Peanut Butter Ice Cream Sauce is a DELICIOUS dessert topping! Recipe is easy, and yields approx. 2 cups, using 6 common ingredients!
If you’re looking for a delicious ice cream topping, may I suggest this yummy peanut butter ice cream sauce? It is sweet, creamy, and packed with peanut butter flavor!
This sauce is so good it’s hard to keep out of it, once any leftover sauce is in the fridge. I MIGHT have snuck a few teaspoons of the sauce all by itself, and wow, is it ever yummy!
If you enjoy peanut butter, then I’ll bet you’re going to love this ice cream sauce! The sauce is a perfect topping for vanilla, chocolate or chocolate chip ice cream.
It’s also very simple to prepare, and will make a plain old, ordinary scoop of ice cream absolutely perfect! Here’s how to make it.
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Make The Creamy Syrup Base
Measure milk, sugar, corn syrup, and salt into a deep, large saucepan. Stir until these ingredients have been well-combined.
Cook the sauce on LOW heat, stirring often, until this mixture thickens (usually about 5-7 minutes).
Measure creamy peanut butter into a small bowl, so it is ready to add all at once, as soon as the sauce thickens. Set it aside.
Time To Add The “STAR” Ingredient!
The creamy sauce will thicken as it cooks on Low, then it will begin to boil, and rise up in the saucepan.
IMPORTANT! Keep stirring the sauce, and do not leave the pan unattended, so it won’t boil over!
Add the peanut butter to the sauce, and continue to cook the sauce on Low, keeping it well-stirred, as it melts.
Stir, Stir, Stir!
Keep stirring the peanut butter into the sauce. It will take a couple minutes for the peanut butter to melt and be fully blended into the sauce.
As soon as the peanut butter has been fully incorporated, take the pan off of the heat.
Let the sauce cool (of the heat) for 5-6 minutes. Once cooled, add vanilla extract and stir, to combine it with the peanut butter ice cream sauce.
Serve The Peanut Butter Ice Cream Sauce
This recipe will yield approximately 2 cups of peanut butter ice cream sauce. When it has sufficiently cooled (serve it warm, not hot!), it is ready to be enjoyed!
To serve, spoon a couple Tablespoons of the peanut butter ice cream sauce over a favorite scoop or two of ice cream.
If desired, you can top the peanut butter sauce with a few chopped peanuts, for added crunch! We love this sweet sauce!
I hope you have the chance to try this yummy peanut butter ice cream sauce, and feel confident you’re going to enjoy it, too!
Store leftover sauce in an airtight container in a refrigerator for 6-7 days. The sauce can be reheated in a saucepan or microwave, after stirring.
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Peanut Butter Ice Cream Sauce is a DELICIOUS dessert topping! Recipe is easy, and yields approx. 2 cups, using 6 common ingredients!
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ¾ cup milk
- 1 Tablespoon Karo syrup (clear)
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 6 Tablespoons creamy peanut butter
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
Place milk, sugar, corn syrup, and salt into a deep, large saucepan. Stir until well combined. Cook on LOW, stirring often, until mixture thickens (5-7 minutes).
Measure peanut butter into a small bowl, so it's ready to add when the sauce thickens. Set aside.
Sauce will thicken as it cooks, then begin to boil, and rise up in the saucepan. Keep stirring; do not leave pan unattended, so it won't boil over! Add peanut butter; continue cooking on Low, stirring constantly, as it melts. As soon as peanut butter has melted, and been fully incorporated, move pan off of the heat.
Let sauce cool 5-6 minutes. Add vanilla extract and stir, to combine. When sauce has cooled, it's ready to serve over ice cream! Best served warm, not hot.
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