The summer is in full-swing, and to keep you cool during these sweltering months, I’ve got a semi-homemade frozen treat that literally makes my mouth water just thinking about it: chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwiches. Chewy, sweet and salty chocolate chunk cookies filled with the ice cream of you choice, these bad boys have your name written all over them.
We’ve spent the past few weeks in the sun with salty hair and bellies full of watermelon and frozen cocktails. Enjoying the beach with children is an activity I would more closely identify as “work” over “vacation,” but doing so with friends that feel like family make the effort worth it. My kids are slowly gaining a healthy respect and love for the water, and I have loved the opportunity to watch them experience new things for the first time.
I’m realizing there’s a lot of things you take for granted when you go to the beach without children for most of your life. In fact, it wasn’t until I had two overheated toddlers plastered to my sweaty thighs that I realized just how oppressive the summer heat can be. There’s sunscreen in their eyes, life jacket-induced wedgies, and  never enough juice boxes to go around. The sun’s too hot, there’s sand in their pants, and somehow everyone in the water has a near-drowning experience. By the end of the trip, mom needs another vacation. #firstworldprobs
Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches
As a reprieve, I’ve retreated to the lake so that my mom can play grandmother to my babies and I can get some real R&R over the holiday week. To celebrate, you had better believe we’re noshing on these chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwiches. These frozen treats (and a few bottles of rose) are the reason I’ll be staying sane (ok, and five pounds over my usual body weight) for the remainder of the summer.
The key to these chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwiches is the cookie. In order to keep this dessert as simple and stress-free as possible, we need to be able to assemble and freeze them in advance. So I’ve made this recipe to be just barely soft and chewy when frozen so that you can enjoy the goods without fussing in the kitchen all week long.
Making the Sandwiches
Like most cookies, we start these by creaming butter and sugar. These have a high percentage of brown sugar for extra chewiness. Next comes vanilla and eggs which stir in until combined. Finally we add the dry ingredients and the chopped chocolate. Be sure to use finely chopped chocolate so that you don’t bite into any hunks of chocolate once baked! While I love huge chunks in normal cookies, I don’t want to be held responsible when you crack a tooth. So just chop it. These cookies get baked just until the edges are set and they still appear slightly underdone.
Once the cookies are cool, sandwich a big scoop of ice cream right between two of them. I prefer vanilla and chocolate, but caramel, cookies and cream, or even chocolate chip would be a great addition here. It’s your pick!
Stay extra cool for the remainder of this month. These chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwiches are the ticket!
If you like these chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwiches you should check out:
Candied Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookies
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies
No-Churn Coffee Cookie Dough Ice Cream
PrintChocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches
These chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwiches have homemade thin and chewy chocolate chip cookies and are filled with ice cream of your choice! You can assemble and freeze these in advance to have tasty treats on hand in the freezer!
- Author: Kate Wood
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 15
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 11
- Category: Dessert
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (113 gm) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup (100 gm) packed brown sugar
- 1/3 cup (70 gm) sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1–1/4 cups (180 gm) all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup (5 ounces) finely chopped semisweet or bittersweet chocolate (your choice)
- Ice cream of your choice
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking sheets.
- Cream the butter, brown sugar, and sugar with a mixes on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 1 minutes. Add the egg and vanilla, mixing to incorporate. Next, add the flour, baking soda, and salt, and stir on low just until combined. Add the chocolate and fold to incorporate.
- Roll 1-1/2 tablespoon-sized balls of dough on the baking sheet about 2 inches apart and bake in the preheated oven for about 10 minutes or until the outer rim of the cookies are set, starting to bronze, and the inside of the cookies still look slightly underdone. If your cookie dough balls look shiny and greasy or if you know you used butter that was too soft, allow the dough to chill in the fridge briefly, about 20-30 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool completely (you can speed this process up in the freezer!) prior to filling with 1/3-1/2 cup sized scoops of ice cream of your choice. Freeze or eat immediately. You can store these wrapped in the freezer for up to two weeks.
Notes
- Chopping the chocolate finely is really important here! You don’t want to bite into big chunks of chocolate when the cookies are frozen. Also, using chopped chocolate instead of chips is important as the chips are designed to not melt well.
