Our 68 Best Ice Cream Sandwich Recipes
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Katherine Sacks3/68Classic Snickerdoodle Cookies
This childhood favorite is even better than you remember, especially when you sandwich fudge ripple ice cream in between two of them.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Kat Boytsova4/68Tin Roof Ice Cream
Tin roof sundaes are traditionally made of vanilla ice cream topped with chocolate sauce and a scattering of red-skinned Spanish peanuts, so why not sandwich this favorite with peanut butter cookies.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Rhoda Boone5/68Sheet-Pan Brownie Thins
These ultra-thin, extra-chewy brownies were made to have tin-roof or salted caramel ice cream sandwiched between them.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Rhoda Boone6/68Boozy Piña Colada Ice Cream
Store-bought coconut ice cream gets a sunny, boozy kick from a pineapple and rum swirl in this easy ice cream inspired by our favorite beach-side cocktail. Stick it between salted rye cookies.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Alex Brannian, Food Styling by Michelle Gatton8/68Ice Cream Tacos With Chocolate and Peanuts
Photo by Amy Neunsinger16/68Chewy Coconut–Chocolate Chip Cookies
Pair these chewy, coconutty cookies with a classic vanilla ice cream.
Lucy Schaeffer18/68Brown Sugar Cookies
For a simple and classic ice cream sandwich, try this variation on the sugar cookie. Brown sugar adds a slightly deeper and richer flavor; if you want even more, try folding citrus zest or chopped candied ginger into the dough.
Photo by Sidney Bensimon19/68Salted Caramel Ice Cream
It only takes a few ingredients to make Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream's creamy, dreamy salted caramel scoop. It also only takes a few ingredients to make these cookies. Meant to be? We think so.
Photo by Davide Luciano20/68Coffee Malteds
These coffee-flavored cookies pair perfectly with a chocolate ice cream. What are you waiting for?
Gentl & Hyers21/68Chocolate-Malt Ice Cream
Stick with the simple beat and pair that sugar cookie with good old fashioned chocolate ice cream. Adding chopped malted milk balls in this recipe adds pops of texture in every bite, a nice surprise hidden into a cookie sandwich.
Iain Bagwell23/68Banana Cajeta Cashew Gelato
Combining oatmeal with banana is a bit like giving your morning cereal bowl the dessert treatment. This ice cream combines cajeta, a Mexican goat's milk caramel, with banana, for something similar to dulce de leche. We'd also happily pair oatmeal cookies with cinnamon ice cream or salted caramel.
Danny Kim25/68Yogurt-Lime Sorbet
Pair that rich buttery shortbread with this tangy sorbet for a dessert that's both decadent and refreshing.
Levi Brown27/68Peanut Butter Ice Cream With a Hard Chocolate Shell
Pair the nuttiness of that rye flavor with peanuts for double the richness. Caramel or chocolate ice cream would also be delicious with those cookies.
Levi Brown29/68Cheesecake Ice Cream With Strawberry Sauce
There's no doubt that brownies and cheesecake are a winning combination. And sure, you can serve the brownies al a mode, but isn't it so much fun to make them into a sandwich?
31/68Peanut Butter Ice Cream
There is something so fun about this ice cream. Rich, creamy, sweet with just a hint of salt, peanut butter ice cream is a special treat—especially when it's between two cookie-like brownies.
Photo by Travis Rainey, Food Styling by Tiffany Schleigh32/68Butter Cookies
These butter cookies taste like—well, butter. They work especially well with nutty pistachio ice cream.
Photo by Sarah Shatz33/68Double Chocolate Espresso Cookies
The espresso powder amplifies the chocolate, but not the sweetness, making it a grown-up cookie. Pair it with brown sugar ice cream for a fancy latte-like ice cream sando.
Yoko Inoue34/68Chocolate Chip and Peanut Blondies
These brown-sugar brownies have a lovely cakey texture. For an extra-decadent dessert, top each blondie with a scoop of ice cream, drizzle with caramel or chocolate sauce, and sprinkle with peanuts—then sandwich it with another brownie.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Kat Boytsova35/68Quaker Vanishing Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
So. Classic. These need a big scoop of vanilla ice cream and a cozy blanket.
Romulo Yanes36/68Salty Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Finishing your cookies with a delicate, flaky salt like Maldon brings out the chocolate flavor and tempers the sweetness, creating the ultimate sweet and salty snack. Peanut butter ice cream adds to the effect.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Alex Brannian, Food Styling by Michelle Gatton37/68No-Churn Salted Caramel Ice Cream
Want to make salted caramel ice cream without an ice cream maker and with only three ingredients? It doesn't get easier (or more delicious) than this. Perfect with a classic snickerdoodle cookie.
Lara Ferroni38/68Pistachio Cranberry Oatmeal Icebox Cookies
A log of this flavorful dough—chock-full of pistachios, cranberries, and oats—in the freezer or fridge is like money in the bank. Slice, bake, and add a scoop of pistachio ice cream.
Photo by Romulo Yanes39/68Mini Black-and-White Cookies
These classic cakey cookies are good enough on their own, but even better with tin roof ice cream sandwiched in between two of them.
Deborah Ory; food styling: Elizabeth Duffy40/68Gale Gand's Pinwheel Cookie Dough
Pinwheel cookies, in which chocolate and vanilla dough are layered, rolled, and sliced, are an impressive-looking and delicious treat. They work well with the complex flavors of dark chocolate and cardamom ice cream.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Anna Stockwell41/683-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies
These chewy, naturally gluten-free cookies are delicious with vanilla or salted caramel ice cream.
