🥜 Ingredients
For 1 Ninja Creami pint:
- 1 cup whole milk
- ½ cup heavy cream
- ⅓ cup creamy peanut butter
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 tbsp instant vanilla pudding mix (optional, but makes it extra creamy)
- 2–3 tbsp chopped peanut butter cups or chocolate chips (optional mix-in)
👩🍳 Step-by-step
1. Warm the milk mixture
Pour the milk into a small saucepan. Add the granulated sugar and brown sugar.
Heat over low to medium heat, stirring until the sugars completely dissolve. Do not boil.
2. Add the peanut butter
Add the peanut butter while the milk is warm. Whisk continuously until the peanut butter melts completely and the mixture becomes smooth.
3. Add the remaining ingredients
Remove from the heat and whisk in:
- Heavy cream
- Vanilla extract
- Salt
- Instant pudding mix, if using
Keep whisking until everything is completely incorporated and smooth.
4. Cool completely
Let the mixture cool to room temperature. Then place it in the refrigerator for about 30–60 minutes until thoroughly chilled.
This step helps prevent the mixture from freezing unevenly.
5. Fill the Ninja Creami container
Pour the chilled mixture into your Ninja Creami pint container.
Do not fill above the maximum-fill line.
Put the lid on tightly.
6. Freeze ❄️
Place the pint upright and level in your freezer.
Freeze for at least 24 hours. Don’t try to process it after only a few hours—the Creami works best when the base is completely frozen.
7. Process it
Remove the pint from the freezer and take off the lid.
Place it into the Ninja Creami outer bowl according to your machine’s instructions.
Select ICE CREAM and let the machine run.
8. Check the texture
After the first spin, the ice cream may look crumbly or powdery. That’s normal.
If it isn’t creamy, select RE-SPIN.
Usually, one re-spin is enough to turn it into a smooth, scoopable ice cream.
9. Add peanut butter or chocolate mix-ins 🥜🍫
If you’d like chunks, make a small hole in the center of the processed ice cream.
Add your chopped peanut butter cups, chocolate chips, or even crushed cookies.
Select MIX-IN.
10. Serve 🍦
Scoop immediately for a soft, creamy texture.
For an extra peanut-buttery finish, drizzle a little warmed peanut butter over the top and sprinkle with chopped peanuts.
⭐ Tips for the creamiest result
- Don’t skip the RE-SPIN if the first cycle looks powdery.
- Use creamy, regular peanut butter rather than very dry natural peanut butter for the smoothest texture.
- The pudding mix is optional, but it helps create a thicker, more ice-cream-like texture.
- For a stronger peanut butter flavor, increase peanut butter to ½ cup.
- For Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream, add chopped Reese’s-style peanut butter cups during the MIX-IN cycle.
- If the finished ice cream becomes very hard after sitting in the freezer, let it sit at room temperature for 5–10 minutes before scooping.
