A warning about this ice cream- don’t make it if you’re not prepared to eat the entire batch in one sitting and feel sick afterwards. Don’t do it. Don’t even think about making this ice cream if you think this is the kind of dessert that sits in the freezer waiting for after dinner, or company. This ice cream isn’t the one.
This Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream is the kind of summer time dessert that you eat, sitting on your patio at sunset saying hello to your neighbors as they come home from work while you watch episodes of Big Love on your laptop. This is that dessert.
If you’re trying to exercise self control, don’t make this ice cream. If you’re trying to set an example for your children about moderation, turn away now.
BUT! If you’re looking for the most amazingly decadent, lick your finger, lick the spoon, lick the scoop, lick the bowl, go back for more and lick it all again ice cream. Well friends, this is the one.
Peanut butter and chocolate. I’ve died and gone to heaven. It reminds me of being a kid and ordering a scoop at the local shop. It makes me so happy that I’m an adult and can have as many scoops as I like.
What a world.
Seriously.
This ice cream is proof that God loves us.
Oh! On the savory side- check out this simple Caesar Salad I made. It’s over here!
Double Chocolate peanut Butter Ice Cream
2 1/2 cups whole milk
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
pinch of salt
3 Tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 cup heavy cream
3/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup smooth salted peanut butter ( I like the all natural peanut butter)
In a sauce pan over medium heat, stir together 2 cups whole milk, sugar, cocoa powder and salt. Heat until the milk start to steam, but before it starts to boil.
In a small bowl, stir together the remaining 1/2 cup of whole milk and the cornstarch. Stir until no lumps remain.
Add the cornstarch mixture to the heated milk and chocolate mixture and bring to a low boil. Boil until thickened. The mixture will look the consistency of chocolate pudding. Remove from flame.
In a small sauce pan, heat 1/2 cup of heavy cream. Once boiling, remove from heat and pour over the chocolate chips. Let sit for 1 minute, then stir the cream and chocolate mixture until incorporated.
Stir the cream and chocolate mixture into the cooling chocolate ice cream base. Place in a bowl, covered with plastic wrap or a lid, and put in the fridge until cool.
Once cool, follow the manufacturers instructions on the ice cream maker to churn ice cream. Once the mixture has chilled and thickened in the ice cream maker, slowly drizzle in 1/4 cup of peanut butter. Don’t over mix. You want a nice ribbon of peanut butter running through the ice cream.
Transfer the ice cream into a freezer safe container and fold in the remaining 1/4 cup of peanut butter. Cover and freeze until solid.
Yum!
July 23rd, 2008 at 4:57 pm
want to come to my house and bring this ice cream? we can be bestest friends forever?! seriously, this looks amazing. yet another reason why i need to buy an ice cream maker!
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Oh, wow, this looks incredible! I think I could polish off the entire recipe’s worth in one sitting. Chocolate and peanut butter is my favorite dessert combination and this looks perfect. I am definitely bookmarking this to make soon!
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:43 pm
big fat major yum!!!
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:01 pm
oh my god…the picture alone has me wanting to lick my computer screen…chocolate and peanut butter HEAVEN…I must find the pieces that go to my ice cream machine! If I can’t find the pieces, I’ll BUY one!
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:09 pm
I knock my head against the monitor ! It’s true I can not leak the screen…it’s no good to tempt me like this !
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:22 pm
I do believe I’ll be making it as well! Yes, Sarah, an ice cream maker has the potential to replace bad friends, bad boyfriends, and bad days. Its definitely a good thing!
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:16 pm
Umm… I think I’m that way with ALL ice cream. It’s sort of a problem… Yours looks especially good though so maybe I’d just devour it in record time!
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:16 pm
Joy, this post made my life. I’ve been fighting ice cream cravings all week, and lo and behold, what am I eating as I read this post? ICE CREAM. It may not be as good as yours (Mint Karaoke cookie is the name) but it will do me for right now. Until I can get my hands on an ice cream maker:)
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:24 pm
Oh my!!! This is my favorite post of yours yet! I love it!
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:09 pm
Oh my yes!!!!
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Joy, this looks and sounds truly decadent! Great job at tempting me so early in the morning
July 24th, 2008 at 4:59 am
I think I need an ice cream maker.
