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Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Sandwiches

Mint chocolate chip ice cream sandwiches with deep chocolate peppermint cookies and vivid green mint chocolate chip ice cream. Crisp-baked cookie rounds sandwich softened ice cream, then freeze until sliceable and edge-coated with Andes mint pieces.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Freezing 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 32 minutes
Servings: 10 servings
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 340
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

For the chocolate mint cookies
  • 1.75 cup all-purpose flour
  • 0.75 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 0.25 tsp salt
  • 0.5 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1.5 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 0.75 tsp peppermint extract
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 0.5 gallon mint chocolate chip ice cream, softened
  • 1 Andes mint pieces for edges

Equipment

  • 1 sheet pan

Method
 

Bake the chocolate mint cookies
  1. Preheat the oven to 350F. Whisk all-purpose flour, unsweetened cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt until evenly combined.
  2. In a bowl, beat softened unsalted butter and granulated sugar until fluffy. Mix in the eggs, peppermint extract, and vanilla extract until smooth.
  3. Stir the flour mixture into the wet ingredients to form a dark dough. Mix only until the dough comes together with no dry streaks.
  4. Scoop the dough into large rounds and press each one flat. Bake for 10-12 minutes until set and slightly puffed, then cool completely.
Assemble and freeze the sandwiches
  1. Place mint chocolate chip ice cream between two cooled cookies. Build each sandwich so the ice cream reaches the cookie edges without overfilling.
  2. Roll the edges of each sandwich in crushed Andes mint pieces. Press lightly so the mint pieces adhere to the ice cream perimeter.
  3. Freeze the sandwiches for at least 1 hour before serving. Chill until firm enough to hold their shape when you lift a sandwich.

Notes

For clean, neat sandwich edges, work with softened ice cream only long enough to spread—if it gets too warm, briefly re-soften in short intervals. Store assembled sandwiches in the freezer in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks. For a dairy-free swap, use a mint chocolate chip non-dairy ice cream instead of regular mint chocolate chip ice cream.