Ninja Creami for Protein Ice Cream

I cannot recommend this appliance enough if you have a sweet tooth and/or are looking to get more protein in your diet. I have told myself for years I do not need another kitchen appliance but finally broke down and got this a couple weeks ago. Incredibly pleased thus far. I have a bad sweet tooth and this has allowed me to cut out my evening pantry raiding while also boosting my protein intake.

I have been experimenting with textures and flavors but here are some recipes so far I have tried (and my rating for them with macros)


Note that all of these recipes below smash the socks off of low calorie pints from the store in all 3 categories - taste, cost, and macros. There is just no comparison how much better these are than something like a Halo-top.

5/28 Update - now that I've made a bunch of different recipes I went back and adjusted some of the ratings. Early on I thought I like my initial recipes a lot more but now that I have started perfecting them, I realize those early recipes were lacking. Still note that all of these beat low cal ice cream from the grocery.

Chocolate version 1
1 Fairlife chocolate protein shake
1 scoop choc protein powder
1 tbs cheesecake pudding mix
2 tbs stevia
1/4 tsp xanthan gum
Pinch salt
Mix in- sugar free chocolate chips
Rating 6/10 - texture of gelato, decently strong artificial taste
300 calories 55 protein

Chocolate version 2
1 Fairlife chocolate protein shake
1 scoop chocolate protein
1 tbs chocolate pudding mix
Pinch salt
Mix in- none
Rating 9/10- tasted identical to basic chocolate ice cream, wife and kid loved it. No artificial taste
250 calories 55 protein


Strawberry
1 Fairlife strawberry protein shake
1 scoop strawberry protein powder
1 tbs cheesecake pudding mix
2 tbs stevia
1/4 tsp xanthan gum
Pinch salt
Mix in- granola
Rating 6/10 - would do less stevia next time
325 calories 55 protein


Apple pie
2/3 cup sugar free apple pie filling
10oz skim Fairlife
1 tbs vanilla pudding mix
1 tbs maple syrup
1 scoop unflavored whey
1 tsp cinnamon
Pinch salt
Mix ins- 3 small crushed shortbread cookies
Rating 7/10
Notes: less artificial tastes, texture more like ice cream instead of gelato.
310 calories 41 protein

Cookies & Cream Peanut Butter
1/4 cup "Nuts N More" C&C PB powder
12oz skim fairlife
1 scoop vanilla protein
1 tbs sugar free vanilla pudding mix
pinch salt
Mix ins- 4 "High Key" keto cookies
Rating 11/10 - holy cow I don't know how this will be beat in a low-ish cal high protein ice cream. I may stop experimenting and just eat this everyday. Even without the cookies I would still give this a 9.7/10 and it would be 70 fewer calories. Tastes like a 1000 calories pint.
400 calories 55 protein

Vanilla Peanut Butter
1/4 cup peanut butter powder
12oz skim fairlife
1 scoop vanilla protein
1 tbs sugar free vanilla pudding mix
pinch salt
Mix ins- 2 chopped bite size butterfinger
Rating 11.5/10 - I have no clue how this is possible with skim milk as the base. Tasted like a butterfinger blizzard from Dairy Queen. You could throw that in a pint with Ben and Jerry’s listed on it and I’d have no idea it wasn’t 1000 calories.
380 calories 60 protein

Vanilla Version 1
11oz skim Fairlife milk
1 scoop unflavored whey protein
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbs vanilla pudding mix
2 tbs stevia
1/4 tsp xanthan gum
Pinch salt
Mix ins- 3 paw patrol animal crackers
Rating 7.5/10 - would do less stevia and swap vanilla protein for the unflavored next time
250 calories 45 protein

Vanilla Version 2
12oz skim Fairlife milk
1 scoop vanilla whey protein
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbs vanilla pudding mix
1 tsp Jordan's Skinny Syrups Salted Caramel Sugar Free
Pinch salt
Mix ins- 60 calories worth of High Key keto cookies
Rating 10/10 - Minus the mix ins, this will be the go-to base for pretty much all of my pints going forward. The low calorie base allows more flexibility for different mix ins and the vanilla ice cream alone is worth diving into by itself.
290 calories 48 protein

Vanilla Version 3
4oz skim Fairlife milk
1/2 can evaporated milk
2 tbs goat milk powder
1 scoop vanilla whey protein
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbs sugar free white chocolate pudding mix
Pinch salt
Mix ins- None
Rating 11/10 - This base is far superior than any other base I've made but it is also much higher in calories. By far the creamiest and fattiest texture of any mix I've made as well. Tasted like real high fat vanilla with zero artificial taste. Fully planned on mixing in some of my kid's animal crackers but it tasted so good by itself I figured I'd save the calories. With mix-ins this would definitely be the highest rated of any pint I've made thus far
425 calories 34 protein

Ingredient notes
- Xanthan gum ends up giving it a gelato texture - ridiculously creamy to the point of being essentially frozen pudding. If you are looking for more of an ice cream texture, remove it.
- I started off following some online recipes using 2 tbs of stevia - I would not recommend more than 1 tbs as the artificial taste comes through pretty thick