love green smoothies and usually I have to make two blenders full, but nobody wanted extras and my youngest child didn’t want to finish hers (she’s picky about everything though). I did add some full fat coconut milk and some peppermint Nu Naturals stevia in addition to the other ingredients to try to balance the banana flavor. I put in a very small handful of spinach & kale for a light green, which you couldn’t taste at all but was a little too olive green for aesthetics. Transfer to an air tight container and place in freezer until firm. Add crushed chocolate mint candies to ice cream during last 5 - 10 minutes of mixing.
Turn the machine ON and let mix until mixture thickens, about 20 - 25 minutes. Made this recipe this morning for my kids as a soft serve “ice cream for breakfast” treat. Pour into freezer bowl of a Cuisinart® Automatic Frozen Yogurt, Ice Cream and Sorbet Maker.
