This ice cream just sort of happened one day. I peered into the fridge one day, scoping out the items that needed be used ASAP, and I stumbled upon a half liter of heavy cream that expired that day. I really hate throwing out food, and since we’ve got soooooo much extra food laying around here some days, I’ve had to get really creative with the things I freeze. I have frozen just about everything. The last time I had a bunch of cream set to expire, I whipped it and piped out little rosettes to freeze and add to our hot chocolate throughout the winter. Fun, right?!? Except that I don’t think I had a single mug of hot chocolate last winter (am I crazy?!?!), so I thought I needed to come up with a better plan this time. Also, JUNE. Ice cream. Now, let me tell you — I can be a little lazy. Life is crazy, 2 year olds are crazy, work is crazy…. and so: Cheater ice cream (Into cheating? Check out this No Churn Cherry Cheesecake Ice Cream and this No Churn Coconut Cream Pie Ice Cream as well!) I had thought about using this no churn Cookies ‘n’ Cream Ice Cream as my base again, since it is SUCH an awesome recipe — no churning but it has more of a traditional ice cream base, with the eggs and such. It is fantastic. It would have worked just fine. Perfectly, in fact. But I was lazy. And I thought since summer is officially upon us, that you might be lazy, too. (Am I right??) If you are not as lazy, and you’re opposed to the whole sweetened condensed milk thing, I recommend going back to that Cookies ‘n’ Cream recipe and using that base — it is so creamy and delicious and relatively easy. This no churn ice cream recipe is for truly the laziest of lazy people. Yeah, that’s right. I’m not ashamed. So I had this cream. I opened the cupboard and saw a half-eaten package of Oreos (don’t judge me!). I thought I’d add some unsweetened cocoa powder, because the condensed milk can make the ice cream pretty sweet. Also, chocolate. And then peanut butter, because — PEANUT BUTTER. You can absolutely open your cupboards and throw in whatever random half-eaten packages of things you have, but I would highly, highly recommend the chocolate-Oreo-peanut butter combo — you won’t regret it! Create an account easily save your favorite content, so you never forget a recipe again. Register Now Tag @thereciperebel or hashtag #thereciperebel — I love to see what you’re making!
