Peanut Butter Cup Brownie Ice Cream Dessert
Ice cream desserts are a huge hit in my house in the summer. They are refreshing and delicious and my family is always begging for me to make a new one. The Fox Treat and the Drumstick ice cream desserts that I created this summer have been very popular but it’s time for a new one. It’s time to add a little peanut butter and chocolate and get this party started.
This weekend I headed to St. Louis to attend my sister-in-law’s baby shower which means that the pressure was on to create another fabulous dessert. My family is relentless and knowing that I run a food blog raises the stakes. They wanted something delicious but with 90 degree heat and unbearable humidity, they wanted something cold.
Enter the ice cream dessert. Y0u can either make this dessert in a muffin pan to create individual desserts or in a 13×9 pan. If you are in a hurry – make the dessert in the muffin pan because it chills quicker and is ready to eat sooner. If you make it is a 13×9 pan, this dessert will need to chill overnight.
Ingredients:
Family-Size (13×9) Brownie Mix (water, eggs and oil for mix)
½ Gallon Vanilla Ice Cream, softened
1 cup Peanut Butter Chips
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate
20 mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, chopped
Preparation:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare brownie mix according to box.
Muffin Pan: Grease two muffin pans (12 muffins each pan!). Put about 2 scoops of brownie batter in each muffin cup. You only want to fill 1/3 of the muffin cup. Cook brownie for 13-15 minutes at 350 degrees.
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13×9 Pan: Pour all the brownie batter into a greased 13×9 pan and cook for 25-28 minutes at 350 degrees.
2. Remove brownies from oven and cool completely.
3. Remove the ice cream from the freezer and let sit out on the counter while you make the peanut butter sauce and chocolate ganache.
4. Prepare the peanut butter sauce. Heat 1/2 cup whipping cream in a small saucepan on medium heat until it starts to boil. Remove from heat and pour over 1 cup peanut butter chips in a small bowl. Let sit for 1 minute. Stir peanut butter chips and cream until all the chips are melted and you have a creamy mixture. Set aside.
5. Prepare the chocolate ganache. Heat the second 1/2 cup whipping cream in a small saucepan on medium heat until it starts to boil. Remove from heat and pour over 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips in a small bowl. Let sit for 1 minute. Stir chocolate chips and cream until all the chips are melted and you have a creamy ganache mixture.
6. When brownies are completely cool – carefully spread softened vanilla ice cream over the brownies.
7. Immediately pour the sauces on top of the ice cream.
Muffin Pan: Pour 1 TBSP of peanut butter sauce on top of each dessert. Then pour 1 TBSP of chocolate ganache on top of the peanut butter sauce. Sprinkle with chopped peanut butter cups.
13×9 Pan: Pour all the peanut butter sauce evenly over the ice cream layer. Then pour all the chocolate ganache evenly over the peanut butter layer. Sprinkle with chopped peanut butter cups.
8. Put in freezer for 2-3 hours (muffin pans) or 6-8 hours (13×9 pan). Serve and enjoy.
Peanut Butter Cup Brownie Ice Cream Dessert
Ingredients
- Family-Size 13×9 Brownie Mix (water, eggs and oil for mix)
- ½ Gallon Vanilla Ice Cream softened
- 1 cup Peanut Butter Chips
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate
- 20 mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare brownie mix according to box.
- Muffin Pan: Grease two muffin pans (12 muffins each pan!). Put about 2 scoops of brownie batter in each muffin cup. You only want to fill 1/3 of the muffin cup. Cook brownie for 13-15 minutes at 350 degrees. -OR- 13×9 Pan: Pour all the brownie batter into a greased 13×9 pan and cook for 25-28 minutes at 350 degrees.
- Remove brownies from oven and cool completely.
- Remove the ice cream from the freezer and let sit out on the counter while you make the peanut butter sauce and chocolate ganache.
- Prepare the peanut butter sauce. Heat 1/2 cup whipping cream in a small saucepan on medium heat until it starts to boil. Remove from heat and pour over 1 cup peanut butter chips in a small bowl. Let sit for 1 minute. Stir peanut butter chips and cream until all the chips are melted and you have a creamy mixture. Set aside.
- Prepare the chocolate ganache. Heat the second 1/2 cup whipping cream in a small saucepan on medium heat until it starts to boil. Remove from heat and pour over 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips in a small bowl. Let sit for 1 minute. Stir chocolate chips and cream until all the chips are melted and you have a creamy ganache mixture.
- When brownies are completely cool – carefully spread softened vanilla ice cream over the brownies.
- Immediately pour the sauces on top of the ice cream.
- Muffin Pan: Pour 1 TBSP of peanut butter sauce on top of each dessert. Then pour 1 TBSP of chocolate ganache on top of the peanut butter sauce. Sprinkle with chopped peanut butter cups.-OR-13×9 Pan: Pour all the peanut butter sauce evenly over the ice cream layer. Then pour all the chocolate ganache evenly over the peanut butter layer. Sprinkle with chopped peanut butter cups.
- Put in freezer for 2-3 hours (muffin pans) or 6-8 hours (13×9 pan). Serve and enjoy.
How do you get these to come out of the muffin pan so nicely?