This Peanut Butter Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich combines the deliciousness of a chewy peanut butter cookie with any flavor of ice cream you choose! The perfect treat for a hot summer day!
Love all things peanut butter? Make sure to try my Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes and Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies!
Easy Ice Cream Sandwich Recipe
There is something so indulgent about a homemade ice cream sandwich! It’s the perfect treat to make on hot summer days and is a surefire hit with friends and family. Often times, ice cream sandwiches are made with chocolate chip cookies but this one is made with my chewy peanut butter cookies and boy is it delicious!
This Peanut Butter Cookie and Strawberry Ice Cream Sandwich is a surprisingly delicious combo you can’t fully appreciate until you bite into it! I love the combination of strawberry and peanut butter (think a peanut butter and jelly sandwich!) but any variation on chocolate or peanut butter or even caramel would be a delicious option. The great thing about this recipe is you can fully customize it based on your favorite ice cream flavors. And don’t stop at just one flavor – have fun with it!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
Perfect for summer. This ice cream sandwich recipe is so perfect for summer! It’s a unique way to enjoy ice cream and you don’t even need a plate. A great handheld treat that is a tasty way to cool off.
Easily customizable. Swapping in different cookie flavors (Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies or Sugar Cookie Recipe) and ice flavors make this ice cream sandwich recipe great for customizing to your own preferences.
How To Make Peanut Butter Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches
Earlier this week I shared the recipe you’ll need for these Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies.
- Mix the cookie dough as directed, but roll just 1 tablespoon of dough into a small ball, then flatten (with the bottom of a glass) to about 1/3 of an inch tall. You want the cookies to be pretty flat so the finished sandwich is not too giant to bite into.
- Create a criss-cross (hashtag) pattern on the top of the cookies with a fork (before baking) if desired.
- Bake the cookies 7- 8 minutes.
- Cool as directed in the full recipe (see recipe card below).
- When the cookies have fully cooled and you are ready to assemble the sandwiches, match up pairs of cookies that are very similar in size, scoop a generous scoop of strawberry ice cream on one cookie, top with another cookie and enjoy immediately.
Storage Information
I do not recommend preparing the sandwiches a head of time and storing in the freezer. I tried this and although they were still delicious, the cookie became a bit too firm and then the ice cream was pushed out of the sandwich with eat bite.
*Note – I used Tillamook Strawberry Ice Cream and it is truly my favorite! If you can find it, I would highly recommend it with this recipe (or anytime!).
Variations To Try
- Any cookie recipe would be delicious as an ice cream sandwich. Try my Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies or Sugar Cookie Recipe – both would be amazing!
- I used Strawberry Ice Cream but really, any ice cream flavor works beautifully in this recipe. As long as it goes with the peanut butter cookies, it’s an option!
More Peanut Butter Favorites
- Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies
- Oatmeal Peanut Butter Bars
- Peanut Butter Pretzel Bars
- Peanut Butter Cookie Bars
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge
How To Make Peanut Butter Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches
Peanut Butter Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches
Ingredients
Peanut Butter Cookies
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter I used natural
- ¼ cup honey
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- additional sugar for rolling
Ice Cream
- ½ gallon ice cream any flavor
Instructions
Peanut Butter Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Set aside.
- In a medium sized bowl, add flour, baking soda and salt. Whisk together, then set aside.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, blend softened butter, peanut butter and honey.
- Add brown sugar and (white) sugar and continue to blend. Add eggs, one at a time, then vanilla and beat all ingredients until well incorporated.
- While mixing, slowly add the bowl of flour. Blend just until all the flour is incorporated.
- If the dough is very soft, chill dough (in the fridge) about 15 minutes.
- Roll just 1 to 2 tablespoons of dough into a small ball (depending on how large you want the ice cream sandwiches to be), then flatten (with the bottom of a glass) to about 1/3 of an inch tall. You want the cookies to be pretty flat so the finished sandwich is not too giant to bite into. Create a criss-cross (hashtag) pattern on the top of the cookies with a fork (before baking) if desired.
- Bake cookies for 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from oven as soon as the tops are cracked, but the cookies appear slightly underdone. The cookies will continue to bake on the baking sheet as they cool. Cool 1 to 2 minutes on the baking sheet, then carefully move to a cooling rack.
Assemble
- When the cookies have fully cooled and you are ready to assemble the sandwiches, match up pairs of cookies that are very similar in size, scoop a generous scoop of strawberry ice cream on one cookie, top with another cookie and enjoy immediately.
Tillamook makes a Huckleberry Ice Cream that would be divine in peanut butter ice cream cookie sandwich…. Just saying.
Wow! All three of these ice cream sandwiches sound amazing!
These were amazing!!! I was surprised how much I liked them but I really did. It was so nice to meet you! 🙂
My g=first thought was that sounds gross. Then again I don’t like pbj .Haha!! Lots of people do so I guess they would love them.
I loved that flipagram!! And these ice cream sandwiches – those were SO good and I bet these are even better!
Yummy
Yum – these look perfect. Homemade ice cream sandwiches are THE BEST!
That looks delicious, the perfect treat!
we finished the last of our sandwiches last night, and now I need to make these!