Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream Sundae – My Valentine’s Fun Day
Well, today is Valentines’s Day and to really show the love, you’ve got to have something chocolatey and decidedly decadent. More importantly today marks the 9th anniversary of this blog. As some of you will know, it started life as Chocolate Log Blog and was a means for me to explore one of my great loves – the world of chocolate. This chocolate peanut butter ice cream sundae seems like a fitting celebration.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream Sundae
If, like me, you’re a peanut butter and chocolate lover then this chocolate peanut butter ice cream sundae is for you too. There’s something very appealing about salt and sweet. You get so many levels of flavour as you spoon into the glass and then into your mouth. The vanilla ice cream sets it all off very nicely.
To start things off, I made some peanut butter blondies with salted dark chocolate chips. As I’m sure you can imagine, they were super scrummy all on their own. I’ll be blogging the recipe at some point in the future. These blondies formed the base of my chocolate peanut butter ice cream sundae. I piled some vanilla ice cream on top. It wasn’t homemade this time, but it was organic. Over this already lush combination, I poured some dark chocolate sauce and then drizzled sweet peanut butter sauce over that. A valentine’s sundae fun day.
Of course you don’t need to keep such a scrumptious offering as this chocolate peanut butter ice cream sundae just for Valentine’s Day. It would be perfect for any special occasion and can be enjoyed all year round. It should come with a serious sugar and fat overload health warning, but sometimes it’s good not to think about it. My philosophy is, as long as it’s occasional, it’s good to indulge from time to time.
All Gone
You can see we polished our chocolate peanut butter ice cream sundae off with relish. In fact, we might just have had one or two more – not on the same day though. Honest!
So here’s to another nine years of blogging and I hope you enjoy this delicious chocolate peanut butter ice cream sundae as much as we did.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Recipes
If you’re keen to make this sundae straight away and don’t want to wait for my peanut butter blondie recipe, here are a few other recipes you could use as the base.
- Chocolate peanut butter crispies
- Peanut butter brownies
- Peanut butter chocolate chip cookies
- Peanut butter chocolate cookies
Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream Sundae – The Recipe
A decadent but desirable dessert for two, which is also quick and easy (assuming you've already made the blondies / brownies. Of course you could double, triple or quadruple the recipe to enjoy with family and friends.
- 2 peanut butter blondies or brownies
- 4 scoops vanilla ice cream
- 4 chocolate sugar curls - optional
- 25 ml water
- 1 tsp dark muscovado sugar
- 50 g salted dark chocolate I used Divine's 70% with pink Himalayan rock salt
- 50 ml double cream
- 50 ml water
- 1 rounded tsp of light muscovado sugar
- 1 tbsp smooth salted peanut butter
- Cube the blondies and place in a sundae dish or glass.
- Pile in 2 scoops of ice cream.
- Pour some hot chocolate sauce over the top and watch it freeze.
- Drizzle over a little of the peanut butter sauce.
Add a couple of sugar curls, if you like, and tuck in.
- Place the water and sugar into a small pan and bring to a simmer to melt the sugar.
- Turn the heat off and add the chocolate. Stir until melted.
- Stir in the cream and gently reheat if necessary.
Whilst the chocolate is melting, place all ingredients into a small pan and slowly bring to the boil, whisking as you go. It will look terribly gloopy to begin with, but will come together if you keep stirring. Add a little more water if the mixture is too thick.
If you can't get hold of salted chocolate, just add a small pinch of sea or rock salt to the water and sugar.
This chocolate peanut butter ice cream sundae is my entry to this month’s #WeShouldCocoa. If you’ve blogged any recipes this month where chocolate features as a main ingredient, please do join in.
I’m also linking these valentine’s treats up to #CookBlogShare over at Hijacked by Twins.
Other ice cream sundae recipes you might like
- Affogato – via Beach Hut Cook
- Apple pecan crunch sundae via Casa Costello
- Chocolate sundae royale – via Tin and Thyme
- Coffee jelly ice cream sundae (vegan & gf) via Rhian’s Recipes
- Knickerbocker glory via Kavey Eats
- Rhubarb & strawberry ice cream sundae via Family Friends Food
- Salted caramel peach sundae via Farmersgirl Kitchen
- Triple chocolate brownie chunk ice cream sundae (vegan) via Strength and Sunshine
Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream Sundae. PIN IT.
Kavita Favelle | Kavey Eats
14th February 2018 at 11:31 amI’d love one of these, especially with your home made blondies and that peanut sauce!!!
Choclette
15th February 2018 at 4:58 pmI can highly recommend it Kavey and the blondies are sublime all on their own.
Elizabeth
14th February 2018 at 2:50 pmGosh, that looks good! I’m loving the sound of that salted dark chocolate – swoon! A perfect treat to share. 🙂
Choclette
15th February 2018 at 4:58 pmThanks Elizabeth. Salted chocolate is a firm favourite here.
Janice
14th February 2018 at 7:42 pmThat looks totally awesome! Even on a cold snowy day like today, I could devour one of your lovely sundaes.
