Fluffnut ice cream is Phinizy & Phebe’s signature flavor, inspired by the peanut butter-and-fluff Ritz cracker sandwiches we used to eat as kids. The ice cream smiths added a twist by covering the delicious sandwiches in caramel and chocolate. Nice.
Fluffnut ice cream sandwiches
Ingredients
For the Fluffnuts
20 Ritz crackers
10 tbls. peanut butter
10 tbls. Marshmallow Fluff
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 stick butter
15 oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips
For the ice cream
2 large eggs
3/4 cup sugar
2 cups of heavy cream
1 cup of milk
Instructions
To make the ice cream: Whisk eggs in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy, about one to two minutes. Whisk in the sugar, a little at a time, then continue whisking until completely blended, about one minute more. Pour in the cream and milk and whisk to blend. Freeze in an ice-cream maker according to manufacture’s instructions.
To make the sandwiches: Place 10 Ritz crackers, top side down, about an inch apart on a cookie sheet. Put about a tablespoon of peanut butter on each cracker. Then do the same for the fluff. Cover with the remaining Ritz crackers to make the sandwiches. Put the cracker sandwiches aside.
Prepare the caramel by placing the butter and brown sugar in a medium saucepan. Stir and bring to boil. Reduce heat to a simmer for one to two minutes. Mixture may be lumpy, that’s OK.
To melt the chocolate, first boil about one cup of water in a saucepan over medium heat. Simulate a double boiler by placing a heatproof metal bowl on top of saucepan. Put chocolate chips in saucepan and melt, stirring until fully melted. Be careful not to burn the chocolate, as chocolate is your baby (and you love your baby, don’t you?).
Now, to make the fluffnuts, spoon caramel over each cracker sandwich, fully covering. Then do the same with the chocolate. Cool fluffnuts in refrigerator for about 25 minutes.
Remove ice cream from freezer when done and crush fluffnuts into the ice cream.
Eat.
