Use Powdered Peanut Butter for More Flavor in Ninja Creami Recipes

If you want more peanut butter flavor in your Ninja Creami ice cream without adding on extra fat and calories, powdered peanut butter is a simple swap that delivers a richer, more concentrated peanut butter taste. Here’s why it works and how to use it.

What is powdered peanut butter?

Powdered peanut butter is made by pressing most of the fat out of roasted peanuts and grinding what’s left into a fine powder. What remains is concentrated peanut butter flavor with significantly less fat, fewer calories, and less sugar than regular peanut butter. It has the same nutty, roasted peanut taste without all the oil, sugar, and calories.

Why Powdered Peanut Butter Works Better in Ninja Creami Recipes

Regular peanut butter adds great flavor, but it also brings a lot of fat and calories with it, which can make it hard to hit certain nutrition goals.

Powdered peanut butter mixes directly into the liquid base smoothly and evenly without the oiliness of regular peanut butter. Because the fat has been removed, it blends into the base cleanly and distributes the peanut butter flavor throughout the entire container. The flavor is actually more concentrated than regular peanut butter because you’re getting pure peanut flavor without the fat diluting it.

You also have more control over the intensity. Adding more powder means more peanut butter flavor without dramatically changing the fat or liquid content of the base the way adding more regular peanut butter would.

How to Use Powdered Peanut Butter in Your Base

Add the powder directly to your base ingredients and mix or blend everything together before pouring into the pint. You do not need to reconstitute it with water first. Just add the dry powder to your liquid base and it will dissolve and incorporate as you mix the base ingredients together.

Start with 2 tablespoons per 16-ounce container and taste before freezing. Add more if you want a stronger peanut butter flavor. Most people end up somewhere between 2 and 4 tablespoons, depending on how strong they want the peanut butter to be in the finished ice cream. Taste it before it goes in the freezer and adjust from there.