Cool off with a homemade M&M Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich. Ready in just minutes, ice cream is nestled between two store bought M&M cookies and then rolled in your favorite sprinkles or toppings, such as mini chips, shredded coconut or even chopped nuts!
When it’s hot outside, it’s time to make our M&M Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich recipe!
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M&M Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich
Everyone loves an ice cream sandwich. They’re so much fun to eat and making homemade ice cream sandwiches makes them that much more delicious!
Large store bought cookies are bursting with vanilla ice cream and rolled in your favorite toppings.
Mini chocolate chips, shredded coconut, assorted sprinkles and even chopped nuts are all possibilities for coating the outside of your ice cream sandwich.
You can even combine toppings such as mini chocolate chips, shredded coconut and chopped almonds for an almond joy flavor combination!
Prefer a small ice cream sandwich? Feel free to use smaller cookies.
You will also be able to assemble more mini sandwiches, maybe even double the amount that the larger cookies make, with the amount of ice cream in the recipe.
I used store bought cookies from my grocery store bakery because using premade cookies makes it so easy to assemble these ice cream sandwiches without having to turn on your oven and bake cookies.
Of course, if you really are craving homemade cookies, I have some delicious and easy cookie recipes for you to bake here at Swirls!
I especially love my Brown Butter Cookie recipe with espresso chips that would be delicious filled with coffee ice cream nd rolled in mini chocolate chips. Oh my, I’m drooling now. Time to preheat the oven and bake some cookies!
If you love ice cream then you’ll want to check out this DIY ice cream sundae bar. It is just so much fun and you can serve these ice cream sandwiches along with the sundae bar!
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So go ahead, get the cookies and toppings ready, scoop that ice cream and make yourself some ice cream sandwich cookies.
It will only take you about 15 minutes, maybe even less time, to make some delicious homemade ice cream sandwiches. And we all know you deserve a sweet treat today!
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How to make an ice cream sandwich cookie recipe
Scroll down for the full recipe instructions and ingredient amounts in the recipe card below
- Scoop ice cream onto the flat side of a cookie
- Top with another cookie, flat side touching the ice cream filling
- Smooth the edges of your ice cream sandwich with an offset spatula
- Roll your ice cream sandwich in your favorite topping.
Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips
- You can use small cookies and make mini ice cream sandwiches
- Get creative with the toppings you can roll your ice cream sandwiches in!
- Use holiday sprinkles for holiday gatherings, such as red white and blue sprinkles for Memorial Day and July 4th
- If you chill the cookies in the freezer before you assemble your sandwiches the ice cream will stay colder
- If the ice cream begins to soften too much when you are putting your ice cream sandwiches together, just pop it back in the freezer for a bit to firm it up
- Make homemade ice cream to fill your ice cream sandwiches!
Substitutions
- Substitute your favorite ice cream flavor for the vanilla ice cream
- Substitute chocolate chip cookies for the M&M cookies
- Substitute oatmeal cookies for the M&M cookies
- Substitute sugar cookies for the M&M cookies
Variations
- Use green chocolate chip mint ice cream and roll in green sprinkles for Saint Patrick’s Day!
- Make with vanilla ice cream and roll in red white and blue sprinkles for July 4th!
- Make with strawberry ice cream and roll in pink sprinkles for Mother’s Day!
- Make homemade chipwich sandwiches and use chocolate chip cookies, vanilla or chocolate ice cream and roll in mini chocolate chips
- Make with vanilla ice cream and roll in red and green sprinkles for Christmas!
- Tint ice cream with blue food color and roll in blue and silver sprinkles for Hanukkah!
- For a birthday party, fill your ice cream sandwiches with the birthday person’s favorite ice cream and roll in festive rainbow sprinkles!
Storage
- Wrap each ice cream sandwich individually in plastic wrap.
- Place sandwiches in a freezer safe food storage bag and refrigerate for up to one month.
