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Paçoca

Brazilian peanut-and-sugar candy crumbled into a peanut base.

8 min prep · 24h freeze 4 pints easy

Paçoca is sweet peanut rapadura — we use crushed paçoca rolls both in the base and as Mix-In.

Almost — small tweak
Close to target. A small adjustment will make it noticeably smoother.
Fat
13.8%
target 10–16%
Sugar
16.2%
target 14–20%
MSNF
9.8%
target 8–11%
Total solids
43.7%
target 36–42%
PAC252.5 / 220280
POD (sweetness)
138
target 140–190
Total mass
677 g
target 473 g = pint
Why
  • Total solids 43.7% is above 42% — base will be gummy.
Fix it
  • Add 45 g water to lower total solids.

Ingredients

Scale to the number of pints you want — every gram scales with you.

4
pints
  • Whole Milk369 g
  • Heavy Cream137 g
  • Peanut Butter (natural)50 g
  • Paçoca (crushed)50 g
  • Granulated Sugar25 g
  • Dextrose18 g
  • Skim Milk Powder28 g
Batch mass677 g

Method

  1. 1.Blend everything smooth.
  2. 2.Pint, freeze 24 h. Spin on Ice Cream. Mix-In 25 g more crushed paçoca for crunch.

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