Vegan Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream (GF)
This peanut butter cup ice cream is a vegan version of the famous Ben & Jerry's flavour. Homemade vegan peanut butter cups are chopped and scattered around in creamy and salty peanut butter ice cream. Absolutely delicious and an irresistible treat!
Ingredients
For the ice cream:
- 50 g cashews
- 65 ml (1/4 cup + 1 tsp) evaporated oat milk chilled
- 65 ml (1/4 cup + 1 tsp) evaporated coconut milk chilled
- 240 ml (1 cup) cold water
- 120 g sweetened condensed coconut milk chilled
- 120 g salty smooth peanut butter
- scant 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/6 soy lecithin
- 1/8 guar gum
Add-ins:
Instructions
For mini peanut butter cups:
- Make mini peanut butter cups as per instructions. You will only need about 9 mini peanut butter cups for this recipe (for the quantity as originally written).
- After peanut butter cups are set, chop some of them in half, some of them even in smaller bites and leave some of them whole. It's up to you how many you're going to chop and how many you're going to leave whole. 1/3 of everything is a good measure.
For ice cream:
- Make sure to put the ice cream maker container in the freezer at least 12 hours before you start making ice cream. For best result chill in the freezer also the container in which you will store the ice cream.
- Add all ingredients for the ice cream in a blender and mix well together. Make sure the mixture is really smooth.
- For best results chill the mixture in the refrigerator for a couple of hours or overnight before proceeding.
- Take the mixture out of the refrigerator and give it a stir. When the ice cream machine is running, pour the mixture into the ice cream machine. Churn according to the directions.
- After ice cream is made in the ice cream machine, take it out, transfer it to a freezer-safe container, adding chopped and whole peanut butter cups as you are layering the ice cream so that the cups are relatively equally scattered throughout the ice cream. Seal the container and put it in the freezer for 30 hours so that the ice cream hardens even more and peanut butter cups also become hard (the ice cream needs only a few hours to harden but the cups need 30 hours).
Notes
*The saltiness for the ice cream was tested using Reese’s and JIF peanut butter. Since the exact saltiness is very important for the final product in this recipe I cannot guarantee that the result will be the same if using some other brand of peanut butter. I suggest that you test the saltiness in this case as you are making the recipe.
*Don’t soak the cashews beforehand in water since they will absorb some of this additional water which will throw off the ratio of water in the ice cream and the ice cream will not be as creamy anymore.
*Give evaporated oat milk, evaporated coconut milk and sweetened condensed coconut milk a good stir before using.
*I used evaporated oat milk, evaporated coconut milk and sweetened condensed coconut milk from Nature’s Charm.
*Prep time does not include chilling time in the refrigerator, churning time in the ice cream machine and time that ice cream needs in the freezer to harden.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 servingCalories: 223kcalCarbohydrates: 18gProtein: 6gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 164mgFiber: 2gSugar: 12g
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