I’ve been keeping secrets.
A few weeks ago you were all asking what this ice cream creation was:
It still needed some tweaking… and to avoid scaring people off I re-dressed it. It’s not easy being green.
This was the end result:
Sweet Potato Peanut Butter Ice Cream.
Sweet potatoes have long been abused. For years they been drowned with brown sugar and marshmallows at your grandmother’s Thanksgiving table. These tasty ‘taters don’t need to be hidden by all that sugar-laden stuff!
It’s time they were liberated. In fact, sweet potatoes don’t even need to be served hot to be delicious. It’s 80 degrees outside! Let’s celebrate with ice cream. And peanut butter.
Beware: it will soften in the sun while you take pics
This sweet, nutty creation was especially good with the cinnamon and ginger additions. Just enough to add a hint of flavor, these spices brought out the sweetness of the potato and highlighted the peanut element.
Topped with a little more cinnamon and enjoyed in the sunshine, this was the perfect afternoon treat.
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Sweet Potato-Peanut Butter Ice Cream
- 1 medium garnet sweet potato, baked
- 1 scoop vanilla protein powder (optional)
- 1/2 C unsweetened vanilla almond milk
- 1/2 in piece of ginger
- 2 T peanut flour (can sub peanut or other nut butter)
- 8 drops stevia
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- Pinch of guar gum (or other thickener)
- 2 C ice
Place all ingredients in Vitamix. Turn on machine and increase speed to #10; then to high. Use the tamper as needed to press the mixture into the blades while processing. In ~45 seconds, four mounds will form in the mixture. Stop blending and serve immediately.
Note: Do not over-mix or your ice cream will melt. If your ice cream is more of a milkshake, firm it up by adding more ice cubes.
You may also use an ice cream maker; prepare according to maker instructions.
Serves 2.
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I must have been strange kid because I didn’t even like the marshmallow-topped casserole stuff back in the day.
Do you like all of that ‘mallowed up casserole of your youth?
What is your favorite flavor or ice cream?
I must try that Ice Cream
This looks delicious but I do have to admit that I like the sweet potato casserole with the marshmallows!
I’ve never heard of sweet potato ice cream before, but what a great idea! You’re right, sweet potatoes just begged to be used in something else besides sweet casseroles! The potatoes plus the peanut butter is a great combination.
Thank you! Any excuse to eat sweet potatoes year-round. 🙂
I swear that some days, you and I must share a brain or have some weird connection. I was eating dinner last night, which consisted of some salmon, roasted veggies and a plain baked sweet potato (just the way I like it!). I had just got home from teaching Bodypump and Spinning and was just ravenous (luckily, my husband had made dinner and it was waiting). But, I just wasn’t feeling the salmon, but need protein. So, I remembered what you said about loving sweet potato smoothies and threw it in the Vitamix with the exact same ingredients you listed above, minus the ginger (oh, and I grabbed pumpkin pie spice instead of cinnamon). I added some guar gum, too. It was AWESOME. I’ve been using butternut squash a lot lately too. I could probably eat that for every meal and be happy. 🙂
OK, that is just scary! Great minds do think alike! And I completely agree with you on the butternut squash too. Have you put that in a shake yet? Really, really good. 🙂
I love that you don’t need an ice cream maker to make this because I always see awesome recipes I want to try out only to find out that I need an ice cream maker and that’s a kitchen gadget I refuse to buy!
Good luck in the contest…we’re competing against each other 😉
I actually did buy an ice cream maker, but I went cheap and it doesn’t work right. Three cheers for the VitaMix!
Good luck in the contest – your hash looks soooo good!
I love love love the idea of the No More Mallows contest. Sweet potatoes are good plain to me. They’re naturally sweet… duh. 🙂
I’m not much for ice cream…more of a sorbet girl (or maybe a vegan ice cream…dairy is yuck).
However I am with you on the sweet potatoes with marshmallows. I never ate them as a child and it wasn’t until I had one roasted with a little cinnamon on top that I fell in love.
You don’t need to mess with it as it is perfectly sweet on its own.
Great recipe though best of luck in this North Carolina contest 🙂
You could call this sorbet-ish. There’s not dairy in it… I love my almond milk. 🙂
i’m with ya! no marshmallow topped casseroles for me either! love this idea. flavor combo sounds delish!
Oh I am so interested in this! Looks so fantastic. I can honestly say that I have never had sweet potatoes and ice cream together but why not?? I am sure it would be great and the flavor combos seem very delicious. I laughed out loud when I saw your “No More Mallows” picture haha. Too funny!!
Isn’t it? They did a great job with the contest. I am so excited to try some new sweet potato recipes!
Oh wow this could well be my favourite new ‘healthy’ ice cream!! Good luck with the comp!! Also I have to ask, sweet potatoes with sugar and marshmallows?!? I have never heard of that! It’s crazy though, they’re sweet enough!!
You haven’t?! That is probably one of the most popular American holiday foods. It’s on most people’s Thanksgiving tables… I always thought it was too over-the-top. I love to let the sweet potatoes be the star of the show rather than added sugar.
Yay! Someone else who hates the marshmallow topped casserole! I do love it with a brown sugar pecan crumble though, that’s how we always had it growing up. Favorite ice cream: I’m really a sucker for all the flavors that are basically just another dessert crumbled up into vanilla ice cream, like blackberry pie or oatmeal cookie.
Ohhhh… oatmeal cookie is the best. They have those at that yogurt place in Decatur on Church St. I’m a sucker for it every time.
This really caught my attention! I love snacking on sweet potatoes with nut butter (almond butter for me), and this combo just sounds perfect. Will be trying this out soon for sure!
