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Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream and Snickers Bar Sauce

By America's Test Kitchen

Published on October 15, 2012

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Serves 4

Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream and Snickers Bar Sauce

Ingredients

1 pint vanilla ice cream, softened10 mini peanut butter cups, chopped coarse10 mini Snickers bars, chopped coarse¼ cup heavy cream

Before You Begin

To soften vanilla ice cream quickly, turn it into a large bowl and cut it into large chunks. As soon as you can work the ice cream with a rubber spatula, fold in chopped Reese’s or other peanut butter cups and refreeze.

Instructions

  1. Make peanut butter ice cream: Stir ice cream and peanut butter cups together in large bowl until combined. Return to freezer until firm, at least 30 minutes.
  2. Make Snickers sauce: Combine Snickers bars and cream in small saucepan over low heat, stirring frequently, until melted into chunky sauce. Remove from heat.
  3. Serve: Scoop ice cream into four bowls and spoon warm sauce over it. Serve.
Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream and Snickers Bar Sauce

Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream and Snickers Bar Sauce

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Yield

Serves 4

Ingredients

1 pint vanilla ice cream, softened
10 mini peanut butter cups, chopped coarse
10 mini Snickers bars, chopped coarse
¼ cup heavy cream

Ingredients

1 pint vanilla ice cream, softened
10 mini peanut butter cups, chopped coarse
10 mini Snickers bars, chopped coarse
¼ cup heavy cream

Ingredients

1 pint vanilla ice cream, softened
10 mini peanut butter cups, chopped coarse
10 mini Snickers bars, chopped coarse
¼ cup heavy cream

Why This Recipe Works

To produce our blended Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream and Snickers Bar Sauce at home, we stirred chopped peanut butter cups into softened ice cream and chilled until firm. We found we could turn Snickers bars into a simple sauce by melting them with heavy cream until blended—the peanuts added a pleasing texture.

Before You Begin

To soften vanilla ice cream quickly, turn it into a large bowl and cut it into large chunks. As soon as you can work the ice cream with a rubber spatula, fold in chopped Reese’s or other peanut butter cups and refreeze.

Instructions

  1. Make peanut butter ice cream: Stir ice cream and peanut butter cups together in large bowl until combined. Return to freezer until firm, at least 30 minutes.
  2. Make Snickers sauce: Combine Snickers bars and cream in small saucepan over low heat, stirring frequently, until melted into chunky sauce. Remove from heat.
  3. Serve: Scoop ice cream into four bowls and spoon warm sauce over it. Serve.

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