July 24th, 2008 at 5:18 am
geez–i will have dreams about this!
July 24th, 2008 at 5:30 am
Why, oh why, did I sell my ice cream machine??????????????
The reality is that my freezer is way to small for the canister (I’d have to give up real food to make space), but after seeing this recipe…it would be well worth it.
When I was a teenager and had the munchies(!), I would get the jar of peanut butter and vanilla ice cream and stand in front of the freezer taking a bit of the peanut butter and a swipe of ice cream. Everyone thought I was crazy - but hey, this was before Ben & Jerry’s started coming out with outrageous mixes.
Chocolate and peanut butter - heaven on earth.
July 24th, 2008 at 6:20 am
OH YUM!!! Wow! THIS is on my list of things to do! Beautiful job!
July 24th, 2008 at 6:31 am
proof that God loves us. Hillarious! I must make this ice cream. But I think first I will have to find fancy peanut butter, and maybe order some good cocoa. Or go to the store and buy regular cocoa.
July 24th, 2008 at 6:48 am
your warnings are duly noted and promptly ignored.
looks and sounds AMAZING.
July 24th, 2008 at 6:52 am
Oh yes…God really does love us!MMMMMM
July 24th, 2008 at 7:10 am
Chocolate? And peanut butter? And ice cream? And Big Love? Wow, you are a lucky woman.
July 24th, 2008 at 7:18 am
i’m in love - pb and choc is possibly my all time favorite ice cream.
July 24th, 2008 at 7:20 am
OMG! I am so very very happy that I just happened to throw the ice cream bowl attachment into the freezer last night “just in case.” I can already taste it!
July 24th, 2008 at 7:26 am
oh yum - this may need to be the next ice cream I make!
July 24th, 2008 at 7:31 am
Your waving my lack of self restraing in my face! Of course, I can’t help but eat the whole batch…but, am I supposed to pretend like I didn’t see how scrumptious this ice cream looks?! Ahh, what’s a girl to do?
July 24th, 2008 at 7:57 am
I am up to the challenge I think I can polish it off in one sitting. Although I probably won’t be able to eat anything else for that whole day. But it looks fantastic.
July 24th, 2008 at 8:04 am
this reminds me of eating ice cream on the deck with my grandpa, one of his favorite flavors. i love it, it is like pure frozen nostalgia!
July 24th, 2008 at 8:15 am
Just clicked “print”. Its only 10:15 AM and now I’m craving ice cream! Thanks a lot Joy!
This looks…..wow.
July 24th, 2008 at 8:49 am
Thanks so much for your honest advice. I will NOT make it then… Although I really really want to
July 24th, 2008 at 9:45 am
All I can say is Yum!
July 24th, 2008 at 11:31 am
Damn you chocolate ice cream. Just when I am starting to go on my diet. =[ That makes me so sad. One day I shall return for you!
July 24th, 2008 at 11:55 am
Ummm, Yum! I think my diet just flew out the window.
July 24th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
No Way! This looks sooo rich and too crazy for me.
I have got to get ice cream making!
Nice picture too.
July 24th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
If I were there, I’d have no choice but to steal the entire batch and run off into the sunset, sloppily downing it all as I go. Chocolate and peanut butter is a match made in heaven and this looks like my kind of ice cream!
July 24th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Okay, now I really need to go buy an ice cream maker so I can make this and have my own little piece of heaven…
July 24th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Peanut butter and chocolate ice cream sounds so good! I will have to make a half batch so that I can eat it in one sitting.
July 24th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
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July 25th, 2008 at 5:27 am
Ohhh chocolate and peanut butter ice cream, now that’s my kind of comfort food! yummm!
July 25th, 2008 at 8:40 am
Oh Lordy, help me! I think this ice cream could cause a fight between my husband and I. Think I’ll try it and see who wins! (said while dusting of the ice cream maker)
July 25th, 2008 at 10:14 am
My husband is allergic to PB so I will have to make this one on my own…and eat it all by myself! I can’t wait:)
July 25th, 2008 at 11:58 am
This looks amazing! I love peanut butter!
Ps. Are you still sending out those yummy black and white (red velvet) cookies. I was choosen by you a few months ago…..
I love your work — you are so talented.
