Brownie Ice Cream Sandwiches Recipe
My two oldest boys started back to school already early this August. Dreyer’s asked what makes our family smile, so I thought I’d share our family back to school tradition.
Whenever a new school year starts, we like to do something fun with our kids to celebrate their first successful week back at school and take the opportunity to talk with our boys and hear about their lives. It’s a fun tradition that we all look forward to and is just one of the ways we build memories together as a family.
This year, I decided to make a fun dessert at home with my boys to celebrate their milestone. We baked up brownies forming them into small patties to form ice cream sandwiches patties for a yummy treat!
Brownie Ice Cream Sandwiches
Ingredients:
- Box mix brownies or homemade brownie mix
- Cooking Spray and spoon
- Favorite Dreyer’s Ice Cream Flavor
Directions:
Start by preparing your brownie mix as you normally would.
Next, spray a whoopie pie pan with cooking spray. Spoon heaping spoonfuls of brownie mix into each slot. You don’t want to overflow the cavity, but you do want it to be full.
Then spray the back of a large spoon with cooking spray and flatten out the dough to help it fill in the pan cavities so it will cook well and make relatively flat brownies for your ice cream sandwiches.
Cook your brownies for about half the normally called for cooking time. We cooked our brownies for about 18 minutes, but your mix may vary. Watch for them to be cooked through but not hard and over cooked. You do want them to be solid like the edges that normally form in a square baking dish so they will hold together when you make your sandwiches.
Now, allow your brownies to cool completely before making ice cream sandwiches. Use an ice cream scoop to scoop out a nice rounded spoonful of ice cream, leveling off the back of the scoop. Add the ice cream to the top of one brownie bite and then top with a second, slightly pressing down on the ice cream to form your sandwich. You can place all of your brownie ice cream sandwiches onto a baking sheet or in a freezer bag and store in the freezer until it’s time to serve.
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This blog post is part of a paid The Motherhood and Dreyer’s blogging program. The opinions and ideas expressed here are my own.
Holy Yum!! I’d love these with Strawberry ice cream. Though the mint looks mighty tasty too!
Totally irresistible! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
Thanks so much for sharing your yummy brownie and ice cream delights at #theWeekendSocial. Hope to see you again Thursday 9:00 PM EST. Pinned! http://www.theKitchenChopper.com
Looks so good! Pinned. We appreciate you being a part of our party. I hope to see you tonight at 7 pm. We love to party with you! http://loulougirls.blogspot.com
Happy Monday! Lou Lou Girls
Oh wow! These look unbelievable! So delicious!
Thanks so much for sharing (stopping by from the Say G’Day Party and pinning this)!
Wishing you a lovely weekend.
xoxo
It’s still hot here, and this will make a great treat for the kids — looks awesome! 🙂
Hi, this looks yummy, I pinned your brownies with the mint ice cream for next summer (or maybe I don’t need to wait for that long? ;)…
Traditions are so important, they are what bonds a family together and yours involves ice cream this year! Yum! I’ve recently started co-hosting Foodie Fridays and would be honored if you would come by and share your fabulous recipe. The party starts Thursday 9 pm EST. Hope to see your there!
Shari
http://puregracefarms.com/
This looks delicious! I would love for you share it on my Tasty Tuesday recipe link up here! Everything gets pinned and I would love to have you!
Licking my screen over here 😉 I would probably gain like 10 lbs eating these (yes, I’d eat them all), but it would be totally worth it!
Pinning it!
Thanks for sharing!
Ohhh these look really delicious! I love making ice-cream sandwiches, but I never thought to sandwich the ice-cream in between BROWNIES! What a great idea! They look so good!
What a wonderful treat – thank you so much for sharing the recipe with Share It One More Time. Cathy
Mmm, these look delicious. I love that you made the brownies. 😀
Those look really good! It’s still so hot here in California ice cream is a must!
What a great idea! Love Edy’s is one of my favorite ice cream brands!
Yummy! I could go for one about now too because I am in the mood for a sweet treat!
These look so amazing! I know my kiddos would love these! Thanks for sharing the idea!
I absolutely HAVE to try those. What an awesome dessert idea. Yum!
What a great end of Summer treat! I had something similar last weekend except with Gelato!
You used my favorite flavor of ice cream 🙂 I didn’t even know what a whoopie pie pan was until I read this. Now I’ll have to get one to make these yummy treats!
Those look amazing!!! I love how easy they are to make, I bet your boys loved them!
I bet that the brownies are the perfect texture for this sandwiches. I always have problems with cookies crumbling or freezing, but this looks great.
These sound delicious. They are so simple too and that can’t be beat!
Those ice cream sandwiches look delicious! Dreyer’s makes some great ice cream.
That looks like any kids dream to be able to come home and make those after their first week back at school. Ice cream and brownies are a perfect combination the mint chocolate chip just sweetens the deal.
Those look sooooo good! I love brownies with ice cream, and I LOVE mint ice cream. Delicious combo!
Two of my favorite things combined into one— what’s not to love. Mint and chocolate is a fabulous pairing. Thanks for sharing!
Brownies and ice cream! YES! Mint chocolate chip is my favorite, too- what a perfect combo!
uhm….YUM! Can we say amazing!? Brownies with mint ice cream. Hello! You are reading my mind!
Yum!! I can’t believe I never thought to make ice cream sandwiches with brownies before. Genius.
Wow, I’m drooling all over the place here – that looks to die for! Easy too, which is a huge bonus!!
oh i LOVE the brownie idea Janel!! YUM!!
These brownie ice cream sandwiches look amazing. I’ll have to whip these up this weekend.
Brownies are great. Ice cream is great. Ice cream sandwiches are great. Brownie ice cream sandwiches? Mind = blown!
Wow. These brownie ice cream sandwiches look amazing! I’ll have to make these this weekend.
This looks amazing! It’s everything I’ve ever wanted in a sweet treat and more. Seriously, it’s awesome.
My favorite flavors in a yummy treat. Thanks for the recipe.
These are so fun! I love brownies and ice cream together and this is a fun twist.