When it comes to ice cream, it doesn’t get much more fun than adding a “magic shell” topping and watching it harden before your eyes!
Not surprisingly, one of the main ingredients in Smucker’s Magic Shell topping is coconut oil! Because of its high saturated fat content*, coconut oil solidifies almost instantly when chilled, making for an incredibly fun, crispy ice cream topping.
What is surprising, are the rest of the ingredients listed on the Magic Shell bottle, which include high fructose corn syrup and partially hydrogenated soybean oil, just to name a few. Why complicate things, when just a few all-natural ingredients will do the trick?
Luckily, making our own peanut butter magic shell isn’t complicated at all.
With just two ingredients, you can enjoy a healthier sundae in no time!
*Note: Remember, not all saturated fats are created equal. The saturated fat in coconut oil is made up of medium-chain fatty acids, or MCTs, which are easily digested and immediately burned by your liver for energy — like carbohydrates, but without theinsulin spike. MCTs actually boost your metabolism and help your body use fat for energy, as opposed to storing it, so it can actually help you become leaner. [source]
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Peanut Butter Magic Shell
serves 2
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons natural creamy peanut butter (preferably organic)
1 tablespoon coconut oil, softened
Directions:
Whisk together the coconut oil and peanut butter until thoroughly combined.
If the coconut oil is softened, rather than melted, it will emulsify better into the peanut butter… but either way, it will work.
Drizzle over a dish of chocolate banana soft serve, or other ice cream of choice, and watch it harden before your eyes!
If you prefer, you could also swirl the peanut butter shell into a double-batch of banana soft serve–> which creates peanut butter “ribbons” throughout, reminiscent of Moose Tracks ice cream! (A big favorite in our house.)
Let it set in the freezer, then scoop to serve!
Other Magic Shell variations:
- For a peanut-free shell: Use almond butter instead of peanut butter + 1/4 teaspoon vanilla + pinch of sea salt
- For a chocolate-flavored shell: Add a Tablespoon of cocoa powder + 1/4 teaspoon honey
- For a nut-free shell: Mix 1 Tablespoon coconut oil + 1 Tablespoon cocoa powder + 1/4 teaspoon honey
*If you don’t care for the taste of coconut, I’ve heard that expeller-pressed coconut oil has less of a “coconutty” taste than the less refined versions. You can also use grass-fed butter, instead of coconut oil, if you prefer!
- 2 tablespoons natural creamy peanut butter (preferably organic)
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil, softened
- Directions:
- Whisk together the coconut oil and peanut butter until thoroughly combined. If the coconut oil is softened, rather than melted, it will emulsify better into the peanut butter, but either way, it will work.
- Drizzle over a dish of chocolate banana soft serve, or other ice cream of choice, and watch it harden before your eyes!
Enjoy!
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Reader Feedback: Are you a fan of magic shell, or chocolate “dipped” ice cream cones? What’s your favorite ice cream topping?
Whaouuu! At the moment, I don’t know why, have a huge need of peanut and almond butter and a good treat with my dark chocolate… So now I know what will be my dessert tonight after my green smoothie! Thank you for this brilliant idea Megan!
Peanut butter and almond butter are both AMAZING with dark chocolate!! I hope you enjoy it!
Yum! Can’t wait to make this tonight. Also, if you want a coconut oil without the coconutty taste, I’ve found that refined vs. unrefined seems to make the difference. The refined oil does not taste or smell like coconut, but the unrefined does (even expeller pressed unrefined)
Thanks for the tip, Cheryl! I happen to love the taste of coconut, but I know many people don’t want that flavor interfering with their desserts!!
Wow, I had to comment first on the photos and then I am going back to read..it looks that delicious!! Hope you had a great weekend!
This looks amazing, what a great idea!
Umm what?!!! Peanut butter shell topping and chocolate ice cream (banana soft serve) You are amazing! I love this!
Thanks, I hope you enjoy it!
I just made this . . . and it is AMAZING! I didn’t have any banana ice cream made, but I did have a Weight Watchers Chocolate Ice Cream Bar. I took that and scraped it off the stick into a bowl and whipped-up the peanut butter magic shell . . voila! YUMMY. Thank you for this wonderful treat. Now I can catch some ZZZZZZzzzzzzzz
So creative! Love it
This is such a good idea! It looks like so much fun.
THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing this!!!! My boys are going to think I am the BEST MOM ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow! I can hardly wait to try it!!
Yum! Just like a reese’s shell! Thank youuuu
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This is GENIUS! I can’t wait to try this…