General Discussion

We get the bags of frozen fruit from Costco and the half gallon of half and half for like $4.

Frozen fruit, half and half, splenda in a ninja blender. The frozen fruit gives it the consistency of soft serve. With the half and half and splenda, you're cutting out all the sugar and a lot of the fat from heavy cream. You can use milk and it comes out fine, but for flavor/texture, we like half and half. I do use skim milk and frozen fruit to make fruit smoothies that way, too. Ice cream vs. smoothie comes down to proportion of liquid vs. frozen fruit.

We use frozen strawberries usually for ice cream, and it is so, so good.

Somewhat related, the frozen mixed berries (defrosted) and splenda in a food processor then stored in the fridge. That's what I use to make PB&J.