Chocolate Peanut Butter Insanity Ice Cream

My friend Amanda and I had a friend date last weekend and she requested ice cream. I quote: "Can the ice cream involve chocolate and peanut butter??" Well duh, yes it can, because those are the two greatest flavors to go together ever. I was thinking of how I could get as much peanut butter and chocolate into one batch of ice cream as possible and this was what I came up with. I dubbed it "chocolate peanut butter insanity"when I texted her about it and the name stuck. So if you like peanut butter and chocolate, then this is for you.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Insanity Ice Cream

Double recipe chocolate ice cream
3/8 cup (6 Tbls.) chocolate chips
1/2 cup peanut butter, divided
1 1/2 Tbls. liquid coconut oil, divided
1 Tbls. PB2 Powdered Peanut Butter
1 Tbls. brown sugar

Make the ice cream batter and refrigerate. While it is cooling, make the chocolate/peanut butter mix-ins. Start by preparing a small baking tray or plate with a sheet of parchment paper large enough to cover it twice. Also make sure you have room in your freezer for the tray to lay flat, and a plastic bag large enough to hold the tray.

Melt the chocolate chips in the microwave and spread on the parchment paper. Cover with the other half of it, seal in the bag, and freeze until hard.

While the chocolate is freezing, melt together 1/4 cup of the peanut butter with 1 Tbls. of the coconut oil. When the chocolate is ready, spread the peanut butter mixture on top. Cover, seal, and freeze.

When the batter is cool, make according to your ice cream maker's directions. While it is churning, remove the tray and parchment paper from the bag and break apart your chocolate/peanut butter slab.

Mix the chocolate pieces into the batter in the last few minutes of churning. Spread evenly into a freezer-safe container and freeze for 1-2 hours, until hardened but still pliable.

Shortly before the ice cream is semi-frozen, mix together the remaining 1/4 cup of peanut butter, 1/2 Tbls. coconut oil, PB2, and brown sugar.

Now you're ready to add the peanut butter swirl to the ice cream. Carve a few wells in the ice cream by dragging a butter knife through it and fill with the peanut butter mixture.

Very carefully, using a spatula, stir the swirl into the ice cream so that it is swirled, not blended. Re-freeze.

Your ice cream is ready now. Scoop and devour.