I know many recipes out there advertise lower calories than what some of my ice creams come in at, but I do want to point a few things out: 1) My recipes make a FULL pint. Many of the lower-calorie recipes are simply using a protein shake, or 1 scoop of protein in 1 cup of liquid. Yes, that is lower calorie, and it's also only half the amount of ice cream. It's also icier and doesn't taste very good. 2) These lower-calorie recipes are lower in protein, and therefore higher in iciness unless they're adding a lot of pudding mix or xanthan gum, which I prefer not to include in my recipes. While those additions can lower iciness, they can add different unpleasant textures. Since we are not using heavy cream, cream cheese, whole milk, etc in this healthy ice cream, a high protein content makes a huge difference in achieving the perfect creaminess without the use of texture additives. That said, if you're looking to cut back calories on this mint chocolate protein ice cream recipe, you could swap out the milk in the recipe for unsweetened almond milk. Another option is to only use 1/2 cup of nonfat skim milk and then fill the rest of the way to the line with water.