Vanilla Frozen Yogurt with Honey

This easy Vanilla Frozen Yogurt recipe is sweetened with honey for a mindful treat. Whip it up at a moment’s notice for a cool and refreshing dessert!

This three-ingredient frozen yogurt is no more complicated than mixing store-bought or homemade plain whole milk yogurt with honey and the scrapings of a vanilla bean.

Pour it in your ice cream maker, et viola! Homemade vanilla frozen yogurt with honey.

Frozen yogurt is one of my favorite treats, especially during the summer. Making it homemade is now a rule I have set for myself.

You see, I can’t be trusted at frozen yogurt shops, because proper utilization of empty space is a thing for me. When handed a giant empty bowl, I must fill that bowl.

And because I am an over-achiever, I’ll over-fill it with toppings.

The price? No less than $20 each and every time. Closer to $25.

So homemade honey yogurt ice cream deliciousness? A treat that won’t make you question your sanity.

Vanilla Frozen Yogurt Ingredients:

Whole Milk Plain Yogurt: Pick a brand of yogurt you know you love. I prefer using plain whole milk yogurt, but you can easily use a sweetened, flavored yogurt.

Honey: We need some form of sweetener. I like using liquid sweeteners in this application because they blend into the yogurt easily. Pure maple syrup or honey are my two recommendations.

Add sweetener to your personal taste. Some people prefer barely sweet fro yo, and others prefer very sweet yogurt.

Vanilla Bean or Vanilla Extract: I like using a vanilla bean to flavor the yogurt because it brings richer vanilla flavor. Nevertheless, you can swap the vanilla bean for 2 teaspoons of pure vanilla extract.

How to Make Vanilla Frozen Yogurt:

1. Freeze the bowl of your ice cream machine 24 hours in advance of making this recipe (or follow manufacturer instructions).
2. Add the yogurt and honey to a bowl and stir together until completely combined. If your house is cold and the honey is solid, you can heat the honey slightly on the stove just until it’s pourable. You can also mix the ingredients together in a blender.
3. Carefully slice an incision down the whole length of your vanilla bean. Open the bean and using a dull knife, scrape the small black specs out of the bean and add them to the bowl along with the pure vanilla extract with the yogurt and honey.
4. Mix everything well and pour mixture into your ice cream maker and follow the instructions according to your maker.
5. Serve immediately after frozen yogurt is ready with honey drizzled on top and walnuts. You can also get creative with your toppings, adding fresh fruit like berries or sliced banana.

If you love making homemade ice cream or homemade frozen yogurt, also try my Peanut Butter Frozen Yogurt and my 3-Ingredient No-Churn Vanilla Ice Cream recipe.

Vanilla Frozen Yogurt Recipe

5 from 1 vote

By Julia Mueller

Prep: 10 minutes mins

Cook: 0 minutes mins

Total: 10 minutes mins

Servings: 3 Servings

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Vanilla Bean & Honey Frozen Yogurt is a delicious healthier dessert that's rich and creamy and full of health benefits. A delicious high-protein frozen yogurt recipe!

Equipment

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Ingredients 

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• ▢ 32 ounces plain whole milk yogurt*
• ▢ 1 large vanilla bean, scraped
• ▢ 2/3 cup honey , or pure maple syrup, to taste
• ▢ 1 Tbsp pure vanilla extract
• ▢ Walnuts for serving

Instructions 

• Freeze the bowl of your ice cream machine 24 hours in advance of making this recipe (or follow manufacturer instructions).
• Add the yogurt and honey to a bowl and stir together until completely combined. If your house is cold and the honey is solid, you can heat the honey slightly on the stove just until it’s pourable. You can also mix the ingredients together in a blender.
• Carefully slice an incision down the whole length of your vanilla bean. Open the bean and using a dull knife, scrape the small black specs out of the bean and add them to the bowl along with the pure vanilla extract with the yogurt and honey.
• Mix everything well and pour mixture into your ice cream maker and follow the instructions according to your maker.
• Serve immediately after frozen yogurt is ready with honey drizzled on top and walnuts.

Notes

*homemade is fine as long as it’s whole milk
For best results, serve the frozen yogurt immediately after it’s finished in the ice cream maker. Save leftovers in a freezer-safe container, but note that you’ll need to thaw the yogurt out for quite some time before it’s soft enough to serve

Nutrition

Serving: 1Serving (of 3), Calories: 288kcal, Carbohydrates: 44g, Protein: 31g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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