Watermelon Nice Cream is the recipe that Lucia makes every summer when she buys the most beautiful and most enormous watermelon and knows that her family will inevitably tire of eating plain slices before the entire melon is finished, and she wants the most clever and most completely genius solution that transforms those remaining watermelon cubes into the most extraordinarily creamy and most deeply refreshing and most vibrantly pink frozen treat that contains zero added sugar, requires no ice cream maker whatsoever, comes together from only two ingredients in only five minutes of blending, and makes her family feel like they are eating the most luxuriously creamy and most genuinely indulgent summer ice cream from the most trusted local creamery.
She freezes the cubed watermelon for at least six hours, transfers to the blender with only half a cup of unsweetened almond milk for the most beautifully dairy-free creaminess, blends progressively using a spoon to move things around as needed, and serves the most gorgeous and most vibrantly pink watermelon nice cream immediately garnished with fresh mint leaves for the most completely extraordinary and most effortlessly healthy frozen summer treat.
Watermelon Nice Cream is the most easy and deeply refreshing 2-ingredient no-added-sugar dairy-free vegan summer frozen treat made with frozen cubed watermelon and unsweetened almond milk blended progressively until thick and creamy without any ice cream maker required. Come follow us on Pinterest where we share beautiful healthy summer recipe favorites and easy vegan frozen treat favorites from our kitchen every single week.
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Why You Will Love This Watermelon Nice Cream Recipe
This Watermelon Nice Cream recipe is the most completely extraordinary and most genuinely guilt-free summer frozen treat that produces the most beautifully thick and most luxuriously creamy result from only two whole-food ingredients with no added sugar, no dairy, no artificial anything, and no ice cream maker required — only a freezer, a blender, and six hours of the most completely hands-off preparation that requires absolutely nothing from the cook.
At fewer than 40 calories per serving, watermelon nice cream is simultaneously one of the most completely satisfying and most deeply refreshing summer frozen treats and one of the most genuinely nourishing. Watermelon is 90% water for the most beautiful hydration on the most blazing summer days, packed with antioxidants and vitamins for the most complete nutritional profile, and contains the least sugar per cup of any fruit beyond berries for the most blood-sugar-friendly sweet treat. Our Fruity Yogurt Pops make a beautifully equally no-added-sugar and equally vibrant companion for a complete and wonderful healthy summer treat collection.
Ingredients Needed for This Watermelon Nice Cream Recipe
- 3 cups Cubed Seedless Watermelon, frozen solid for at least 6 hours
- ½ cup Unsweetened Almond Milk (or milk of choice — coconut milk, oat milk, or even plain Greek yogurt for thicker texture)
- Optional garnish: Fresh Mint Leaves
How to Make This Watermelon Nice Cream Recipe
Cut a seedless watermelon into cubes, removing the rind completely. Place the watermelon cubes in a single layer on a tray and freeze for at least 6 hours until completely and thoroughly solid throughout, cara mia. Storing frozen watermelon cubes in sealed bags in the freezer throughout the summer makes watermelon nice cream available at any moment with zero additional preparation.
Transfer the completely frozen watermelon cubes to a high-powered blender or food processor. Add the unsweetened almond milk.
Begin blending progressively, starting on the lowest setting and increasing gradually. Pause the blender frequently to open and use a spoon or spatula to move the frozen pieces around, helping them work their way into the blades most efficiently. Continue blending until all the frozen watermelon has been completely processed into the most beautifully thick and most gorgeously creamy and uniformly smooth nice cream consistency.
Serve immediately garnished with fresh mint leaves for the most vibrant and most completely charming summer treat presentation, or transfer to a cold loaf pan, cover tightly with plastic wrap, and freeze for a firmer scoopable result. Allow frozen-from-storage nice cream to sit at room temperature for 10 minutes before scooping.
How to Serve This Watermelon Nice Cream Recipe
Serve immediately from the blender in beautiful glasses or bowls with a sprig of fresh mint pressed gently into the top for the most completely gorgeous and most naturally summery presentation. The vibrant deep pink color of fresh watermelon nice cream is so completely beautiful that it requires no additional decoration beyond the most simple green mint garnish.
For the most complete and most deeply nourishing summer afternoon snack, pair a glass of watermelon nice cream alongside a handful of mixed nuts or a small piece of cheese for the most perfect protein and fat balance that keeps blood sugar most beautifully steady. Our Watermelon Sorbet makes a beautifully equally vibrant and equally no-equipment companion for a complete and wonderful summer watermelon frozen treat collection.
How to Store This Watermelon Nice Cream Recipe
Store in a shallow airtight container covered tightly with plastic wrap and a fitted lid in the freezer for 1 to 2 weeks. The nice cream will freeze completely solid in storage. Allow to sit at room temperature for 10 minutes before scooping. For the most convenient single-serving access, fill individual cups and freeze until firm.
Tips to Make This Watermelon Nice Cream Recipe
Blend progressively rather than running the blender on high immediately. Starting slowly and increasing gradually while pausing frequently to move the frozen pieces around with a spoon produces the most evenly blended and most beautifully smooth result without straining the blender motor. The frozen watermelon is very hard and benefits most from the progressive approach to blending.