Christopher Testani42/68True Vanilla Ice Cream
The choice here is obvious: true vanilla ice cream deserves to be paired with our all-time favorite chocolate chip cookies.
44/68Chocolate Chip Cookies with Salt
Nothing hits the spot quite like a sweet and salty cookie. Try a no-churn salted caramel ice cream sandwiched between a couple of these bad boys.
Michael Graydon + Nikole Herriott, food styling: Susan Spungen45/68Matcha-White Chocolate Sugar Cookies
Powdered green tea gives these tender cookies a festive hue that will stand out, with no icing or decorating needed. Paired with vanilla ice cream, these are like a chewable vanilla matcha latte.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Rhoda Boone46/683-Ingredient Hazelnut Cookies
Pair these easy-to-make hazelnut cookies with a chocolate ice cream for a treat that has all the flavors of Nutella you love.
47/68Peppermint Crunch Ice Cream
We think peppermint ice cream is good all year round. Pair it with candy cane chocolate cookies in any season—we're not judging.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Alex Brannian, Food Styling by Anna Hampton48/68Flourless Almond Cookies With Cardamom, Orange Zest, and Pistachios
Totally decadent. Naturally gluten-free. Banana ice cream keeps with the theme and complements the earthy flavors in these cookies.
49/68Greek Yogurt Ice Cream
The very subtle tanginess of this yogurt would play really nicely with these citrus cookies—bonus points, they're gluten-free!
50/68Triple-Chocolate Cookies
These cookies are simple in the best possible way. That's what makes them so perfect to sandwich with a chunky, mix-in-heavy ice cream.
Photo by Sidney Bensimon51/68Roasted Banana Vegan Ice Cream
Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream has mastered vegan pints, and you can too. While you're at it, master these gluten-free and vegan oatmeal raisin cookies.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Kat Boytsova52/68Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies
The most iconic of chocolate chip cookies is crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside, and loaded with melty morsels of chocolate chips throughout. It's a household name for a reason! Hard to go wrong when you pair it with a true vanilla ice cream.
Photo by Romulo Yanes53/68Perfect No-Cook Strawberry Ice Cream
This ice cream skips the eggs, which can mask the flavor of fresh berries. The result is an intensely flavored dessert that works perfectly with brown-butter shortbread cookies.
54/68Lemon Ice Cream
This recipe was made to be sandwiched between gingersnap cookies in this excellent recipe from Gourmet.
Photo by Travis Rainey, Food Styling by Emilie Fosnocht55/68Pistachio Ice Cream
If you love pistachios as much as we do, sandwich classic ice cream between two pieces of this salty-sweet and super-nutty pistachio shortbread for pistachio overload.
Photo by Michael Graydon & Nikole Herriott56/68Chocolate Blackout Cookies
These whoopie-pie-like cookies beg for cream cheese ice cream stuffed in between a couple of them.
Jenny Zarins57/68Dark Chocolate and Cardamom Ice Cream
A dose of vanilla seeds adds depth, complexity, and richness to this spiced ice cream. It should be paired with simple, rich cookies like these salted brown butter ones.
Photo by David Loftus58/68Sweet Corn Ice Cream With Butterscotch
Sweet summer corn makes a surprising star turn in this ultra-creamy dessert. Put it on some caramel popcorn cookies for a perfect sandwich.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle59/683-Ingredient Nutella Brownies
Use these hazelnutty brownies to make an ice cream sandwich you won't forget. You could pair banana ice cream for a banana split-like treat.
Photo by Sidney Bensimon60/68Mint Chip Ice Cream
We don't really understand why most mint chip ice cream comes in this odd shade of green that doesn't look like any plant, never mind mint. Pair this pretty, natural version with simple chocolate roll-out cookies.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Katherine Sacks61/68No-Bake Butterscotch-Coconut Cookies
These butterscotch "buttons" don't require an oven and can be made in less than half an hour—as instant as homemade cookies get. Try 'em with super-easy banana "nice cream".
Photo by Yossy Arefi62/68Potato Chip–Crusted Magic Bars
Whether you call them magic bars or seven-layer (or sometimes five-layer) cookies, you probably know these treats. Chunky bits—like chocolate chips, nuts, and coconut—get layered over sticky condensed milk and a crisp cookie crust. Try them with a simple salted caramel ice cream for another layer of lusciousness.
Photo by Dan Jones63/682-Minute Chocolate Chip and Pecan Cookie
This nutty cookie comes together with lightning speed. Use it to make sandwiches with sweet corn ice cream for a sweet and salty delight.
Photo by Emma Fishman, Food Styling by Kate Schmidt64/68Vegan Banana Ice Cream
You don't need anything but frozen bananas to make this naturally vegan ice cream, which would be great sandwiched between brownies or any kind of cookie.
Rick McKee65/68Blues-Busting Blueberry Ice Cream
Blend and freeze four ingredients and, minutes later, you've got this creamy, frozen confection of plump, purple blueberries and cream. Try it with citrusy shortbread cookies.
Stacy Newgent66/68Goat Cheese Ice Cream With Roasted Red Cherries
Sweet-tart roasted Michigan cherries are balanced by pure, tangy goat cheese. Like a cherry cheesecake, but better—so savor it with a pair of old-fashioned graham crackers.
Sidney Bensimon67/68Earl Grey Tea Ice Cream
This intensely fragrant tea-infused ice cream would make a terrific pair with there lavender shortbread cookies—minus the holes, of course.
