Food & Cooking Recipes Dessert & Treats Recipes 6 Ice Cream Sandwich Recipes That Are Just Like Your Childhood Favorites—Only Better These recipes are even easier if you start with store-bought ice cream. By Dakota Kim Dakota Kim Dakota Kim is a food, culture, and outdoors writer living in Los Angeles. Dakota specializes in providing gear reviews, authoring ecommerce articles, interviewing chefs and cookbook authors, and exploring food culture and history. Previously, she worked at Sunset and Edible San Luis Obispo, and owned a restaurant. Editorial Guidelines Updated on June 7, 2024 Close Photo: Bryan Gardner A vendor created this genius treat in the 1940s so rushed New Yorkers could eat their ice cream on the go, smashing the frozen treat between two large cookies. Since then, the ice cream sandwich has been the object of our summer affection. There's no need to settle for the plain vanilla versions available at the grocery store when you can craft your own sweet treat at home, though—and buying ready-made ice cream reduces the amount of time you’d spend making it. You can experiment with flavor combinations that will please both kids and adults. Invigorating, refreshing, and joyfully sweet, these ice cream sandwiches will bring new meaning to old memories, especially if you share them with someone who loves them as much as you do. 22 Frosty Treats That Start With Store-Bought Ice Cream 01 of 06 Classic Ice Cream Sandwiches Whip up this easy, thin layer of cake on parchment and you’ll have the perfect canvas for spreading your ice cream. Pick your favorite flavor of the good cold stuff, or pick several—this recipe is tailor-made for an ice cream party buffet. View Recipe 02 of 06 Lemony Ice Cream Sandwiches Paola + Murray The bright pop of lemon curd and the thin, elegant waffle cookies simply take this ice cream sandwich to a whole different level. Lemon pairs well with pistachio or strawberry ice cream, but you can also go for the ever-classic vanilla to soften the lemon curd flavor, View Recipe 03 of 06 Star-Spangled Ice Cream Sandwiches Kate Sears In this patriotic dessert, pillowy sheets of vanilla cake are used in lieu of cookies—a genius idea if you're trying to feed a crowd. Stamp star shapes out of the second cake layer, place it on top, and freeze before sandwiching the ice cream to make it even more celebratory. View Recipe 04 of 06 Lemon-Spice Ice Cream Sandwiches Bryan Gardner These cakey cookies use cinnamon, ginger, molasses, lemon zest, and juice for a punchy taste that’s not your ordinary ice cream sandwich. You can choose your flavor of ice cream, but vanilla and fruit flavors are a sure bet. View Recipe 05 of 06 Chocolate Sea-Salt Brownie Ice Cream Sandwiches Con Poulos You’ll need two pints of assorted ice cream—such as pistachio, caramel, chocolate, or berry swirl—to nestle between two brookies, our brownie cookies that bake up moist and fudgy. The sea salt makes these brookies even more flavorful. View Recipe 06 of 06 Red-Velvet Ice Cream Sandwiches Christopher Testani The soft texture of red velvet combined with vanilla ice cream is lovely a la mode, but when sandwiched together, it’s even better. Use high-quality kosher salt, bittersweet chocolate, butter, sugar, vanilla, coconut oil, and cocoa powder to concoct this tasty treat that’s as pleasing to the eye as it is to the palate. View Recipe 16 Ice Cream Cake Recipes to Sweeten Any Celebration Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit