Maggie Monday: Peanut Butter Ice Cream Topping

Cold weather does not mean en end to ice cream. In fact sales will often increase with the first coming snow storm as many people want to bundle up on their couch, binge watch on Netflix and have a big bowl of comfort. Here’s Maggie with some extra love for that bowl…

I decided to make ice cream toppings for Christmas goodie gifts this year since I couldn’t be on my feet much due to some surgery. I made Silky Hot Fudge sauce (posted earlier this year) and wanted a Peanut Butter topping to go with the chocolate. I tried a couple of recipes before settling upon this one that I tweaked and combined from several I found.

This is smooth, peanut-buttery, and not too sweet. It is a perfect match with the Hot Fudge over ice cream, or used to make a milkshake or smoothie. I think all of my recipients were pretty happy to receive these jars of joy!

Peanut butter was a particular hit here at home with Daughter #2 Picky Pants.

Peanut Butter Ice Cream Topping

What you need:

½ cup heavy whipping cream

¼ cup sugar

¼ cup light Karo syrup

2 T butter

1 t vanilla

½ cup creamy peanut butter

What you do:

Combine all ingredients except peanut butter and vanilla in saucepan over medium heat. Stir constantly until all ingredients are dissolved and blended. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla. Let cool for about 5 minutes, then add peanut butter, and stir until smooth and well blended. Place into half pint canning jars. Makes 3-4 jars.