Use a cold loaf pan for storing nice cream for scooping later. A frozen metal loaf pan helps maintain the coldest possible temperature during transfer from blender to freezer, which prevents the already partially soft nice cream from melting too quickly before it refreezes. Freeze the loaf pan in advance for the most effective storage setup.
Helpful Notes for This Watermelon Nice Cream Recipe
Coconut milk substituted for almond milk produces the most deliciously tropical and most beautifully creamy watermelon nice cream with a subtle coconut note that pairs most extraordinarily with the sweet watermelon. Plain Greek yogurt substituted for almond milk produces the most protein-rich and most luxuriously thick watermelon nice cream with a pleasant tanginess from the yogurt.
Cottage cheese can substitute for the almond milk for an even higher-protein and most completely extraordinary creamy watermelon nice cream that packs significantly more protein per serving than the almond milk version while maintaining the most beautifully smooth blended texture after processing.
Variation of This Watermelon Nice Cream Recipe
Maria made a version adding one cup of frozen strawberries alongside the watermelon for the most completely vibrant and most deeply fruity strawberry watermelon nice cream. Teresa tried adding a tablespoon of fresh lime juice to the blender for the most beautifully bright and most completely extraordinary watermelon lime nice cream.
For a mint watermelon nice cream, add six to eight large fresh mint leaves to the blender alongside the frozen watermelon and almond milk for the most completely cooling and most deeply refreshing mint watermelon nice cream that is genuinely like having summer in a glass. Our Watermelon Mochi makes a beautifully equally vibrant and equally fun companion for a complete and wonderful watermelon summer treat collection.
FAQs About This Watermelon Nice Cream Recipe
What is nice cream?
Nice cream is a completely dairy-free and naturally sweetened frozen dessert made by blending frozen fruit — most commonly bananas but also watermelon, mangoes, and other fruits — with a small amount of liquid until it achieves the most beautifully thick and most creamy consistency similar to soft-serve ice cream. The name “nice cream” is a playful reference to how genuinely nice it is to enjoy an ice-cream-like frozen treat made entirely from fruit with no dairy, no added sugar, and no artificial ingredients.
Can I make watermelon nice cream without a high-powered blender?
Yes. A food processor can substitute for a high-powered blender for this watermelon nice cream. A food processor may require slightly more pausing and scraping down the sides to achieve the most smooth result, but produces an equally beautiful and most creamy finished nice cream. A conventional low-powered blender may struggle with completely frozen watermelon and may produce a less smooth result.
How long does the watermelon need to freeze?
The cubed watermelon needs at least 6 hours of freezer time to freeze completely and thoroughly solid from the outside to the absolute center of each cube. Partially frozen watermelon that still has a soft center produces a slushy and too-liquid nice cream rather than the most beautifully thick and most properly soft-serve-like result. Overnight freezing produces the most thoroughly frozen and most perfectly nice-cream-ready watermelon cubes.
Conclusion
This Watermelon Nice Cream is the most completely extraordinary and most deeply refreshing two-ingredient no-added-sugar dairy-free vegan summer frozen treat that makes every hot afternoon and every health-conscious sweet moment feel genuinely and completely satisfied through the most naturally sweet frozen watermelon and the most beautifully creamy unsweetened almond milk in every single vibrant pink and completely irresistible watermelon nice cream scoop at fewer than 40 calories per serving. We hope it brings the same deeply joyful healthy summer frozen treat and the same completely refreshed and nourished afternoon to your kitchen that it has always brought to ours. Make it, share it, and come back to tell us all about it. With all our love, Maria, Lucia, and Teresa.
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Watermelon Nice Cream The Most Easy 2 Ingredient Dairy Free Vegan Summer Frozen Treat You Will Make
- Total Time: 6 hours 5 minutes including freezing
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
Description
The most easy and healthy Watermelon Nice Cream made with only 2 ingredients by cutting seedless watermelon into cubes freezing completely solid in single layer on tray for at least 6 hours transferring frozen cubes to high-powered blender or food processor adding 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk blending progressively pausing frequently to move pieces with spoon until completely thick and smooth and creamy serving immediately garnished with fresh mint leaves or pouring into cold loaf pan freezing until firm for scoopable result. Under 40 calories per serving. No added sugar. No ice cream maker. A completely perfect dairy-free vegan watermelon nice cream recipe.
Ingredients
3 cups Cubed Seedless Watermelon frozen solid at least 6 hours
1/2 cup Unsweetened Almond Milk or milk of choice
Fresh Mint Leaves for garnish optional
Instructions
1. Cut seedless watermelon into cubes removing rind completely.
2. Freeze in single layer on tray at least 6 hours until completely solid throughout.
3. Transfer completely frozen cubes to high-powered blender or food processor.
4. Add unsweetened almond milk.
5. Blend progressively starting low. Pause frequently to move frozen pieces with spoon.
6. Continue blending until completely thick smooth and creamy throughout.
7. Serve immediately garnished with fresh mint leaves.
8. Or transfer to cold loaf pan covered tightly with plastic wrap and freeze for firmer scoopable result. Allow 10 minutes thaw before scooping.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Dessert, Frozen Treat, Summer, Healthy
- Method: No Cook, Blender
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 39
- Sugar: 7g
- Sodium: 42mg
- Fat: 1g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 9g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
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