To solve this problem, I recently bought Ben & Jerry’s book. The hubby and I are a bit obsessed with peanut butter flavoured things, so naturally, that was the first recipe we decided to road test. I was trying to decide what chunks would work well with it and settled on Oreos. We were not disappointed! It’s lovely and creamy without needing a heap of egg yolks and didn’t freeze into a solid block the day after making it.
Peanut Butter Ice Cream with Oreo chunks
makes about 1 litre
2 eggs
2 cups cream
1/2 cup caster sugar
1 cup milk
1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
1/2 – 1 pack of Oreo’s (I used the whole pack)
Whisk the eggs in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Whisk in the sugar a little at a time. Pour in the cream and milk and whisk to combine. The sugar won’t entirely dissolve now, but will as the mixture chills later in the fridge.
Take 1 cup of the mixture and put into a separate bowl with the peanut butter. Mash with the whisk and stir to breakdown the peanut butter. Once evenly mixed in, pour back into cream mixture and whisk until well blended.
Chill in the fridge for a few hours. Give it a quick mix and then transfer to an ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturers instructions. While the ice cream is freezing, break each Oreo into about 4 pieces (I tried smashing them in the bag with my pestle, but found that breaking them in my hands gave a better result).
When the ice cream is done, transfer it to a tub for the freezer and stir through the Oreo chunks. Put into the freezer to firm up for a few hours.
Heidi @ Food Doodles says
Oooh, that looks incredible! Peanut butter and oreos are awesome together. That book sounds awesome, I need to look for that. I bet it’s filled with all sorts of yummy things 😀
Julia says
I LOVE peanut butter, anything peanut butter. And my favorite ice cream is cookies and cream. So ah, ya, this = pure gold!
Alicia @ Bakeaholic says
Best combination ever! I used to love putting PB on Oreos!!
Peggy says
Oh this looks so good! Gonna have to look into the Ben & Jerry’s book myself =)
Mike@How To Make A Smoothie At Home says
Wow!! I can’t wait to make this. Great recipe
Maria@healthydiaries says
Oh.My.Word! This looks divine!!
MrsJenB says
Of course you used the whole pack of cookies – and why not? 😉
This looks tremendous. You’re not the first person I’ve seen mention Ben & Jerry’s book – is it really worth buying? Have you tried any other recipes?
thingsforboys says
MrsJenB – I haven’t tried anything else from the B&J book. It works mainly from a plain base with additions, so the recipes are all pretty similar, but I really love the base recipe, it’s my go to. There’s other bits like sauces and cookies and fudge…not bad for about $10
Joan@chocolateandmore says
Can’t wait till it gets warmer to make this, nothing better than peanut butter and chocolate!
Anonymous says
Hi there, my name’s tiara. Nice recipes. Anw, what if I dont have the ice cream maker? What else I can do to make this? I know some kinds of cream and I wonder what kind of cream did you use? Thankyou 🙂
AGICO Icemaker says
It looks really yummy! wanna try this ice cream recipe…