Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream Sandwiches Recipe
Ingredients
- 32 soft and chewy peanut butter cookies freshly baked and at room temperature)
- 1 ½ quart chocolate ice cream
- 10 ounce unsalted, dried roasted peanuts (roughly chopped)
- 16-20 ounce semi-sweet chocolate (melted and slightly cooled)
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