A summer treat to satisfy your sweet tooth.
Summer is not over yet! So there’s still time to create these deliciously bold Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches. By combining two irresistible desserts, you can guarantee one mouth watering sweet treat to satisfy all your cravings (without all the sugar.) Whip up this tempting treat for your family and they’ll forever be begging for more!
Hi there 🙂 Well I’ve been trying to post this recipe for weeks, so I figured I had to get it published before summer was officially over. But let’s be honest, ice cream treats don’t stop when summer ends, it’s an all-year-long dessert in the McClure household. 😉
I can’t believe summer is almost over! It went so fast… like it always does. I’m not quite ready for fall. I’m still boycotting putting out pumpkins and fall-inspired decorations, but I know it’s coming and will be here before we know it.
I think I’m boycotting because I know our fall will go by just as fast as summer did. Despite the pandemic, Nick and I actually have quite a few trips planned this fall (being as safe as possible, of course!) We have a wedding in KC at the end of September, then we are headed back out to New Jersey in October, and then we are taking a short trip to Phoenix in November. So lots of exciting things coming our way! But it will go fast. So I’m just trying to cherish every last minute of 80 degree sunny weather.
Which is why I had to get this recipe photographed and posted! It gave me all the summer feels ☀️ So I hope you can enjoy this sweet treat before summer merges into fall 🍨
Here’s what you need!
Ice Cream Cookie Sandwich Ingredients:
- Almond Butter
- Almond Flour
- Coconut Flour
- Coconut Oil
- Egg
- Maple Syrup
- Vanilla
- Coconut sugar
- Almond Milk
- Chocolate chips
- Vanilla Bean Halo Top Ice Cream
To make the cookies, I use my Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Skillet recipe, but add coconut flour to make them into singles. The recipe is great because it’s low in sugar, yet tastes just like a normal chocolate chip cookie! 🍪
And for the ice cream. I went with Halo Top. There are so many flavors to choose from, but I went with the classic vanilla bean, though it would work with any – Salted Caramel, Candy Bar, Peanut Butter Cup, seriously any! Halo Top also has dairy-free and keto options, so if you follow a certain “diet,” there’s an option for you!
While these Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches are easy to make, they are not so easy to eat! Hello mess 😂
You should have seen me try and photoshoot them. It was a real SOB. I would get my setup ready, take out the cookies and shoot them as fast as I could before they would start to melt and then I had to put them back in the freezer for 15 minutes before I could shoot again. Talk about a pain!
Tips for making ice cream cookie sandwiches
- Make sure you freeze the cookies before assembling the ice cream sandwiches. If you don’t they will crumble and fall apart.
- Try to thaw out the ice cream a bit before adding to the cookies, that way the ice cream is a bit more malleable and won’t make the cookie split in two.
- Be patient. As much as you’ll want to assemble and eat them as fast as humanly possible, they will taste much better if you let the cookie and ice cream freeze, plus they will be less messy!
How to make Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches
There’s 5 easy steps.
- Make the chocolate chip cookies by mixing 1 large egg, 2 tablespoons maple syrup, 2 tablespoons coconut sugar, ¼ cup melted coconut oil, ⅓ cup almond butter, 1 tablespoon unsweetened almond milk, and 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract in a medium-sized bowl.
- Then add the dry ingredients – 1 cup almond flour, ¼ cup coconut flour, ½ teaspoon baking soda, and ¼ teaspoon cinnamon. Fold in ½ cup chocolate chips.
- Using a cookie scoop, form the cookies into a ball and place on a un-greased baking sheet. Bake for 10 minutes.
- Once the cookies are done, let cool (about 10 minutes) on cooling rack, and then place cookies back on the baking sheet or on a plate and put them in the freezer for 1 hour.
- Take the cookies and ice cream out of the freezer and using an ice cream scoop, spoon ~¼ cup ice cream onto the bottom of one cookie, using a spoon spread the ice cream out evenly and then add the other cookie on top. Repeat until all cookies are used. Place back in the freezer and let set up for another hour.
Then enjoy!! 🍨🍪🥛
How to store Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches
If you don’t eat them all right away, 😉 you can store the ice cream cookie sandwiches in a glass container with an airtight lid in the freezer for up to 2 weeks.
You can also wrap them individually in parchment paper and package them individually in a plastic baggie.
- • 1 large egg
- • 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- • 2 tablespoons coconut sugar
- • ¼ cup coconut oil, melted
- • ⅓ cup almond butter
- • 1 tablespoon unsweetened almond milk
- • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- • 1 cup almond flour
- • ¼ cup coconut flour
- • ½ teaspoon baking soda
- • ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- • ½ cup chocolate chips (dark or milk)
- • ¼ teaspoon coarse sea salt
- • 1 pint vanilla ice cream
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Make the chocolate chip cookies by mixing 1 large egg, 2 tablespoons maple syrup, 2 tablespoons coconut sugar, ¼ cup melted coconut oil, ⅓ cup almond butter, 1 tablespoon unsweetened almond milk, and 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract in a medium-sized bowl.
- Then add the dry ingredients – 1 cup almond flour, ¼ cup coconut flour, ½ teaspoon baking soda, and ¼ teaspoon cinnamon. Fold in ½ cup chocolate chips.
- Using a cookie scoop, form the cookies into a ball and place on a un-greased baking sheet. Bake for 10 minutes.
- Once the cookies are done, let cool (about 10 minutes) on cooling rack, and then place cookies back on the baking sheet or on a plate and put them in the freezer for 1 hour.
- Take the cookies and ice cream out of the freezer and using an ice cream scoop, spoon ~¼ cup ice cream onto the bottom of one cookie, using a spoon spread the ice cream out evenly and then add the other cookie on top. Repeat until all cookies are used. Place back in the freezer and let set up for another hour.
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