Choclette
15th February 2018 at 4:56 pmIt’s an all year round sundae Janice – just think hot chocolate sauce.
Eb Gargano | Easy Peasy Foodie
14th February 2018 at 8:55 pmHappy blogiversary!! That sundae looks delicious and such a great way to celebrate 9 years of blogging!! 😀 Eb x
Choclette
15th February 2018 at 4:55 pmThanks Eb. I hope I can keep going another nine years.
Angie@Angie's Recipes
15th February 2018 at 6:30 amChocolate and peanut butter…two awesome ingredients that we love dearly too. A perfect dessert!
Choclette
15th February 2018 at 4:52 pmIt’s a combination that is very hard to resist Angie 🙂
J
15th February 2018 at 6:33 amHappy Blogiversary of 9 years!!!
Choclette
15th February 2018 at 4:53 pmAw, thank you. You wouldn’t believe how little I’ve covered in nine years. Or rather, how much more there is yet to blog about.
Jacqueline Meldrum
15th February 2018 at 1:33 pmOh my that looks good! You are torturing me here. I don’t have the ingredients, so I can look but not eat : (
Choclette
15th February 2018 at 4:54 pmHaha, that’s probably just as well Jac 😀
Cat | Curly's Cooking
15th February 2018 at 1:41 pmYum! These look like my ideal sundae.
Choclette
15th February 2018 at 4:55 pmIt’s a super scrumptious sundae, but probably shouldn’t be indulged in too often 😉
Jo Allison / Jo's Kitchen Larder
15th February 2018 at 8:12 pmHappy 9th Blog Anniversary! What a fab dessert to celebrate it with! That salted dark chocolate sauce, oh my, drool drool! 🙂
Choclette
16th February 2018 at 11:20 amThanks Jo. It’s just as well anniversaries don’t come around too often, but it’s a great excuse to indulge when they do.
johanna @ green gourmet giraffe
16th February 2018 at 12:13 pmCongratulations on 9 years – that is a great achievement – and a lot of chocolate delights. Love the sundae – I am not so into them by my 8 year old is so I will need to return here for inspiration next time she is hankering for one.
Choclette
19th February 2018 at 2:26 pmThanks Johanna. I just find it astonishing that 9 years has passed so fast. And you have an 8 year old already – how did that happen?
Claudia
16th February 2018 at 5:34 pmHappy anniversary for your blog Choclette …with peanutbutter and chocolate you cańt go wrong with me. Would have loved to try …but I ´ve seen, they were gone so fast 😉
Claudia
Choclette
19th February 2018 at 2:24 pmThanks Claudia. Peanut butter and chocolate is a popular combination.
Corina Blum
16th February 2018 at 10:08 pmI love homemade blondies and putting them in this sundae is a brilliant way to celebrate both Valentine’s Day and 9 years of blogging!
Choclette
19th February 2018 at 2:23 pmThanks Corina. Blondies always seem like such an indulgence, but oh my, they are good.
Nico @ yumsome
17th February 2018 at 3:23 pmThese are so indulgent – I bet they were super-scrummy, weren’t they? They certainly look so tempting! xx
Choclette
19th February 2018 at 2:22 pmYes, super indulgent, but one’s blog only turns nine once 😀
Kat (The Baking Explorer)
17th February 2018 at 3:40 pmOoo that sundae would surely win my heart!
Choclette
19th February 2018 at 2:21 pmMine too. Luckily, CT seemed rather appreciative too 🙂
Sisley White
17th February 2018 at 6:29 pmChocolate, peanut butter and ice cream. Yes, yes and yes. What an amazing combination.
I’m so glad OH doesn’t like peanut butter – more for me.
Choclette
19th February 2018 at 2:21 pmHahaha, that’s a good way of looking at it Sisley.
Camilla Hawkins
17th February 2018 at 10:45 pmOh my, this is just my idea of a heavenly dessert:-)
Choclette
19th February 2018 at 2:20 pmIt was great to have such a good excuse to indulge.
Kirsty Hijacked By Twins
18th February 2018 at 6:33 pmYes please! I adore peanut butter and in a sundae, wow! Thank you for sharing with #CookBlogShare x
Choclette
19th February 2018 at 2:19 pmThanks Kirsty. Peanut butter works very nicely in a sundae I’ve found 🙂
Caterers Yorkshire
20th February 2018 at 9:44 amOh my! This looks and sounds delicious. Guess what I am making this weekend!
Choclette
21st February 2018 at 3:20 pmI hope you like it. Do let me know how you got on.
Kate - Gluten Free Alchemist
25th February 2018 at 6:28 pmYou had me at Peanut Butter Blondies (it’s ages since I made any of those….) The sauces (which sound divine and the rest and (literally) the ice cream on the cake…. See what I did there? Ok…. I’m no comedian! But I could down a couple of these with no trouble at all x
Choclette
5th March 2018 at 10:17 amWell you made me chuckle Kate 🙂 I have to warn you, these are very downable.