Homemade Peanut Buster Bars
Skip the line at Dairy Queen and whip up your own flavor-packed homemade peanut buster bars with ice cream, chocolate and peanuts. They make a wonderful treat.
Servings: 12 bars
Equipment
- 12 8-Ounce Plastic Cups 8-Ounce
Ingredients
- 1 Quart vanilla ice cream
- 1 Cup roasted peanuts roughly chopped
- 3 Cups chocolate chips semi-sweet
- 1 Tablespoon coconut oil
Instructions
- Melt the chocolate chips and coconut oil in a microwave safe bowl for 45 seconds.
- Stir the chocolate and continue heating it for 45 seconds at a time until completely melted.
- Fill the bottom of your cups with peanuts and then top them with a few spoonfuls of ice cream and a drizzle of chocolate sauce.
- Repeat these layers one more time and then stick a popsicle stick into the center of each cup.
- Place your cups in the freezer and let them chill for 45 minutes.
- Run your cups under warm water for a few seconds and then gently pull on the popsicle stick to remove each bar from the cup.
- Space out your bars on a baking sheet and let them chill for another 45 minutes.
- Dip each peanut buster bar in the melted chocolate, ensuring they are completely covered.
- Let them chill in the freezer for 30 more minutes before serving.
Notes
Removing the cups: Don’t run your cup under warm water for too long. You just want to loosen the ice cream enough to get it out of the cup and not melt so much that it won’t hold its shape when returned to the baking sheet.
Adding popsicle sticks: Your chocolate sauce is going to set pretty much as soon as it hits the ice cream. You can either insert your popsicle sticks before you start layering your bars, or you can insert them at the end and just break through the chocolate sauce layers. I prefer the latter so I don’t have to worry about getting ice cream and chocolate all over the popsicle sticks.
Re-melt the chocolate: Your chocolate mixture might set a little bit between the first and second time you’ll need to use it. If it does, you can just microwave the chocolate for 30 seconds at a time until melted again.
Adding popsicle sticks: Your chocolate sauce is going to set pretty much as soon as it hits the ice cream. You can either insert your popsicle sticks before you start layering your bars, or you can insert them at the end and just break through the chocolate sauce layers. I prefer the latter so I don’t have to worry about getting ice cream and chocolate all over the popsicle sticks.
Re-melt the chocolate: Your chocolate mixture might set a little bit between the first and second time you’ll need to use it. If it does, you can just microwave the chocolate for 30 seconds at a time until melted again.
Nutrition
Calories: 468kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 35mg | Sodium: 116mg | Potassium: 380mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 42g | Vitamin A: 332IU | Vitamin C: 0.5mg | Calcium: 145mg | Iron: 0.3mg
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