This Ninja Creami vanilla protein ice cream is made with a Fairlife Core Power protein shake, stevia, and sugar free instant vanilla pudding mix.
Treat your sweet tooth to a high-protein, low-carb frozen vanilla ice cream. Skip the heavy cream and use a vanilla Fairlife protein shake with instant pudding mix for a perfect vanilla flavor with a creamy texture.
In addition to full-fat regular ice cream, you can use the Ninja Creami machine to make lite ice cream, sorbet, and other delicious treats. This vanilla recipe is a perfect ice cream base to customize with your favorite mix ins.
The recipe card below includes ingredients for both a standard Creami and a Deluxe recipe.
Tell me what protein ice cream recipe you'd like to see. Don't forget to try my Ninja Creami lite chocolate ice cream recipe next.
Recipe Highlights
- High protein: 190 calories and 26 grams of protein in an entire pint (standard size pint).
- Low carb: 14 grams of carbs (13 g net carbs) in an entire standard Ninja Creami pint container.
- Easy recipe: Only 3 simple ingredients.
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Ingredients
- Fairlife Core Power Vanilla Protein Shake: This is the 14 fl oz vanilla shake. Core Power is made with ultra-filtered, gluten free, high-protein, lactose free milk.
- Stevia: This recipe was developed using Kroger Stevia Zero Calorie Sweetener Blend, which is a blend of stevia leaf extract and maltodextrin.
- Sugar free instant vanilla pudding mix: This is a dry mix that can be found in grocery stores on the baking aisle. It acts as a stabilizer to make your creation creamy more flavorful.
See the recipe card for quantities.
Mix-in Ideas
- Chocolate chips
- Oreo cookies
- Protein cookies or keto cookies
- Small frozen berries
Instructions
In a mixing bowl, add the protein shake, stevia, and pudding mix. Whisk until the stevia is dissolved and there are no lumps. The pudding mix will not fully dissolve.
Allow the bubbles to settle (less than 1 minute) before pouring the mixture into a Creami pint.
Pour the mixture into a clean Creami pint. Cover it with a lid and freeze on a level surface for a minimum of 12 hours.
After freezing, remove the frozen pint from the freezer and remove the lid.
Put the opened pint into the outer bowl of the Ninja Creami machine, install the Creamerizer Paddle to the lid, and lock the lid assembly to the bowl. Slide the bowl assembly into the machine's motor base, twist it to the right to lock it into place, and select the Lite Ice Cream button.
After processing is complete, unlock and remove the bowl assembly from the ice cream maker and remove the outer bowl lid. The first spin will likely appear icy since this is a lite ice cream recipe.
Re-spin if needed until you reach a creamy consistency.
Serve immediately. The texture is much closer to soft serve (or a frosty) than hard-scoop traditional ice cream, but you can still get some soft scoops.
Optional: If adding mix-ins, create a small tunnel with a spoon in the center of the ice cream to the bottom of the pint. Add the mix-ins, reassemble the bowl, and process using the Mix-In program.
Substitutions
Protein shake: This Ninja Creami vanilla protein ice cream recipe without protein powder is incredibly easy with a pre-made shake. You can use your favorite protein shake such as the smaller vanilla Fairlife Nutrition Plan shake or a Premier Protein shake.
Protein powder: If you want to create a similar lite ice cream using protein powder and milk instead of a protein shake, use 12-14 ounces of milk (almond milk, fat free Fairlife, etc.) and a scoop of vanilla protein powder. You may also wish to add a small splash of vanilla extract to boost the flavor.
Sweetener: Try Stevia, Splenda, Swerve, and monk fruit with erythritol.
Pudding mix: Alternative to sugar-free pudding mix include regular pudding mix and a tablespoon of cream cheese (though these will change the macros. You can also use ½ teaspoon of guar gum.
Equipment
- Ninja Creami, Ninja Creami Breeze, or Ninja Creami Deluxe
- Large mixing bowl
- Whisk
Storage
Use a spoon to flatten the top of the ice cream and cover it with the storage lid before refreezing. The ice cream will harden as it re-freezes, so you will need to process it again on the lite ice cream setting.
Pro Tips
- Upright freezer - Chest freezers can get too cold for your creami creations. If your pint is too cold, you may get an ice wall inside the pint that doesn't fully process and incorporate in your mixture, especially with lite ice cream.
- Freeze on a flat surface - Processing pints frozen at an angle could damage the machine or blade.
- Mix fill - Only fill your pint to the Max Fill line. You can exceed the max fill line when adding mix-ins (after the ice cream is already processed).
See your Ninja Creami user manual and safety instructions prior to use.
