If you know me at all then you know I’m a peanut butter FREAK.
I eat the stuff every single day (no exaggeration).
So obviously I love a tasty peanut butter dessert. I’m always finding ways to add in peanut butter wherever I can. However in this ice cream recipe, the PB is the absolute star.
This No Churn Peanut Butter Ice Cream uses the 2-ingredient no-churn technique to make it as simple as possible (see my video on How to Make Ice Cream without a Machine here).
In this technique we basically combine freshly whipped cream with condensed milk and peanut butter. Add in some vanilla, melted peanut butter swirls, and chopped mini peanut butter cups (buy the ones already out of the wrappers to make it quicker) and that’s about it! There’s a step by step video a little further below so you can see just what I mean.
No eggs, no custard, no cooking, no churning. Once the mixture is made it just needs to freeze, preferably overnight. The peanut butter flavor actually intensifies as it chills. Though if you prefer a “soft serve” consistency you can enjoy it sooner.
Adorable Ice Cream Packaging
Homemade ice cream is a wonderful thing, but it’s a little awkward to find a container to store in the freezer that will keep a good seal it doesn’t get hard and icy. I absolutely LOVE my white pint size ice cream containers from Amazon. They’re basically blank Ben & Jerry’s containers! They’re stackable, come with lids that offer a nice seal, and make for perfect gifts when the weather is warm.
FREE Printable Ice Cream Tags!
To complete your fun DIY ice cream project, I have two sheets of adorable printable ice cream tags. One page has popular flavors, and the other page is blank so you can fill in your own flavor creations. I like to print mine on plain full sheet sticker paper, then cut them out to fit my containers.
If you give this recipe a go, be sure to upload a photo to Instagram and tag me and #handletheheat so we can all see!
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1
(14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk, chilled
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1 1/2
cups
creamy peanut butter, divided
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2
cups
heavy cream, chilled
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1/2
teaspoon
vanilla extract
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1
cup
mini peanut butter cups, chopped
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In a large bowl combine the condensed milk and 1 cup of the peanut butter until smooth.
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Place the remaining 1/2 cup peanut butter in a heatproof bowl and microwave in 30-second bursts, stirring between bursts, until melted and smooth. Set aside to cool slightly.
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In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat the cream and vanilla on high speed until stiff peaks form. Fold the whipped cream into the peanut butter mixture until combined. Gently stir in the peanut butter cups.
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Layer the ice cream in a freezer-safe container with dollops and drizzles of the melted peanut butter. Once all of the ice cream and peanut butter is inside the container, use a knife to gently swirl the mixture.
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Cover the surface with plastic wrap before sealing the container. Freeze for at least 6 hours, or until firm and the flavor has ripened.
Note: The sweetened condensed milk should not be substituted in this recipe.
Photos by Constance Higley.
This was absolutely DELICIOUS!!!! I added Reese peanut butter chips also. It is so so GOOD!!!!
Unfortunately this didnt work for me. Its was more mousse like than ice cream. Wish there was another recipe.I wouldnt be making this again.
Hi Aruna! I’m sorry to hear this ice cream did not turn out as you had hoped! It sounds like something definitely went wrong along the way – perhaps it was not frozen long enough, or maybe the whipped cream did not reach stiff enough peaks? If you wish to troubleshoot further, please let us know and we would be more than happy to help! 🙂
OK ladies… you keep saying “watch the video”… I click the link to the video and it takes me to just another recipe, no video image. Your formatting is somewhat bewildering with all the various pink highlights and boxes. You should have one color for reading text, which you do… another color for direction to instruction… and at least a third color for links to videos. I scanned a comment by a lady who said she couldn’t find the link to the No Churn recipe, as I can’t, and your reply was it’s above the “pink box”… LOL… that’s like saying it’s next to the brown tree in the forest… there is one large bold pink RECIPE VIDEO just above your cookie advertisement but it doesn’t do anything… I’ve been looking for a video for approximately 10-15 minutes and giving up… maybe you should hire a better web designer…
Thanks, Tony, for your feedback! We are currently updating our recipe templates and are going to be correcting this issue so that our videos are easy to find! This recipe does include a video specific to the peanut butter ice cream, it’s just below the second image under the title “Recipe Video”. I hope that helps!
I am looking for a plain peanut butter ice cream recipe. Can I leave out the peanut butter swirl & the peanut butter cups, or will it affect the flavor of the ice cream? This looks so good, really want to try it.
what do you think?
I haven’t tried this recipe without the swirl and peanut butter cups. Leaving out the peanut butter cups should be fine, but the peanut butter swirl adds quite a bit of flavor, so I really can’t guarantee the same flavor outcome. You’ll have to experiment! Let me know how it goes 🙂
Oh my goodness! This tastes like premium ice cream. Wont buy ice cream ever again
Hi Tessa,
I have 8 Grandsons i want to make the peanut butter recipe for and cannot print it. It looks awesome and want to give it a try.
Thank you Lauretta
Thank you for great recipe.
This is a divine ice cream. For a bit of crunch, I added some chopped nuts.
Thanks for sharing.
Made this for friends fabulous! Super creamy and peanut buttery!
Will make again and again!!!
I made this (without the peanut butter cups). I served it with marshmallow on the top to make “Fluffernutter” (it’s a New England thing) Sundaes. I love this recipe. It worked great and I will definitely make it again.
I make a peanut butter ice cream but it needs to churn!! I have stopped making it now because it separates each time I make it!! I really don’t know why? Any ideas please? I am looking forward to trying your recipe.
This was, AMAZING. I love my peanut butter, and this was the ice cream I’ve always been looking for. So peanut buttery, not too sweet, and so easy to make. Thank you!! I took this on a Girls Weekend, and everyone wanted to make another batch 🙂
Wow this is really easy ❤
Can I try this for business purposes ma’am tessa?
Oh my! My scout and I just made up the mix. Will be hard to wait!
I always use this no-churcn ice cream base… But mine is 2 cups of heavy whipping cream and 1/2 can (or less!) of sweetened condensed milk. Whatever I mix in the base, it will always be half the can or less, makes it less sweet which I and my family, even my friends prefer. I love to bake but i always cut the sugar in a recipe. Will try this soon coz I seriuosly love peanut butter and chocolate together..
I know you say not to substitute the sweetened condensed milk… but what about just regular condensed milk or half of each?
I Love peanut butter ice cream. If we make this recipe with other nut butter, like cashew butter, would it work just th same? Thanks
I did a quick chill in a water bath and when I opened the can the milk was more a golden brown colour than the normal pale neutral. I was unsure if I grabbed an old can or not so started again and pulled it out before any change might have happened. Do you normally just chill the condensed milk in the fridge overnight before using?
This ice cream was amazing. Such great peanut butter flavour and so easy to make. Is the chilling of the condensed milk necessary? I did a quick chill and noticed it was starting to change colour which I was unclear if that was normal. I think the next time I make it I might add a chocolate stripe into it too. I think it would be delicious too.
It does help this to come together better. I’m not sure what you mean by change color? The condensed milk changed color as it was chilling?
Video is not working……but love the idea of all that peanut butter!
Thankyou Its so good to see this
OMG can’t wait to try this!
I am going to stock my freezer with this!
Now THIS is an epic, high quality peanut butter cup ice cream. Always love your recipes, but this one especially grabbed my attention (love peanut butter-chocolate ice cream). It’s my birthday today, so I’m selfishly considering this post/recipe a celebratory one 😉 Thank you for sharing another awesome treat!
Hope you had a great birthday!