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38 thoughts on “Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches”
These were amazing! As soon as we finished them, we started brainstorming when to make them again. Thank you for this recipe!
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I prefer cookies to have three characteristics: thin and chewy, yet slightly crispy. This recipe met all three, and creates cookies that are absolutely perfect to use for ice cream sandwiches (they didn’t crack/break in half when I pressed the cookies against the ice cream to make a sandwich!).. One tip, though: don’t over cook them, or you might risk losing softness.
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HOORAYYYY!!! I’m so happy to hear this! Enjoy!
Do these make 11 cookies or 11 ice cream sandwiches?
Best. Cookies. Ever!!!
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HOORAY!!!!
Absolute perfection! They stayed perfectly chewy even after frozen. And 10min in the oven was also the perfect time. Lightly brown on the outside. Let cool and they were just perfect! I found 3 ways to write perfect in this review 😆 safe to say we loved them! Thank you for sharing!
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I’m thrilled to hear this!!
THESE COOKIES ARE FANTASTIC.
I made 20 cookies (would have been 10 sandwiches if not for the cookies that got eaten straight off the cooling rack …). They were the perfect size, thickness and chewiness with a delicious toasty cookie flavour, and filled with some homemade creamy coffee ice cream they made for a truly great dessert – I am so excited for the leftovers tonight!
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hooray! oh, thank you for this excellent feedback, holly!
I’m usually a reader of reviews, not a poster of reviews. But these ice cream sandwiches are awesome!!! I’ve had my third round of them and I love them more and more! Chopping the chocolate makes so much sense and they’re the perfect amount of softness to go with the ice cream! Excellent job!
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YES! Oh, thank you for sharing Michelle! Make a bunch while the summer is going strong! 🙂
Hi. How much baking powder? Baking powder is in directions but not on the ingredients list. Thank you!
oh gosh! thank you for pointing that out myra! I’ve corrected it. 🙂
So Baking soda or baking powder? I don’t see powder in the recipe, only soda. Thanks~
I’m sorry, that was a mistake! there’s only baking soda. many apologies for any confusion!
You say baking powder in this response. There is no baking powder listed in the ingredients. Did you mean baking soda?
I’m sorry, that was a mistake! there’s only baking soda. many apologies for any confusion!
Forgot to rate!!
They are awesome
Thanks
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What a hit, absolutely delicious. I made them last week with homemade icecream for the neighborhood kids, they loved them so guess what I’m doing today, more icecream sandwiches. Thanks for a great recipe 😋
hooray!
I made these tonight for a picnic Sunday. They are awesome!! Thanks so much for the recipe! Love your blog.
oh hooray! what a terrific idea. I Love it. thanks for sharing, Beth!
This is absolutely adorable! And those extra five pounds are always the sexiest 5 pounds we have! LOL
omg, that is my new life statement. 😉
I don’t even have kids yet and going to the beach sometimes feels like a hot & sticky hassle, so I can’t even imagine how you do it! Hats off. Honestly, the best part of summer for me is the fresh fruit and all the ice cream treats. So these look like absolute perfection. Definitely getting made!! xx
I totally agree. 100%
These look just SO GOOD. Sometimes I forget about ice cream sandwiches, which is so sad because they really one of the best treats. Thanks for the tips!
I totally agree! It gets stuck in the land of kid desserts!!
Yum! I love everything about this!
hooray!!!
It’s crazy how drastically different life can be when you have wee ones running around, isn’t it? I’m guessing it also makes you savor life as it used to be all the more when you get those rare moments – not that you would ever want to permanently go back to that. . .but as an occasional splurge. . .well yes). And these little beauties. . .such a magnificent & tasty way to beat the heat Kate. Wishing I had a secret stash in my freezer this very moment as our temperatures travel north of 90.
I agree. I’m grateful for all these life circumstances. I wish I could send you some goodies! 🙂
Bring it on…the babies and the ice cream sandwiches! Love!
RIP all of our sleep and energy. 🙂
I would love to make these! Thanksyour recipes are so awesome.
How many sandwiches does one batch make?
Thank you for pointing this out!! It makes about 22 cookies so about 10-11 sandwiches… depending on how much dough you eat. 🙂