Homemade Snickers ice cream bars are a creamy frozen treat you can make in your own kitchen, with just a few ingredients!
In this easy homemade Snickers recipe, rich and creamy caramel ice cream is topped with a layer of peanut butter and coated in a thick layer of chocolate.
Snickers ice cream bars have layers.
Do you know what else has layers?
Ogres.
Ogres have layers.
And onions have layers.
And parfaits.
And cake.
I don’t care what everyone else likes! Ogres are not like cakes.
If you haven’t seen Shrek, you are probably completely confused by this post.
I should just get on to the recipe…
Step One:
Make up the caramel ice cream base, and spread it out in an 8×8 pan lined with parchment paper.
Sprinkle chopped peanuts over top of the ice cream.
Step Two:
Freeze until solid but not yet rock hard.
Then cut into bars with a sharp knife.
Step Three:
Transfer the bars to a baking sheet, dip them in chocolate, then return to the freezer.
There you have it – Homemade Snickers ice cream bars!
“Homemade Snickers Recipe” was on my list of things to try for quite awhile.
But when it came down to it, I decided I really liked the Snickers ice cream bars much more than I’d ever actually liked regular Snickers bars.
Ice Cream > Non Ice Cream.
Store bought Snickers ice cream bars have a layer of peanut butter ice cream topped with a layer of caramel sauce. Mine are turned upside down with the caramel on the bottom and peanut butter on top.
Either way, you’re still getting all of the flavors of a Snickers bar in each and every chocolate candy coated bite!
Snickers Ice Cream Bars
Ingredients
- vanilla or Coconut Ice Cream (enough to fill an 8-in pan)
- 1/4 tsp caramel extract (or caramel sauce as desired)
- 5 tbsp peanut butter
- chopped peanuts, optional
- 9 oz chocolate chips
- 4 tbsp coconut or vegetable oil
Instructions
- *If using the caramel extract, blend or stir it into the ice cream. The bars are still delicious without, so it's no problem if you don't have any on hand!Snickers Recipe: Line an 8-in square pan with parchment or wax paper. Spread the ice cream evenly into the pan. Freeze until firm, then spread with the peanut butter and sprinkle on chopped peanuts if desired. Refreeze until firm (but just soft enough to cut), then cut into rectangles. Immediately put the pan back in the freezer to completely firm up again. Meanwhile, line a cookie sheet with parchment or wax paper. When the snickers bars have refrozen, take them out of the pan and place them on the cookie sheet. Immediately put the cookie sheet in the freezer until the bars are completely frozen again.Make the chocolate: Melt the chips in a wide, shallow dish (either using the double broiler method or carefully in the microwave), then stir in the oil until a smooth sauce is achieved. Take out one Snickers bar and dip it in the chocolate. Return the bar to the freezer to set, and repeat with another bar until all are coated. You probably will have leftover chocolate; I like to make extra because it’s easier to coat the bars this way. Snickers bars should be stored in the freezer, but you can thaw in the refrigerator for 1/2 an hour before eating, so the ice cream gets soft and the texture is like a real Snickers ice cream bar.View Nutrition Facts
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Oh my goodness these look like the real deal!
I love all the pictures you put in the post to show these. They look delicious!
haha… shrek. gotta love shrek. these bars look YUMMY!!
If I thought you would succumb to bribes, I would offer you an obscene amount of money to ship some of these to me (properly packed, of course). But, I’m not made of money, and you probably don’t do bribes anyway, so we’re at an impasse! I will have to make my own! Thanks for the recipe! 😀 It’s a true test of how bad you want them, I guess. Do I really want to be messing around in my kitchen after waking at 5am, running, showering, feeding two preschoolers, dragging them to the grocery outlet, unloading everything, washing/folding 3 loads of laundry, giving lunch to the aforementioned preschoolers, “helping” them “clean” up their mess, working on building a retaining wall outside during their nap, mowing the yard, wiping a butt (not mine), and making dinner — do I really, really want to make a mess in my kitchen?
Heck YES I do!!!! heh Awesome recipe – thanks for sharing with the hungry masses Katie!
Pretty much anything with layers is bound to be delicious (well, maybe not ogres…).
I haven’t had a Snickers ice cream bar in couple years. Those things are addicting! Your version looks like *the* perfect substitute. I love it times 100!
My goodness – these look GREAT!! I don’t know how you come up with these but I seriously need to get in the kitchen and get to work!
Wow! I was just thinking a few a days ago how I wished there was a vegan version of the Snickers ice cream bar. Definitely trying this!
Woah! Woah woah woah! This looks sooooo good! I cannot wait to make some for myself… yum 🙂
So I’m actually not a Snickers fan, but this sounds amazing! I definitely want to make it.
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