Cookies & cream protein ice cream straight from your Ninja Creami: a creamy vanilla base loaded with crunchy chocolate cookie pieces. Simply Desserts Vanilla Protein Pudding mix does the heavy lifting, so you get a real dessert with serious protein. Honest heads-up: the cookies bring some sugar, so this isn't sugar-free, but it lands far lighter than a tub of regular cookies and cream.
Recipe: Ninja Creami Cookies & Cream Protein Ice Cream
Ingredients
- 1 box Simply Desserts Vanilla Protein Pudding Mix
- 1½ cups unsweetened almond milk (or any milk)
- 4 chocolate sandwich cookies, crushed
- Optional: a few extra cookie pieces for topping
Instructions
- Whisk the pudding mix with the milk for 2 minutes until completely smooth.
- Pour the base into your Ninja Creami pint container.
- Freeze for at least 24 hours until fully solid.
- Remove from the freezer and let it sit at room temperature for 5 minutes.
- Place in the Ninja Creami and run the Ice Cream cycle.
- Add the crushed chocolate sandwich cookies on top.
- Run the Mix-In cycle (or fold the cookies in by hand) until evenly distributed.
- Serve immediately for soft-serve, topped with a few extra cookie pieces.
Nutrition Facts
| Nutrient | Per Serving |
|---|---|
| Calories | 125 |
| Protein | 8g |
| Fat | 4g |
| Sugar | 6g |
| Fiber | 1g |
Why This Recipe Works
Vanilla protein pudding mix is the ultimate cookies-and-cream canvas. Its built-in emulsifiers and thickeners give the Ninja Creami a smooth, scoopable texture that plain protein powder can't match: no chalkiness, no iciness. The crushed chocolate sandwich cookies fold in for that classic cookies-and-cream crunch, while the milk protein base keeps every spoonful satisfying. It's a dessert first, protein boost second.
Simply Desserts is a real dessert brand, not a protein supplement company trying to make dessert. That means genuine flavour, creamy texture, and clean ingredients. Each serving delivers about 8g of protein, and the Simply Desserts pudding base stays sugar-free (any sugar comes from your mix-ins).
Variations
Sugar-Free Version
Swap the regular cookies for sugar-free chocolate sandwich cookies to cut the added sugar right down while keeping the cookies-and-cream crunch.
Extra Chocolatey
Use Simply Desserts Chocolate Protein Pudding mix as the base instead of vanilla for a double-chocolate cookies-and-cream twist.
Cookie Dough Crunch
Fold in a tablespoon of sugar-free chocolate chips along with the cookies for extra texture.
Mint Cookies & Cream
Add a drop of peppermint extract to the base before freezing for a mint-chocolate take.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you make cookies and cream protein ice cream in a Ninja Creami?
Whisk 1 box of Simply Desserts Vanilla Protein Pudding mix with 1½ cups milk, freeze 24 hours, run the Ice Cream cycle, then add 4 crushed chocolate sandwich cookies and run the Mix-In cycle.
Is this cookies and cream protein ice cream sugar-free?
No. The Simply Desserts pudding base is sugar-free, but the chocolate sandwich cookies add sugar, about 6g per serving. For a sugar-free version, use sugar-free sandwich cookies. It still has far less sugar than regular cookies and cream ice cream.
How much protein is in this Ninja Creami cookies and cream ice cream?
The Simply Desserts Vanilla Protein Pudding base provides 20g protein per box (5g per serving of mix). With the milk added, each serving of this recipe comes to roughly 8g protein.
Can I use Oreos for protein ice cream?
Yes, any chocolate sandwich cookie works for that classic cookies-and-cream flavour. Just remember they add sugar, so swap to a sugar-free sandwich cookie if you want to keep it lighter.
Why is my Ninja Creami protein ice cream chalky?
Chalkiness usually comes from using plain protein powder. A protein pudding mix like Simply Desserts has emulsifiers that prevent that and give a smooth, creamy dessert texture instead.
Try Vanilla Protein Pudding
20g protein per box. Zero sugar. Real dessert flavour. Ready in 2 minutes.