Have a great weekend !:)
July 25th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Holy ice cream Batman, that looks incredible! Chocolate, peanut butter? Yum!
July 25th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Oh my stars. Do you have any idea that that is my favorite combination of ice cream? I like Haagen Daaz PB & Chocolate but they really need to add more PB. Your fruit-of-the-Gods creation here is waaaaay better. Oh how I wish I had an ice cream maker I would so make this. I know you enjoyed this one, you have be crazy not too.
July 25th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
That is my favorite kind of peanut butter!
July 25th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
i LOVE PB and chocolate!!! i sooo wish i had an ice cream maker
July 25th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Wow! I NEED that!
July 26th, 2008 at 4:01 am
Oh wow that sounds amazing. Peanut butter and chocolate are a match made in heaven.
July 26th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
I just made this and had one question… How do you drizzle peanut butter? I even microwaved mine but I couldn’t get it to a drizzle consistency… so my icecream turned out a bit lumpy. It was still fantastically good, but not as pretty as yours.
Also I’m a dark chocolate lover so I used Hershey’s Dark Chocolate cocoa powder. Wow! It was extremely rich and dark.
Mmmmm, thanks for a great recipe!
July 26th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
This looks fantastic, but like Sadie I was wondering if you are supposed to heat the peanut butter before you add it to the ice cream. How do you get it into a ribbon instead of giant lumps? Looking forward to answers and ice cream experiments …
July 26th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Hi Sadie and JB. I didn’t have a problem getting my peanut butter to drizzle. I used the all natural peanut butter that has the oil separated from the nut… do you know what I mean… you stir the oil into the peanut butter and it comes out a great consistency for a drizzle. I wouldn’t suggest a skippy or jiff kind of peanut butter, those are super thick. Have I answered your question? Hm….
July 28th, 2008 at 7:09 am
this is to die for !!!!!!!!!!! yummy
July 28th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
You are the sole reason that I pulled the trigger and ordered a replacement for the ice cream maker that died a few months ago. This time I went with the Kitchen Aid ice cream maker attachment for my stand mixer. I’ll be scouring your blog in coming weeks for ice cream recipes. Keep ‘em coming!
July 28th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Thanks for the warning! I have no self control!
July 29th, 2008 at 4:48 am
Oh. My. Good. Lord. This I have to have. Now.
July 30th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Oh wow, I can’t wait to try this. It looks just like the chocolate-peanut butter ice cream at Baskin Robbins. That was my Uncle Sonny’s fave. He and I used to sneak there and get ice cream. I miss those times so much with him. I’ll definitely be making this in honor of him!!
July 31st, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Oh, when it gets all melty like that, it makes me crazy.;)
August 3rd, 2008 at 4:30 pm
This is amazing. Thanks so much for sharing the recipe. I’ll be making this again, and again, and again…….
August 4th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Joy…. wow! I made this over the weekend and all I can say is thank you! You made me a hero to my husband.
August 7th, 2008 at 1:36 am
Good lordy lord!!! I’m fantasizing about using chopped up mini Reese’s as add-ins!
August 8th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
my peanut butter doesn’t ‘drizzle’. do you heat it first?
August 9th, 2008 at 10:10 am
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August 18th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
I made this and served it to my guests at a lunch party, and they all loved it! Thank you for sharing the recipe!
August 26th, 2008 at 10:57 am
I made this yesterday and linked to you today. Delicious.
August 31st, 2008 at 6:28 am
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September 5th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
[...] lick-the-bowl-then-go-back-for-seconds delicious, good-luck-not-eating-the-whole-dang-batch Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream. Joy issues a warning that it will make you sick. She is right. TRY to show some self restraint. [...]
October 4th, 2008 at 11:53 pm
Thank you so much for this recipe! I couldn’t believe how difficult it was to find a chocolate peanut butter ice cream recipe. Your description absolutely sold me on this recipe, though.
I gave it a try earlier this evening, and it was simply decadent. I’m glad you gave us all of those warnings because they were spot on! I ended up eating a bowl of the ice cream before it was even fully set, and I am waiting impatiently for it to hurry up and freeze properly.
Seriously, this recipe gives Baskin Robbins and Haagen Daas a run for their money. Yum!