Makeover Peanut Ice Cream Delight Recipe

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Our Test Kitchen helped Ashley keep the full-fat ice cream in her tasty dessert, while lightening it up at the same time. Cool vanilla ice cream is the perfect match for the chocolate wafer crust and chocolate-caramel topping. You won't believe this is light! Ashley Neumann - Metamora, MI

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Makeover Peanut Ice Cream Delight Recipe
  • Prep: 20 min. + freezing
  • Yield: 24 Servings
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Ingredients

  • 1 package (9 ounces) chocolate wafers, crushed
  • 1/3 cup reduced-fat butter, melted
  • 1/2 gallon vanilla ice cream, softened
  • 1 cup salted peanuts
  • CHOCOLATE SAUCE:
  • 1 can (14 ounces) fat-free sweetened condensed milk
  • 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 jar (12-1/4 ounces) caramel ice cream topping

Directions

  • In a small bowl, combine wafer crumbs and butter; press onto the bottom of a 13-in. x 9-in. dish. Spread ice cream over crust; sprinkle with peanuts. Cover and freeze for at least 1 hour.
  • For chocolate sauce, in a small heavy saucepan, combine the milk, chocolate and butter. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until chocolate is melted. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla. Cool.
  • Drizzle chocolate sauce over peanuts. Cover and freeze for 2 hours or until firm. Drizzle each serving with 2 teaspoons caramel topping. Yield: 24 servings.

Editor's Note: This recipe was tested with Land O'Lakes light stick butter.

Nutritional Facts 1 piece equals 296 calories, 13 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 28 mg cholesterol, 218 mg sodium, 42 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 6 g protein.

Originally published as Makeover Peanut Ice Cream Delight in Healthy Cooking June/July 2009, p22

Tip

Sundaes Best

When you're short on time, you can easily add some frosty fun to dinnertime by serving up a variety of toppings and sauces and letting family members concoct their own scrumptious sundaes. Or scoop up one of these sweet and simple suggestions and treat your family to a refreshing dessert:

  • Drizzle chocolate sauce over a scoop of strawberry ice cream and top with sliced berries and kiwi. Dollop with whipped cream.
  • Instead of the usual chocolate sauce, top vanilla ice cream with warmed orange marmalade and a few fresh berries.
  • For a super chocolaty treat, place a scoop of chocolate or chocolate mint ice cream on a brownie and pour on the hot fudge sauce. Add a spoonful of whipped cream, sprinkle with peanuts and accent with a maraschino cherry or a chocolate kiss.
  • Like s'mores? You'll love this! Dress up a scoop of ice cream with chocolate sauce, mini marshmallows, whipped cream and graham cracker crumbs.
  • Give a tropical-flavored ice cream added appeal with canned mandarin oranges and pineapple chunks. Serve with gingersnaps.

Sweet White Wine

Enjoy this recipe with a sweet white wine such as Moscato or a sweet Riesling.

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Reviewed on Aug. 08, 2009 by lauriei

I had chocolate chip cookies so I made the crust using the cookies.  Also I never have enough crust so I had to make extra--14 oz crushed cookies and 1/2 cup of butter.  I used vanilla ice cream with 1/2 sugar.  I thought the chocolate layer was too much--maybe just drizzle with chocolate and caramel syrup.  It was okay.  Very easy to make.  My friends enjoyed and asked me for the recipe.


Reviewed on May. 07, 2009 by Meesh233

I modified this slightly. I had two chocolate graham cracker crusts laying around, so I used that as the crust. I split a 1/2 gallon of vanilla bean frozen yogurt between the two crusts, then topped each with peanuts and 1/2 the sauce. It was pretty good, not sure how often I would make it though. Maybe this does need the full fat ice cream to make it work the best.

 
 
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