Ninja Creami Chocolate Ice Cream

You have got to try this Ninja Creami chocolate ice cream. This frozen dessert is low carb, sugar free, high protein and low calorie! If you looking for low carb or sugar free Ninja Creami recipes you have come to the right place. Create delicious, creamy chocolate ice cream with simple ingredients and feel good about eating it. Each serving has just 157 calories, 1 gram net carbs and 15.6 grams of protein.

You might also like this keto chocolate peanut butter ice cream recipe.

As I’ve written in another post, I am just LOVING this Ninja Creami ice cream machine because I have such a sweet tooth. I eat a bowl of homemade low carb, low calorie ice cream just about every day. It’s a super tasty treat and has the perfect texture.

Now that I’ve had this machine for awhile, I’m updating this chocolate ice cream recipe as I’ve perfected the Ninja Creami chocolate ice cream recipe. I’ll still share the old recipe in the recipe notes in case you’re coming back to see that one.

This keto chocolate ice cream base only needs 5 ingredients to create creamy and a delicious sweet treat that’s good for you too! It’s also high in protein which is something I’ve been trying increase in my diet recently. You can also mix in lots of keto foods like mini chocolate chips, keto candy or keto cookies. But honestly it’s delicious just as it is.

What is a Ninja Creami machine?

The Ninja Creami ice cream machine can make homemade ice cream, sorbets, gelato, smoothies and milkshake. You make the base mixture and have to freeze them overnight but you then use the machine and you have ice cream (or whatever you want) in about 5 minutes.

It sort of works in reverse from regular ice cream makers which starts with frozen bowl that you pour your liquid mixture in and then let churn for 30 minutes. The Ninja Creami starts with a frozen pint of the base mixture and then grinds it into a smooth and creamy ice cream in minutes.

It was a bit expensive but I have been getting so much use out of it so it was worth it to me. Note I don’t use any heavy cream which is used in traditional ice cream recipes so this saves on calories and fat, yet the final product is really creamy. That’s the magic of this frozen treat maker.

Recipe ingredients I used.

All you need for this simple recipe is unsweetened almond milk, protein powder, unsweetened cocoa powder, cream cheese and sweetener.

Chocolate Protein Powder
I really like Isopure ZeroCarb protein powders because they are have zero or just 1 carb per serving and I like the flavor. However you can use your favorite brand of protein powder in this recipe. I would use chocolate but if you only have vanilla protein powder you can add a bit more cocoa powder to get that chocolatey flavor.

You can also try FairLIfe chocolate protein drinks as they work the best for making this recipe. They taste like chocolate milk to me! If you use a protein drink eliminate the both the protein powder and the almond milk.

Unsweetened Almond Milk
While I like unsweetened almond milk because it doesn’t have many carbs or calories you can use any dairy free milk you want. Just remember to count the carbs if you use something like oat milk or cashew milk, etc. They will probably have more carbs than the almond milk.

Coconut milk or unsweetened coconut cream is another good substitute and doesn’t have many carbs but it will add a bit of a coconut flavor so if you don’t like that you might not want to use it.

And you can always use heavy whipping cream which will result in a creamier end product but it has more fat and calories than the almond milk.

Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
Specifically I always use a quality cocoa powder like Divine over regular cocoa powder because it has no carbs and it’s adds to the delicious chocolate flavor. It also has a rich color but you can of course regular cocoa powder as long as it’s unsweetened.

Swerve Sweetener
For the sweetener I used some Swerve sweetener. Originally I used SweetLeaf chocolate stevia drops which I love but I’m guessing not many people have that on hand. So this time I’m recommending a granulated sugar sweetener or even a powdered sweetener. I love Swerve brand but you can use any keto friendly sweetener you want.

Cream Cheese
I used to use sugar free instant pudding mix in my recipe and you can still use that but they have quite a bit of carbs. I’ve switched to cream cheese which adds to the creamy texture and has less carbs. However either will work. If you want to use the instant pudding mix only use 1 tablespoon.

