Pinterest Tested: Chocolate Covered Brownie Ice Cream Sandwiches

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A long time ago, when Pinterest first became “a thing” and I was wedding-dieting I saw these delicious treats appear on my feed:

Chocolate Covered Brownie Ice Cream Sandwiches

Created by GoodLifeEats.com

I was so mad I couldn’t make them but looking good in my wedding dress was much more important to me at the moment. I tabled them and told myself I would come back to them 10 pounds & 1 year later post wedding. And that is exactly what I did.

I have to warn you, mine are not nearly as pretty. I used two round cake pans instead of a sheet pan, which caused my end results to be wedge shaped, unlike the pretty square shaped ones on Jaime’s site. I’m also still learning the proper technique to dipping cold items in hot, melted, chocolate, so mine took a few tries to get full coverage.

Nonetheless, these taste AH-MAZING. Definitely fattening, but so worth it. Hubby didn’t like them but he is 1) not a sweets fan and 2) doesn’t like rich food (which these are), so his opinion doesn’t count. :)

Here’s how they rank:

Overall Rating: 10 (scale: 1-10)

Cost: $ (scale: $-$$$)

Difficulty Level: Intermediate (scale: beginner, moderate, intermediate, advanced)

These are a -bit- of a pain to make. First, getting the baked brownie out of the pans in one, big, piece proved to be a little tough, even though I used Pam spray on the cake pans before baking. Second of all, there are just a lot of steps. And lastly, like I said- it’s hard to get full coverage of the piping hot melted chocolate on these without having to do a few touch ups- sometimes the ice cream won and wouldn’t let the chocolate stay put until I popped them in the freezer and then brought them back out to do a touch up in the gaps. Overall, these are messy to make and take a lot of time -but- they’re so worth it. Next time, I will make them square shaped, like the original recipe, so they aren’t such big serving sizes. Mine are like slices of pie- pretty big for one person to eat alone… which… I do. Don’t judge me.

Enjoy!

- J

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Leftovers: Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Have a TON of leftover cookies, which are starting to lose their pizzazz?

Don’t fret! There is a way to turn them from drab to fab! Allow me to introduce to you to…

Homemade Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches!

Everyone knows the freezer is a great way to “keep” things around a little longer, which is where you will find those store-bought ice cream sandwiches at your local grocer. But really, we all know homemade is always better, so lets get started!

Here’s what you will need:

  • Chocolate Chip Cookies
  • Ice Cream
  • Tinfoil (for storing)

 

1) On a strip of tinfoil, lay two cookies (similar in size) upside down:

 

2) Take a scoop of ice cream (about 1 heaping spoonful) and carefully place it on top of one upside down cookie:

3) Place the other cookie on top of the ice cream and gently press down

 

Viola! There you have it! A quick, easy homemade ice cream sandwich! After you made the sandwich, you may need to scrape excess ice cream off around the sides, that is fine! Make sure you wrap these up individually with the tinfoil you built your sandwich on after each one is made, otherwise the ice cream will begin melting. Pop them in the freezer once wrapped!

 If you are like me and have OCD, put them all in a big plastic bag together to keep organized.

Also, when you are ready to eat, let it thaw out a bit (while still wrapped) for a few minutes (4-5 mins) before biting into it. These do not freeze as softly as the store bought ones, but they also don’t have hydrogenated oils & preservatives to magically allow them to be chewy in extremely cold temperatures. :)

Josh (my food-picky husband), who always begs be to buy the store bought cookie ice cream sandwiches, had one of these today and LOVED it! If that is not an indicator of how good they are, nothing else is!

Enjoy!

- J

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