Three Yummy Ice Cream Recipes

Hey Everyone! I made some yummy ice cream for the fam this weekend for dessert while my hubby made beer can chicken for dinner. The kiddos got orange sherbet, I got chocolate peanut butter and I made my hubby vanilla bean. I took some recipes off of the internet and tweeked them a bit. Here is what I came up with:

• Orange Sherbet:


• One 1-2L bottle orange pop (any brand, we used Publix)


• One 14 oz. can sweetened, condensed milk


• Pour both into the ice cream maker. Turn on. Follow manufacturer's instructions!

• Chocolate Peanut Butter:


• 2 cups half & half


• 1/4 unsweetened cocoa powder


• 1/2 cup granulated sugar


• pinch of salt


• 1/4 cup - 1/3 cup smooth peanut butter


• Whisk together all ingredients in a large pan except peanut butter. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat. Add peanut butter, blend thoroughly. Chill in regrigerater. Pour into ice cream maker. Follow manufacturers instructions.

• Vanilla Bean:


• 2 1/4 cups half & half


• 3/4 cup whipping cream


• 2/3-3/4 cup sugar depending on taste (sweetness)


• 1 vanilla bean, split and scraped


• Mix all ingredients in a saucepan. Bring almost to a boil, but do NOT let it boil. Once you see the bubbles, remove it from heat. Let it cool, preferably overnight to let the flavors meld. Pour into ice cream maker. Follow manufacturers instructions.

These are just the first three recipes I tried with my new ice cream maker (tweaked versions). I'll update with more if I find any more that I like in the future! If anyone knows of one that actually has big chunks of frozen peanut butter in chocolate ice cream, please let me know!