Thanks! I was doing this same thing when the ice cream idea came to me. Really, how can you go wrong with nut butter? 🙂
awesome recipe! i don’t have most of the ingredients on hand but i want to get them sometime and try this out. and yeah, the marshmallow topped casserole is disgusting. but i think marshmallows in general are pretty gross, except when blackened in a s’more.
Agreed! I like my marshmallows a little burnt on a graham cracker. Ohhhh… I could brulee some on top of this ice cream…
Look, marshmallows scare the s**** out of me. I don’t understand why Americans would do this to sweet potatoes. Silly people, all of you.
the ice cream sound fantastic! 🙂 Never had sweet potato this way, but I love pumpkin ice cream.
LOL! Americans can come up with some crazy food combos. Pumpkin ice cream is good too! I’s say it’s pretty similar to this.
Sweet potato with brown sugar and marshmallows? I’ve never heard of that… must be an American thing ;-). Love this recipe Laura! I don’t think I have ever combined sweet potato and peanut butter though it eat both frequently. What a novel and clever idea!
I don’t know why, but I am so surprised that this is an American thing! Now I want to find out who invented sweet potato casserole…
Thank you! 🙂
I admit I DID/DO love that casserole, but this looks like a winner, too! 🙂
This looks so interesting! Very creative! 🙂
I recently tried the protein ice cream in the vitamix, too! I went completely simple though. Can’t wait to try this and other flavours. 🙂
Simple is great too! I did a vanilla recently and just toped with with a little dark chocolate syrup. Hit the spot!
Oh man I looooveeedddd sweet potatoes with marshmallows. I loved anything with marshmallows, lets be honest. My favorite ice cream flavor is vanilla. Or strawberry. I’m boring and I like it!
LOL! I think boring is totally fine… but no chocolate?! 🙂
I have to say I kind of dig the marshmallow version because i feel like I’m eating dessert as part of the savory dinner course (more dessert is always ok in my book). This looks like the perfect treat in 80* weather. I can’t wait for summer to come to Boston!
It’s not warm there too?! I love it, but now Im worried that July is going to be over 100 everyday!
Heh, it’s been in the 40s lately, now getting into the 50s. I guess over 100 isn’t good either… I want mid-80s. Is that too much to ask for? 😉
This looks so good!!! I never had the sweet ‘taters with marshmallows as a kid. We always had brown sugar and walnuts on top…dessert basically. 🙂 Love it.
I’ve never had it with walnuts! That would have been good on top of the ice cream!
Two of my favorite foods combined?! PERFECTION 🙂
This looks great! I often have leftover sweet potatoes because when I bake them I bake like double the amount I need so I have extras to bake and cook with. I think sweet potatoes may be one of my top 3 favorite foods (behind cereal and cream cheese of course)
I do the same thing! There is always a sweet ‘tater in my fridge for a quick snack. I wonder if you could combine them with cereal and cream cheese… maybe a sweet potato cheesecake ice cream tipped with crushed cereal?
sounds like a dream come true 🙂
I’m not a fan of marshmallows with sweet potatoes. I do however, enjoy marshmallows and peanut butter 🙂
Yeah! Have you ever had a fluffernutter sandwich?
Oh my gosh, have sweet potatoes ever been abused! Those marshmallow casseroles are horrifying. There are so many beautiful things to do with sweet potatoes (as you’ve shown us), let’s hear it for sweet potato liberation!
Yes! I feel like I should be circulating a petition…
Oh man Laura- yo uhave done it. Yum yum yum!!!! 🙂 I’ve been waiting for this since your picture last week. He he. 🙂 (I wouldn’t be scared of the green version.)
I actually thought of you when I was making the non-green version. I considered throwing it back in the blender and adding spinach. It didn’t taste any different with the spinach!
It’s not easy being green–I love it! What a creative use for sweet potatoes…and it’s 80 degrees where you are? Bring on the frozen desserts indeed!
It’s been 80 degrees! Such a crazy “winter”… by that I mean we didn’t even have one.
I agree- I did not like the too-sweet marshmallow version either! But my mom still makes them in a sweet butter-sugar syrup at holidays. You are SO stinkin creative. I hope you win!
My mom does too. She even do one with carrots. So sweet I can’t stand it!
Thanks, Laura. 🙂
I don’t think I’ve ever tried a sweet potato ice cream. But I can totally imagine how delicious it would be. Pairing it with PB is just genius.
Thank you! I’m a firm believer that PB goes with everything. 🙂
You are as always too creative – sweet potato ice cream? You have actually pulled it off 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
LOL! You make me smile. A scoop of this with a scoop of your maple would be one amazing dessert. 🙂
It’s a good thing that I tend to like your insanity, because this veggie craziness is getting out of hand. JK….serious that ice cream sounds great. Have a great weekend my friend!
Some say insanity… some say quest to make anything into a dessert. 😉
Hope yours is a fabulous weekend!
Sweet potato ice cream?! Love this idea so much! Especially with the peanut butter!
You are totally going to win the contest. [I’m looking forward to you buying me lunch after you do.]
What part is frozen? I’m confused. Maybe I just can’t read. It’s early…and I’m hungry. 😉
We need to just throw a sweet potato party. Or make our squash restaurant a sweet-potato-and-squash extravaganza.
What do you mean what part is frozen?
This looks super tasty! I heart sweet potatoes!!! … And I TOTALLY scream for ice cream! 😀
I don’t have a vitamix (yet) – does this work in regular blenders?
For sure! The sweet potato is pre-baked, so nothing should be too hard for a regular blender.