I can’t even begin to tell you how many ice cream sandwiches I devoured during hot summers growing up. Making a homemade version that lived up to the nostalgia was a little harder than I thought I but I so nailed it. I use my fave brownie recipe to serve as the base before spreading ice cream between the layers. It’s next level good y’all.
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How to Make Ice Cream Sandwiches
Step 1: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease two 8×8 pans with butter or baking spray, then line the bottom with parchment paper, leaving about 4-6” of paper hanging over the sides. In a medium sized bowl, add melted butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar and mix with your hand mixer on medium speed.
Step 2: Add eggs one at a time, mixing after each addition to incorporate. Mix well! This will create the crackled top we all love in brownies. Mix in oil and vanilla extract.
Step 3: Combine flour, cocoa powder, and salt in a bowl. Reduce speed of mixer. In intervals, add flour mixture to wet mixture until all ingredients are incorporated.
Step 4: Add half the brownie batter to each pan and use a rubber spatula to gently spread it. Bake for 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out just barely clean. Don’t overbake. Remove from the oven. Allow brownies to cool for 10 minutes. Use parchment paper to carefully lift the brownies out onto a cooling rack. Only peel the parchment off one of the halves. Cool until they reach room temperature.
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Step 5: Thaw the ice cream for 5-10 minutes. Return the first half of the brownie with parchment to the pan. Use a spatula to spread the ice cream over the top. Use as much or as little ice cream as you would like. Invert the second half of the brownie and place it over the top. Cover with aluminum foil or plastic wrap and freeze for at least 6 hours. Overnight is best. When ready to cut, remove from the freezer and thaw for 5-10 minutes. Use the parchment paper to lift the entire block out, then use a sharp knife to cut into 8 even squares.
Ice Cream Sandwiches Recipe
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Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter melted
- 2 1/4 cups granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar packed
- 6 large eggs room temperature
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 tbsp pure vanilla extract
- 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 tsps salt
- 1.5 qts fave ice cream flavor can you use less if you want
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease two 8×8 pans with butter or baking spray, then line the bottom with parchment paper, leaving about 4-6” of paper hanging over the sides.
- In a medium sized bowl, add melted butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar and mix with your hand mixer on medium speed.
- Add eggs one at a time, mixing after each addition to incorporate. Mix well! This will create the crackled top we all love in brownies.
- Mix in oil and vanilla extract.
- Combine flour, cocoa powder, and salt in a bowl. Reduce speed of mixer.
- In intervals, add flour mixture to wet mixture until all ingredients are incorporated.
- Add half the brownie batter to each pan and use a rubber spatula to gently spread it.
- Bake for 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out just barely clean. Don’t overbake.
- Remove from the oven. Allow brownies to cool for 10 minutes.
- Use parchment paper to carefully lift the brownies out onto a cooling rack. Only peel the parchment off one of the halves. Cool until they reach room temperature.
- Thaw the ice cream for 5-10 minutes.
- Return the first half of the brownie to the pan (the one with the parchment paper on it). Use a large spoon or rubber spatula to spread the ice cream over the top. Use as much or as little ice cream as you would like. I usually add about 3/4s and see if that's enough then add the rest if I want to really indulge.
- Invert the second half of the brownie and place it over the top. Cover with aluminum foil or plastic wrap and freeze for at least 6 hours. Overnight is best.
- When ready to cut, remove from the freezer and thaw for 5-10 minutes. Use the parchment paper to lift the entire block out, then use a sharp knife to cut into 8 even squares. Serve and enjoy!
Notes
Storage
Wrap each leftover sandwich individually and store in the freezer for up to 1 month. They get a little harder the longer they sit in the freezer– if they’re super solid, let them sit out for a few minutes before enjoying. I’d recommend using both plastic wrap and aluminum foil to avoid freezer burn.Nutrition
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Hi ! Why are the recipe amounts 3x those listed in the narrative above?
The recipe was recently retested and we made some adjustments. Please follow the recipe card.
I think your bake time is off. I kept checking and they were in closer to 25 minutes. Used 2 8×8 pans just like the recipe says. The brownies don’t have the cracky brownie crust that I like either…I hope they turn out
Thanks for the feedback, sorry to hear that the crust didn’t turn out like you would have liked.
Brownies came out perfect! Definitely would use less ice cream next time. Everyone loved them!
So happy to hear that they turned out well for you, Nancy!
How much baking soda? I think that’s been left out-
So sorry about that. There is no baking soda in the recipe.
My brownies also fell in the middle. Still tasty but that part is disappointing.
Oh no! So sorry to hear that! I will retest this one and see what is going on.
I baked my brownies for 15 minutes, took them out of the oven and they fell- not done in the middle. I put brownies in oven another 5 minutes and still not done. Back in 3 minutes. Done., but they don’t look so good. This desert was for my friend’s birthday dinner. I don’t know what I did wrong…
I’m so sorry to hear that. It sounds like the brownies might have been too thick.
Have made a similar brownie for ice cream sandwiches and used mint chocolate chip ice cream and orange sherbet!
Can I just make these as brownies too?
For sure! Hope you enjoy!
These Brownie Ice Cream sandwiches are delicious. The brownie is out of this world tasty.
So glad you liked it, Annette!