These Homemade Ice Cream Sandwiches are a fun and nostalgic frozen treat made with simple homemade peanut butter cookies, creamy ice cream, and colorful sprinkles. Easy, customizable and perfect for summer celebrations!
Why You’ll Love These Homemade Ice Cream Sandwiches
Store-bought ice cream sandwiches are convenient, but homemade ice cream sandwiches feel even more special. You can adjust the flavor of your cookies, choose your favorite ice cream, and decorate the edges with sprinkles, mini chocolate chips, crushed cookies, or chopped nuts.
You’ll love this recipe because:
- Cookies made with soft and chewy homemade peanut butter cookies
- Easily customized with a variety of ice cream flavors.
- Perfect for summer parties and birthdays.
- Fun for kids to help build
- Can be made in advance and used in the freezer
- Colorful, nostalgic and family friendly.
Rich peanut butter cookies are soft enough to come straight from the freezer, and vanilla ice cream adds a cool, creamy flavor to any sandwich. Sprinkling sprinkles around the edges adds crunchy texture and color and adds fun that kids will love.
Tips for the Best Ice Cream Sandwich
Keep your cookies soft
Don’t bake the peanut butter cookies too long. Slightly underbaking makes them softer and easier to chew after freezing.
Let cookies cool completely.
Warm cookies melt ice cream quickly, so let them cool completely before assembling them.
Work in small batches
Store the ice cream in the freezer while you assemble one or two sandwiches at a time. This will prevent it from becoming too soft.
Use Cookie Scoop
A cookie scoop allows you to create uniformly sized cookies, which makes the finished sandwich look neater and easier to stack.
Freeze before packaging
Place the sandwiches on a baking sheet to firm them up and then wrap them individually. This helps it maintain its shape.
Homemade Ice Cream Sandwich Variations
Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream Sandwich
Use chocolate ice cream and roll the edges with mini chocolate chips.
Peanut Butter and Jelly Ice Cream Sandwich
Use strawberry or raspberry ice cream and add a thin layer of jam inside each sandwich.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Version
Transform peanut butter cookies into homemade chocolate chip cookies.
Dairy-Free Ice Cream Sandwich
Use dairy-free vanilla ice cream and dairy-free butter in your cookies.
Holiday Sprinkle Ice Cream Sandwich
Use seasonal sprinkles for birthdays, 4th of July, Halloween, Christmas and Valentine’s Day.
Pre-made and stored
These homemade ice cream sandwiches are perfect for making ahead. Freeze until solid, then wrap each sandwich tightly in plastic wrap, parchment paper, or foil.
Store in a freezer-safe container or freezer bag for up to 1 hour. 1 month For best texture.
For the softest cookie texture, let sandwich sit at room temperature for 3 to 5 minutes before serving.
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Homemade Ice Cream Sandwich
These Homemade Ice Cream Sandwiches are a fun and nostalgic frozen treat made with simple homemade peanut butter cookies, creamy ice cream, and colorful sprinkles. Easy, customizable and perfect for summer celebrations!
Serving Size: 10
- In a large bowl, mix softened butter, peanut butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until light and creamy.Add eggs and vanilla extract and mix until smooth.In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the peanut butter mixture and mix until a soft dough forms.
Cover the dough and refrigerate at least. 30 minutes. Cooling helps the cookies retain their shape and keep them soft and thick.
Preheat the oven 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Divide the dough into 1 ½ tablespoon portions and roll into balls. Place on prepared baking sheets, about 2 inches apart.
Using a fork, gently press a criss-cross pattern into each cookie. broil 8-10 minutesuntil the edges are lightly set but the center still appears soft.
Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Scoop out vanilla ice cream and let sit at room temperature until soft enough to spread, about 5 to 10 minutes. It should be soft but not melted.
- Place one cooled peanut butter cookie upside down. Scoop about ¼ cup of softened vanilla ice cream onto a flat surface. Top with another cookie, flat side down, then press gently until the ice cream reaches the edges.Repeat with remaining cookies and ice cream.
Pour sprinkles onto a small plate. Roll the exposed ice cream edges of each sandwich in sprinkles until coated.
- Place the finished ice cream sandwiches on a parchment-lined baking sheet. At least freeze it 2 hoursOr until it becomes firm.Wrap them individually before storing to make them easy to take as frozen meals.
