Ice Cream Sandwich-Multiple Ideas

By stancec44

Use a cookie cutter to punch out rounds of ice cream (melted partially first, flatten to an even level on a cookie sheet, refreeze and then cut out with cookie cutter.

Use unexpected components as Pop-Tarts and MoonPies, rum cake and red velvet doughnuts. Want to sandwich Ben & Jerry’s Phish Food between halved Entenmann’s chocolate- frosted doughnuts? Go for it. Or maybe you’re feeling like Häagen-Dazs Sweet Cream Coffee Caramel between Pepperidge Farm’s lacy, chocolate sandwich Brussels cookies.

Make the sandwiches well in advance and putting your freezer at its coldest setting. Place them on a small baking sheet and freeze until firm, then wrap them individually in wax paper, label and freeze in airtight containers rather than zip-top bags; this will help the sandwiches retain their shape.

Ingredients

• to slightly messier option: Scoop slightly softened ice cream to press between the cookies.
• d nuts.
• to the ice cream itself would have been tricky here, so we used a small disher to dropthree dollops of softened ice cream onto the cake, spreading them with an offset spatula.
• to liked that these treats firmed up in the freezer but were still easy to eat.
• im the edges for a neat appearance.
• Chocolate-covered graham crackers with s’mores ice cream: Who else has had school lunches packed with Keebler Deluxe Grahams? The s’mores flavor of Ben & Jerry’s makes a natural pairing.
• to the fudge chunks in this ice cream made trimming the sandwiches a bit tricky, so it’s best to fill them neatly from the start.
• Sugar cookie with a spiced ice cream: We grabbed sugar cookies from the grocery bakery and paired them with a pint of cinnamon gelato. The relatively plain cookie let the aromatic filling shine.
• Spiced cookie with lemon filling: We took Tomason’s advice in this flavor pairing.
• Pepperidge Farm’s soft-baked cookies are the ideal size and texture for ice cream sandwiches, and the brand’s cinnamony snickerdoodle proved a great foil for a tart lemon sorbet.
• to are particularly refreshing and a great way to satisfy vegan or dairy-free requests. Sorbet melts faster than ice cream, so time will be of the essence in assembling — and eating.

Preparation

Step 1

Sugar cookie with a spiced ice cream: We grabbed sugar cookies from the grocery bakery and paired them with a pint of cinnamon gelato. The relatively plain cookie let the aromatic filling shine.

Again, we used a cookie cutter here to punch out rounds of ice cream. Although freezing the sandwiches in advance is best, you can make this a quick-assembly DIY treat for your guests by offering them sliced rounds of ice cream that have been frozen overnight on a lined baking sheet.

Spiced cookie with lemon filling: We took Tomason’s advice in this flavor pairing.

Pepperidge Farm’s soft-baked cookies are the ideal size and texture for ice cream sandwiches, and the brand’s cinnamony snickerdoodle proved a great foil for a tart lemon sorbet.

Sorbets are particularly refreshing and a great way to satisfy vegan or dairy-free requests. Sorbet melts faster than ice cream, so time will be of the essence in assembling — and eating.