Homemade Snickers Ice Cream Bar

This Homemade Snickers Ice Cream Bar is a decadent treat filled with nice-cream, date caramel, salted peanuts, and topped with rich chocolate. A spin on the infamous Snickers ice cream bar, but homemade and healthier. It’s Vegan, Gluten-Free, and Refined Sugar-Free!

If you love no-bake desserts, you’ll want to try my No-Bake Matcha Oreo Cheesecake or Homemade Chocolate Bark next!

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Snickers ice cream bars were my favorite frozen treat growing up. Anyone else?! My mom would bring home a whole box and the bars would hardly last an entire week.

I don’t know what I loved more: the creamy caramel, the sweet ice cream, the salty crunch from the peanuts, or the milk chocolate. I just loved it all! So, of course, I couldn’t help myself but make a dairy-free homemade version of this Snickers ice cream bar recipe. Now that I have, I think this may be my new favorite dessert recipe!

You’ll love these Homemade Snickers Bars because they are:

• An Easy No-Bake Chocolate Dessert
• Vegan, Gluten-free, Dairy-free, and Refined sugar-free
• Tasty! (EVEN BETTER than the store bought version!)
• Made with REAL ingredients

What layers are used to make this Snickers Ice Cream Bar?

• Peanut Butter Nice Cream is used to make the ice cream filling. It is dairy-free, vegan, and absolutely delicious!
• The healthy, sweet caramel filling will be made with dates. Here is my date caramel recipe! It is naturally sweet and rich, perfect for these ice cream bars!
• Salty Peanuts, because it wouldn’t be a snickers bar without that perfect crunchy, salty layer!
• Chocolate, and lots of it! These ice cream bars are coated from top to bottom in chocolate so seal in all the delicious layers. Make sure to use Vegan Chocolate, ones without dairy, minimal ingredients, and higher cacao percentages. Here are two great vegan chocolate options: Trader Joe’s Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chip and Lily’s 70% Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Bar.

How to Make Nice Cream

The first layer of the Homemade Snickers Ice Cream Bar is the nice cream and it is super easy to prepare! You’ll need:

• 1 Can full-fat coconut milk (must use full-fat coconut milk, like this one)
• 1 tbsp Vanilla Extract
• 4 Medjool Dates Pitted (liked these)
• 1 tbsp Peanut Butter

All you’ll need to do is blend all of the ingredients together in a high-powered blender or food processor until it is smooth and creamy. After blending, you’ll need to transfer the mixture into a parchment-lined bread pan. In order to help achieve the perfect bar shape, use a bread pan. Once the nice cream is in the freezer, you can move on to the next step. The nice cream will need at least 3 hours to freeze over.

Feel free to make the nice cream days ahead. It keeps well in the freezer and can be used whenever you are ready.

Making Date Caramel

Making Date Caramel is easy and only requires a few ingredients and a blender. You can find my date caramel recipe here. 

Here are a few tips for making the date caramel: 

• If your dates are too dry (not sticky to the touch), soak them in water for about 10 minutes before blending.
• When blending the dates, slowly add in the water and almond milk until you achieve a uniform consistency. You should not have to add more than ½ cup of water.
• You can add peanut butter to make the caramel a bit creamier. The flavor is subtle and hardly detectable.

The Best Way to Melt Chocolate

Double Boiling Method

Add the crushed chocolate or chocolate chips to a heatproof glass bowl. Place the glass bowl over a pot with simmering water. Using a rubber spatula or whisk, gently stir the chocolate until it is completely melted. This should take about 1-2 minutes. DO NOT add water when mixing the chocolate because this will cause the chocolate to harden. 

Microwave Method

Add the crushed chocolate or chocolate chips to a bowl. Place the bowl in the microwave and heat the chocolate for 30 seconds at a time, removing and stirring between each time. Continue to repeat this method until the chocolate has melted.

After you have all your layers ready, the last step is simple: Layer it up!

1. Cut the nice cream into bars
2. Dip the nice cream into the chocolate
3. Top with date caramel
4. Add Salted Peanuts
5. Finish by adding a layer of melted chocolate.

The trick here is to move fast. You do not want the nice cream to melt as you are adding the various layers. Once assembled, transfer the Homemade Snickers Bars back into the freezer for at least 30 minutes.

Now These Homemade Snickers Bars are Yours to Enjoy!! 

Shortcuts & Tips

I love making all of the layers from scratch and find it to be the most enjoyable part of creating these ice cream snickers bars. However, if you’d like to save time, here are a couple of tricks:

• Use your favorite vegan ice cream. You’ll still need to spread it into a layer to make these ice cream bars.
• Use store brought Vegan Caramel, like this one: Coconut Caramel Sauce by Hey Boo. 

I hope you enjoy these Homemade Ice Cream Snickers Bars!

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Want more chocolatey dessert recipes? Try these!

• Double Chocolate Chip Cookies Vegan + Gluten-Free!
• Fudgy Chocolate Brownies | Vegan + Gluten-Free!
• The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies | Vegan + Gluten-Free!
• Healthy Chocolate Granola
• Gluten-Free Chocolate Avocado Bread | Vegan
• Baked Vegan Chocolate Donuts (Gluten-Free)

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