Chocolate-Sunbutter Ice Cream
Peanut flavor / Peanut-free!

This is the best and creamiest ice cream we have made in our ice cream machine yet. It is absolutely delicious. It tastes a lot like a very popular candy bar that is chocolate with peanut butter in it. Only, there is NO peanut butter in our recipe because my husband is allergic to peanuts. If there is no peanut allergy in your home, you could substitute Peanut Butter for the Sunbutter. You would never know the difference, tho, as sunbutter tastes so much like peanut butter. We had to go easy on the sugar because he is also diabetic.

1/3 cup sunbutter
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1/3 cup splenda
1/2 cup brown sugar
8 large egg yolks
1 pinch salt
1 quart half-and-half
2 tsp vanilla

Beat 8 egg yolks with half of the sugar and set aside
Heat one quart of half and half over medium heat till nearly boiling.
Add the remaining ingredients (Cocoa, Sunbutter, remainder of sugars, salt and vanilla) and stir till well mixed. Add a cup of hot mix to egg yolks very slowly, while stirring. Then stir the egg mixture into the pot of hot milk mix slowly, while stirring and continue to stir until it thickens to a custard texture. Remove from heat and cool pan in bowl of iced water till mix is cool.

Place in ice cream freezer and process until frozen.

NOTE: You can also substitute more of the sugar with sweetener if you want. And substitute the Sunbutter with Peanut Butter if no one in your family has peanut allergies.

Obviously, if you are on the road to losing weight...you would NOT want to eat this frequently! But, we ALL need a SPECIAL TREAT once in a while.