Cookies for ice cream sandwiches recipe
- Chocolate chip cookies
- Chocolate cookies
- Gingersnaps
- M&M cookies
- Oatmeal cookies
- Peanut butter cookies
- Shortbread cookies
- Snickerdoodles
- Sugar cookies
Toppings for ice cream sandwiches
The possibilities are endless when it comes to choices for rolling ice cream sandwiches in. Here are just a few suggestions:
- Butterscotch chips
- Cinnamon Toast Crunch
- Cocoa Pebbles cereal
- Crushed Oreo cookies
- Dried cranberries
- Fruit Loops cereal
- Graham cracker pieces or crumbs with mini marshmallows
- Macadamia nuts
- Mini M&M’s
- Raisins
- Reeses Pieces
- Sour Patch Kids
- Swedish Fish
Ice Cream Social
What is an Ice Cream Social?
An ice cream social is a casual gathering where ice cream flavors and toppings are served buffet-style.
Serve classic ice cream flavors, such as chocolate, vanilla and strawberry along with specialty flavors, such as cookies and cream ice cream, cannoli ice cream and cookie dough ice cream.
Offer toppings, such as hot fudge sauce, sprinkles, chopped nuts and fresh fruits for those who prefer an ice cream sundae in a waffle bowl. And don’t forget the whipped topping!
For the cone lovers, be sure to have choices of waffle cones and sugar cones and an assortment of sprinkle to roll their cone in.
And, of course, provide large cookies for making ice cream sandwiches too!
Bright colorful napkins and spoons are essentials for enjoying every last bit of creamy deliciousness!
Have a contest for the most creative ice cream sundae or cone. The winner gets a colorful ice cream scooper!
Arrange blankets and pillows where people can relax and savor their creations.
So go ahead and bring people together for an ice cream social and create delicious memories with each scoop of homemade ice cream!
Ingredients
Ice cream sandwich ingredients:
- Vanilla Ice Cream
- Store-bought M&M cookies
- Mini chocolate chips
- Shredded coconut
- Sliced almonds
- Chopped walnuts
- Sprinkles
Frozen Desserts
- Peach Ice Cream
- Oreo Ice Cream
- Mango Sorbet
- Cookie Dough Ice Cream
- S’mores Ice Cream
- Raspberry Peach Sorbet from Half Baked Harvest
M&M Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich
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Ingredients
Toppings:
- mini chocolate chips
- shredded coconut
- sliced almonds
- chopped walnuts
- sprinkles
Ice Cream Sandwiches:
- 16 store-bought M&M cookies
- 1 half gallon vanilla ice cream
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Instructions
Toppings:
- Place the toppings in small bowls or on flat dishes.
Ice Cream Sandwiches:
- Place 8 cookies, flat side up, on a flat surface.
- Top each cookie with a scoop of ice cream, dividing evenly between the 8 cookies.
- Place one cookie, flat side down, on top of each scoop of ice cream and press gently.
- Use an offset spatula or flat side of a knife and even out the ice cream on the sides of the ice cream sandwich.
- Roll the sides of each cookie sandwich in your favorite topping. You can eat them now or arrange the ice cream sandwiches in a single layer on a cookie sheet. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and freeze until ice cream is firm, at least one hour.
- Remove the sandwiches from the freezer and wrap each sandwich, individually, in plastic wrap.
- Place all the sandwiches in a freezer safe food storage bag, seal and freeze for up to one month.
- When ready to eat, allow your ice cream sandwich to soften at room temperature for just a few minutes.
Notes
- You can use small cookies and make mini ice cream sandwiches
- Get creative with the toppings you can roll your ice cream sandwiches in!
- Use holiday sprinkles for get togethers, such as red white and blue sprinkles for Memorial Day and July 4th
- If you chill the cookies in the freezer before you assemble your sandwiches the ice cream will stay colder
- If the ice cream begins to soften too much when you are putting your ice cream sandwiches together, just pop it back in the freezer for a bit to firm it up
- Make homemade ice cream to fill your ice cream sandwiches!
- Substitute your favorite ice cream flavor for the vanilla ice cream
- Substitute chocolate chip cookies for the M&M cookies
- Substitute oatmeal cookies for the M&M cookies
- Substitute sugar cookies for the M&M cookies
Such a cute-looking dish, absolutely looks so delicious. Perfect for this summer season on an afternoon snack session. Loved it!
I am so excited to make these! They look delicious! Is there a certain brand of cookies you prefer to use?
Our kids LOVE m&m cookies so these ice cream sandwiches were a huge hit at our house! We'll definitely make them again this summer with different sprinkled and roasted nuts.