Made with homemade fresh strawberry ice cream and a couple of chocolate chip cookies, these Strawberry Ice Cream Sandwiches are the quintessential indulgent Summer treats!
Table of Contents
- This recipe is…
- Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Strawberry Ice Cream Sandwiches Recipe Ingredients
- Recipe Variations and Modifications
- How to Make Homemade Ice Cream Sandwiches
- Recipe Tips
- How to Serve Ice Cream Sandwiches
- How to Store Ice Cream Sandwiches
- Frequently Asked Questions
- More of Our Favorite Frozen Treats
- Strawberry Ice Cream Sandwiches Recipe
This recipe is…
While kids and grownups alike love (love, love!) ice cream sandwiches, you might think they’re too complicated to yourself. But our easy ice cream sandwich recipe proves how effortless it can be to whip up a batch of these nostalgic summer treats at home.
All it takes is making a simple strawberry jam, which gets stirred into heavy cream (or coconut milk for a dairy-free ice cream version). Then, you just let your ice cream maker and freezer do the rest. After giving the homemade strawberry ice cream a little time to firm up, all you need to do is scoop some out onto a crispy-crunchy cookie, top it with another, and bite in!
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Just 15 minutes of prep
- Homemade strawberry ice cream tastes so much better than store-bought!
- Use coconut milk for a dairy-free ice cream option
- Use any kind of homemade or store-bought cookies you’d like
Strawberry Ice Cream Sandwiches Recipe Ingredients
All you need is strawberries, heavy cream, cookies, and some pantry staples to whip up a batch of these homemade ice cream sandwiches. Find ingredient notes (including substitutions and swaps) below.
- Strawberries – the star of this show is ripe, sweet strawberries, but you could use other berries instead
- Honey – you’ll need 1/4 cup honey
- Lemon juice – freshly squeeze one lemon
- Vanilla extract – we call for 1 teaspoon
- Salt – just a pinch of sea salt will do
- Heavy cream – use 2 pints heavy cream, or 2 cans of full-fat coconut milk
- Cookies – 24 gluten free cookies I used these
A full ingredient list with exact amounts can be found in the recipe card below.
Recipe Variations and Modifications
Here’s how you can make this recipe your own:
- Berries – instead of strawberries, feel free to swap in raspberries, blueberries, cherries, or other fruit.
- Heavy cream – if you’d prefer a dairy-free option, opt for full-fat coconut milk.
How to Make Homemade Ice Cream Sandwiches
It’s so easy to make these gluten-free ice cream sandwiches at home! Here’s how:
Step 1: In a saucepan over medium heat, combine the strawberries, honey, lemon, vanilla extract, and sea salt. Cover and cook for 5-10 minutes, until strawberries are soft.
Step 2: Mash strawberries with a potato masher and set aside to allow it to cool completely.
Step 3: In a large bowl, stir together the strawberry mixture and the heavy cream. Once fully combined, pour the mixture into your ice cream maker frozen bin, and follow the manufacturer’s instructions.
Spoon the mixture into a loaf pan or large bowl and freeze for about 1 hour.
Step 4: From here, use an ice cream scoop to spoon a heaping amount of strawberry ice cream and place it on the backside of one cookie.
Place another cookie on top of the ice cream and press down. Repeat for the entire batch.
Recipe Tips
- Homemade v. store-bought – If you’re intimidated by the homemade strawberry ice cream, you have two choices: lean into that intimidation, buy a cheap ice cream maker (that works), and just DO IT; or, buy ice cream from the store ( this is a completely acceptable option!).
- Cool it – if you opt to bake cookies, be sure to LET THEM COOL COMPLETELY/harden in the fridge or freezer before sandwiching in between the cookies. Warm cookies will melt and spread the ice cream before the sandwiches have time to freeze.
- Thawing – if you’d prefer to freeze the ice cream overnight ahead of time it will harden, take it out of the freezer and let it sit for 30-45 minutes before you use it.
How to Serve Ice Cream Sandwiches
You can eat these cuties right away, but they’re easier to eat if you give them a little time to firm up together in the freezer.
How to Store Ice Cream Sandwiches
If you don’t eat all of your sandwiches within a day or two of making them, wrap them well in plastic wrap until ready to eat. They’ll stay good for a few months.
Frequently Asked Questions
To make these easy-breezy ice cream sandwiches, you can simply scoop the ice cream onto the cookies.
But if you want little sammies that look extra professional, try this trick: instead of freezing the homemade ice cream in a loaf pan or large bowl, pour it onto a sheet pan and transfer to the freezer until hardened. Then use a cookie cutter or glass about the size of your cookies to cut 12 ice cream disks that you’ll sandwich between a couple cookies.
If you don’t plan to eat all your frozen sammies right away, wrap them well in plastic wrap.
If you want to wrap them up nicely for a party, wrapping them in wax paper tied with red-and-white striped baker’s string is easy, wallet-friendly, and looks cute!
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Strawberry Ice Cream Sandwiches
Ingredients
- 16 ounces strawberries, tops removed
- 1/4 cup honey
- Juice of one lemon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Pinch of sea salt
- 2 pints heavy cream, or 2 cans full-fat coconut milk for dairy-free
- 24 gluten free cookies I used these
Instructions
- In a saucepan over medium heat, combine the strawberries, honey, lemon, vanilla extract, and sea salt. Cover and cook for 5-10 minutes, until strawberries are soft.
- Mash strawberries with a potato masher and set aside to allow it to cool completely.
- In a large bowl, stir together the strawberry mixture and the heavy cream, once fully combined, pour the mixture into your ice cream maker frozen bin and follow the manufacturers instructions.
- Spoon the mixture into a loaf pan or large bowl and freeze for about 1 hour.
- From here, use an ice cream scoop to spoon a heaping amount of strawberry ice cream and place it on the backside of one cookie. Place another cookie on top of the ice cream and press down. Repeat for the entire batch. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
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Never thought of an ice cream sandwich with this type of cookie. I’ll try it.