FAQ
Yes. It helps to add a stabilizer such as sugar free instant pudding mix to get a creamy texture instead of an icy texture as well as a little artificial sweetener for a more indulgent flavor.
It takes 12 to 24 hours to freeze the ice cream (depending on the recipe) and then 2-4 minutes to process in the motor base, depending on the function selected. Lite ice cream takes longer than traditional ice cream.
📖 Recipe
Ninja Creami Vanilla Protein Ice Cream
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Equipment
Ingredients
For a standard pint
- 14 ounces Fairlife Core Power Vanilla Protein Shake
- 1 tablespoons Stevia sweetener blend
- 1 tablespoons sugar free instant vanilla pudding mix
For a deluxe pint
- 21 ounces Fairlife Core Power Vanilla Protein Shake
- 1-½ tablespoons Stevia sweetener blend
- 1-½ tablespoons sugar free instant vanilla pudding mix
Instructions
Part one
- In a mixing bowl, add the protein shake, stevia, and pudding mix. Whisk until the stevia is dissolved and there are no lumps. The pudding mix will not fully dissolve. Allow the bubbles to settle (less than 1 minute) before pouring the mixture into a Creami pint.
- Pour the mixture into a clean Creami pint. Cover it with a lid and freeze on a level surface for a minimum of 12 hours.
Part two
- After freezing, remove the frozen pint from the freezer and remove the lid. Put the opened pint into the outer bowl of the Ninja Creami machine, install the Creamerizer Paddle to the lid, and lock the lid assembly to the bowl. Slide the bowl assembly into the machine's motor base, twist it to the right to lock it into place, and select the Ice Cream button.
- After processing is complete, unlock and remove the bowl assembly from the ice cream maker and remove the outer bowl lid. The first spin will likely appear icy or crumbly since this is a lite ice cream recipe. Re-spin if needed until you reach a creamy consistency. Serve immediately.
- Optional: If adding mix-ins, create a small tunnel with a spoon in the center of the ice cream to the bottom of the pint. Add the mix-ins, reassemble the bowl, and process using the Mix-In program.
Notes
Nutrition
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For more Ninja Creami protein ice cream, try my Fairlife chocolate milk ice cream or my Oreo protein ice cream. Tell me what ice cream recipes you want to see next.
Linley says
Can I use this recipe as a base to make a milkshake in the Creami?
Kelsey Smith says
Hey Linley. Yes, I think so! I checked out my Deluxe model user manual, and for a milkshake it calls for 2-1/4 cups ice cream and 3/4 cups milk (or you could use a protein shake). For a standard pint, I believe the ratio is 1-1/2 cups ice cream and 1/2 cup milk.
Preacherswife says
I was wondering. Do you have to use the sweetener in the recipe. Can you leave the sweetener out and just use the protein drink and the pudding mix
Kelsey Smith says
You can definitely omit, it won't affect the texture or anything like that.
Dianne Johnston says
The 1.5 TBSP stevia is obviously sweet drops and not “pure stevia.” We are going to have to trash our first attempt so I don’t really know if this is good or not.
Kelsey Smith says
Hi Dianne. I use a powdered Stevia blend, not drops (see the ingredient photo in the post). I will update the recipe card to say stevia sweetener blend, sorry this was unclear.
Lynn says
I do not understand how you got 14 carbs for a pint of ice cream. Can you post how you came to this?
Thanks!
Kelsey Smith says
Hi Lynn, a Fairlife Core Power Vanilla Protein Shake has 7 grams of carbohydrates, sugar free instant vanilla pudding mix varies by brand but Jell-O brand has 5 grams for a tablespoon, and stevia sweetener blends vary by brand but Stevia in the Raw is less than 0.5 gram per tsp (3 tsp in a tbsp). Is this far off from your calculations? If so, let me know and I'll look deeper into it! Thanks. All of my nutrition is calculated through the Spoonacular API.
Patti says
The top of the post says 35 oz. of protein shake. The recipe says 14 or 21 oz.
Also, why do you double the Stevia/sweetener and pudding for the deluxe pint, when the protein shake is only 1-1/2 times as much as the standard pint?
Kelsey Smith says
Hi Patti, I searched the page but I don't see where 35 is mentioned. Use 14 ounces for a standard pint or 21 for a deluxe pint. I've updated the recipe card to correct the Stevia and pudding, thank you for pointing that out.
Patti says
If using Monk Fruit Sweetener, how much to use?
Kelsey Smith says
Hi Patti, You will have to experiment with the monk fruit. I've read it is not as sweet as Stevia. I found a Ninja official recipe that uses 5 tablespoons of Monk Fruit in a standard pint recipe.