Other ways to flavor this ice cream is using a flavor extract like vanilla extract or even a mint extract in this particular recipe. That will add flavor with out calories or carbs.

I’ve also been playing around with this vanilla bean paste. So if you have something like that it would work in these ice cream recipes.

Let’s make some Ninja Creami chocolate ice cream.

Step 1: To make the chocolate base, whisk together all the ingredients or put it in a blender and quickly blend. Pour the chocolate mixture into the plastic pint container that came with the machine.

Place the storage lid on pint and set in the cold freezer for roughly 20-24 hours. Make sure it’s on a flat surface when you freeze it because the machine might have problems if it freezes tilted. You want it to be level. 

Step 2: Take off the lid and place the container into the bowl assembly of the Ninja Creami machine. Attach the outer bowl lid and hit the Lite Ice Cream button and let it run through that cycle.

Step 3: You will probably have to run your ice cream through the Lite cycle a couple of times until it get’s a creamier texture. It will first look powdery as you can see in the picture above but gets better as you run it through the cycles.

Note they also have a re-spin function but I think the using the Lite ice cream function works better. 

Step 4: If after 3 cycles it’s still powdery, add a tablespoon or so of almond or coconut milk and run it through one more time and it should work.

Below is what mine looked like after running through 2 Lite cycles and no added milk. As you can see it’s like the perfect chocolate ice cream but it’s so much healthier than store bought ice cream!

Each cycle is roughly 2 ½ minutes so it’s not like you have to wait too long to get your delicious and healthy ice cream. The whole process (minus the freezing) takes less than 8 minutes usually with minimal effort.

Step 5: If you want to add mix-ins crumble up a few keto cookies and place it in the middle of the container. Then hit the Mix-In function. I find that I just like to spoon some of this homemade chocolate ice cream in a bowl and mix it by hand. 

Store leftovers in the same pint container the machine came with and place in the freezer. Re-run it through the machine when you want to eat it. It might take a couple cycles to get the creamy texture you want.

You can also place the leftovers in an airtight container and then microwave it when you want to use it. Start with 20 seconds and then just add 5 second intervals until it has softened enough. I personally like running through the machine again.

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Low carb mix-ins to try with this keto chocolate ice cream recipe.

I bought quite a few different keto cookies and sweets to play around with for additional mix-ins. Here are few of my favorites for you to try with this creamy treat.

• Catalina Crunch sandwich cookies (pictured below)
• HighKey chocolate chip cookies
• Aldi brand Bentons keto chocolate chip cookies
• Lily’s milk chocolate chips (low carb) or dark chocolate bars
• Sheila G’s brownie brittle (not low carb but lowish and you don’t use much)
• or make your own keto cookie dough bites

You can also try some sugar free and low carb candy, cereal, coconut flakes, sugar free chocolate syrups, nuts, sugar free nut butters, etc. Play around and create your own flavors.

More low carb ice cream recipes for Ninja Creami.

I’ve mentioned above that I have made 15 healthy Ninja Creami recipes for this blog and have made even more that I forget to write down! It’s hard to pick a favorite recipe but I do love this chocolate recipe and this chocolate peanut butter one.

And for you coffee lovers I even have a coffee latte and coconut flavors for you to check out. I can’t wait to try making a low carb gelato recipe next.

Well if you love ice cream even half as much as I do and are on a low carb diet, give this Ninja Creami chocolate ice cream recipe a shot. It’s so nice to have a frozen treat and for it to be healthy too! It’s my favorite way to eat more protein.

And if you are interested in the Ninja Creami and have a question, just leave a comment and I’ll try to answer if I can. Enjoy!

The nutritional information for 1 serving of the NEW recipe is 157 calories / 7.8g fat / 5.1g carbs / 4.1g fiber / 15.6g protein = 1g net carbs.

The nutritional info for the old recipe is 97 calories / 3.1g fat / 9.8g carbs / 5.6g fiber / 7.4g protein = 4.2g net carbs