nice cream

English

Etymology

Based on ice cream, by replacing ice with similar-sounding nice.

Noun

nice cream (countable and uncountable, plural nice creams)

1. Any of various nondairy ice cream substitutes.
   • 2017, Carissa Bonham, Beautiful Smoothie Bowls: 80 Delicious and Colorful Superfood Recipes to Nourish and Satisfy, Skyhorse Publishing, →ISBN:

     Nice cream, on the other hand, is almost entirely frozen fruit with only a few tablespoons of liquid. This difference in the solid food to liquid ratio between a standard smoothie and nice cream is why you need two different tools.

   • 2018, Kelli Foster, Buddha Bowls: 100 Nourishing One-Bowl Meals, Harvard Common Press, →ISBN, page 159:

     I’ve tried several methods for making nice cream, and time and again my high-speed blender leaves me with the smoothest, most evenly blended results.

   • 2021, Vickie de Beer, Low-Carb Express, Penguin, →ISBN:

     This nice cream is a good basic recipe from which to create all sorts of delicious nice creams (see the short cuts below).