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Peanut Butter and Jelly Ice Cream

April 4, 2018 by Larisha Campbell 3 Comments

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Peanut Butter and Jelly ice cream is the ice cream of your childhood dreams. Whole family approved, this homemade ice cream recipe is a huge hit! 

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Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Scoop Adventures: The Best Ice Cream of the 50 States. Thoughts are opinions are my own. Affiliate links are contained in this post. 
Someone told me before that they didn’t really like ice cream.

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Errr???? Freeze.  Excuse me?  How do you form your lips to speak that?  I will never understand.  My only exception is anything mint. Keep that away from my taste buds. But seriously, how do you just not like ice cream as a whole being. There are endless possibilities to flavor combinations and delicious toppings and cones and oh my gosh how do you not like ice cream.
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A few years ago, we got an ice cream maker, but only attempted to make chocolate ice cream from the book it came with. I was tired of another appliance sitting around not being used, so I decided to sit down with Scoop Adventures: The Best Ice Cream of the 50 States, and try out some of their delicious ice cream flavors. There are over a hundred recipes and I had no clue where to even start.
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Homemade Peanut Butter and Jelly Ice Cream

I quickly turned to see what New Jersey and West Virginia had to offer since they are closest to my heart.  New Jersey features Sweet Basil Ice Cream from The Bent Spoon in Princeton, New Jersey. And, West Virginia features Pink Panther Ice Cream, a recipe adapted from Ellen’s Home Ice Cream in Charleston, West Virginia. Neither of them sounded exactly like something everyone in our family would like so I asked Andrew to pick. He said, “Peanut Butter and Jelly Ice Cream”.  It sounded amazing and weird all at the same time, but I was going for it.
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The first time we made this homemade ice cream recipe, we stayed pretty true to the recipe in the cookbook. However, that’s not really my style and I immediately knew how I would change it up the next time around. The kids loved this peanut butter and jelly ice cream recipe and Andrew and I both agreed it would be a hit with some slight changes. It literally tastes like you are eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich but mixed into deliciously churned homemade ice cream.
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How to Make Homemade Peanut Butter and Jelly Ice Cream

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Peanut Butter and Jelly Ice Cream
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Freezing Time
8 hrs
Total Time
1 hr 5 mins
 

Peanut Butter and Jelly ice cream is the ice cream of your childhood dreams. Whole family approved, this homemade ice cream recipe is a huge hit! 

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 8
Calories: 471 kcal
Author: Larisha Campbell
Ingredients
  • 1 1/2 cups whole milk divided
  • 1 3/4 cups heavy cream
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 1 tbsp cornstarch
  • 1 cup unsalted peanut butter divided
  • 3/4 cup grape or strawberry jam
  • chopped peanuts optional
Instructions
  1. Fill a large bowl with ice water. Set aside. In a small bowl, combine 2 tablespoons of the milk with the cornstarch, whisk, and set aside.  Whisk the peanut butter and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.

  2. In a small bowl, combine 2 tablespoons of the milk with the cornstarch, whisk, and set aside. 

  3. In a medium bowl, add 1/2 cup peanut butter and set aside.

  4. Combine the remaining milk, heavy cream and sugar in a medium saucepan and place over medium heat.  Bring the milk mixture to a low boil.  Cook until the sugar dissolves, 3 minutes.

  5. Remove from the heat and gradually whisk in the cornstarch mixture. Return to a boil and cook over moderately high heat until the mixture is slightly thickened, about 1 minute. 

  6. Pour into the bowl with the peanut butter and whisk until smooth. It will looks like tiny peanut butter pieces throughout.  

  7. Set the bowl in the ice water bath to cool for 20 minutes. Whisk together. Then, cover and refrigerate until well chilled, at least 4 hours or overnight.

  8. Once chilled, pour the ice cream based into an ice cream maker and churn according to the manufacture's instructions.  

  9. Spoon a small layer of jam into a freezer-safe container. Then, lightly spoon a layer of ice cream on top. Drop 1/2 tsp globs of peanut butter on top and use the tip of a knife to carefully swirl it around. Continue to alternate layers of jam, ice cream, and peanut butter until the container is full. Freeze until firm, at least 4 hours.

  10. Optional: Add chopped nuts to the layers for an added crunch or use them on top. 

Recipe Notes
  • *Recipe adapted from Scoop Adventures: The Best Ice Cream of the 50 States.
  • We use this Nostalgia Electrics Ice Cream Maker 
  • Nutritional facts are just estimates. Please utilize your own brand nutritional values to double check against our estimates.
  • Optional chopped peanuts are not included in nutritional facts.
  • Recipe can easily be doubled. 
Nutrition Facts
Peanut Butter and Jelly Ice Cream
Amount Per Serving (0.5 cup)
Calories 471 Calories from Fat 261
% Daily Value*
Fat 29g45%
Saturated Fat 14g88%
Cholesterol 75mg25%
Sodium 51mg2%
Potassium 244mg7%
Carbohydrates 47g16%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 35g39%
Protein 6g12%
Vitamin A 840IU17%
Vitamin C 3.1mg4%
Calcium 102mg10%
Iron 0.6mg3%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Scoop Adventures: The Best Ice Cream of the 50 States  is available now. Some of the other homemade ice cream recipes that sounded amazing to me are: Chocolate Coconut Macadamia Nut, Junk in the Tree Trunk, Mango, Banana Pudding, Chunky Turtle, Pumpkin Ale, Pennsylvania Dutch Chocolate-Covered Pretzel, Lavender Caramel Swirl….ok, I admit, I could write out almost everyone included in the book. Grab the book and an ice cream maker and get ready for summer deliciousness today!
This post was originally posted on 8/15/2014. Same great recipe, but our photography has greatly improved. Some original photos are included below. 


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Comments

  1. AvatarJessibeth Vicenty says

    September 2, 2014 at 11:01 pm

    My husband and I love the cookie dough ice cream! 😀

    Reply
  2. AvatarLinda Manns Linneman says

    October 14, 2014 at 10:41 pm

    Looks so good. I can't believe all the different flavors. This sounds like fun for the family

    Reply
  3. AvatarDorothy Teel says

    October 17, 2014 at 8:38 pm

    You sound a little like me when we got our ice cream churn I made peach was delicious and I made vanilla, never tried any of the others, I think that hubby and I are now older and would like to experiment with some different ice creams, now that Junk in the Tree stump sounds interesting

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