Homemade peanut butter magic shell.
Do you believe in magic?
Mermaids.
Dragons.
Ghosts and fairies…
And creamy vanilla ice cream, draped in a coat of liquid peanut butter.
Magic never tasted so good.
Luckily, unlike the mermaids and the fairies, peanut butter magic shell is very real… and very, very delicious!
Shown above, on top of this recipe: Four-Ingredient Ice Cream.
Peanut Butter Magic Shell
(Just three ingredients!)
Categorized here: Peanut Butter Recipes.
- 2-3 tsp peanut butter (or nut butter of choice)
- 1 tablespoon virgin coconut oil
- sweetener of choice, to taste (stevia drops, maple syrup, agave, etc.)
Combine all ingredients and stir until it makes a thin liquid. (Note: If you store your peanut butter in the fridge, you’ll need to warm it first. Also warm the coconut oil if it’s solid when you open the jar.) Pour over ice cream, and watch it harden into Magic Shell! (Or stick the covered ice cream the freezer for just a minute or two, if you want it completely hard.)
This recipe isn’t just for ice cream.
You can even make: PB Cookie Dough Truffles!
Have you ever done a magic trick?
Or card tricks? I went through a phase where I loved magic tricks. I’d set up shows and line all of my stuffed animals up as the audience. Luckily, no one ever got sawed in half. 
Not a fan of peanut butter?
See the following recipe for: Chocolate Magic Shell.
I love making my own version of store bought products..great idea!!
I’ve only made the chocolate and chocolate-peppermint version! I love this peanut butter version. Does it still get hard so that you have to tap it to break it before taking a bite? love that!
I have just started following your website and I love it! My favorite greenie is either Spinach or Zucchini.
“I went through a phase where I loved magic tricks.” Haha!So did I!I actually,still love magic tricks!:-)
I remember going to McDonald’s as a little kid.The server dipped my ice cream/soft serve softy into a chocolate sauce,and it instantly turned solid.I was intrigued!
Wonderful recipe,and so simple!I am bookmarking/noting this down!
Thank you so much for sharing!:-)
I am so turned onto Coconut oil now. I have topped my homemade strawberry banana icecream with this. I think of it as PB&J icecream now.
You are a goddess! All we had in my house for ice cream tonight was vanilla. Personally, I’m more of a chocolate girl and I couldn’t think of what I could add to vanilla ice cream to make it more interesting. Then I remembered this post! The recipe was so easy I had to try it and it was DELICIOUS!!! I put the peanut butter and the coconut oil in the microwave to make them more silky, then I stirred in honey for the sweetener and drizzled it on my plain vanilla ice cream and voila! My plain vanilla ice cream just got a fancy and delicious new hat. It was a big hit with my family, which isn’t usually the case when I try a new recipe 🙂 To top it off, I couldn’t help adding a few mini Reese’s cups to my ice cream, too 🙂 Thanks so much for this post! I’ll definitely be making it again!
My sister and I made your chocolate frosting/mousse and put your pb magic shell on top — crazily good. We love your recipes. (our frosting was slightly thinner than yours). Have you ever tried adding nut butter to the frosting? Trying to think if we should melt cold nut butter a little first to room temp and whip in? Hmmm…
I haven’t… It sounds like a really good idea! Let me know if you try it!
Really yummy!! They turn out really thin though (not a problem for me).If you want them looking like the pictures, double the recipe for sure. I calculated Weight Watchers Points with the magic shell on (double batch, made with 3 TBS PB each batch and a few drops Agave). It’s 3 pts a bar if you divide in 16 servings or 8pts if you divide in 6 servings like the recipe suggests. Thanks for a great recipe! 🙂
is there another oil i could sub for coconut oil? my store only sells one brand and its 10$ for a tiny little jar 🙁
This was so yummy on the peanut butter ice cream of yours. Too much peanut butter? Never, it was perfect!