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Chocolate Covered Brownie Ice Cream Sandwich
I’m taking some time off to be with my family for a little while.
The following recipe is written by Jaime of Sophistimom. Welcome, Jaime!
Last year, while developing a recipe for homemade Ho-Ho’s, I accidentally made something more like a thin brownie than a cake. Rather than just eat the mistake plain, the kids and I spread it with vanilla ice cream, and made ice cream sandwiches. They were chewy, even when the ice cream set.
When Katie invited me to write this post for today, it was still cold and rainy here in the Rocky Mountains. But I knew by the time I would I post it, the weather would be warm enough for something cold and sweet. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get my imagination past the gloomy weather. It still had me daydreaming about macaroni and cheese and apple crisp rather than something you’d eat in the summer.
So I turned to my food magazines for a little help, as I often do. I found my inspiration while perusing an an old issue of Martha Stewart Living. She had a beautiful ice cream bar enrobed in dark chocolate on the cover of the May 1999 issue. Do you remember that? It was gorgeous.
And that became my starting point.
Martha’s ice cream bar had only one cookie layer, so I wanted to make it a little different—more like an ice cream sandwich. Then I remembered our impromptu brownie ice cream sandwiches from last year.
To make them easier to dip in chocolate, I inserted wooden Dixie cup spoons, and turned them on end to set. The chill of the ice cream makes the chocolate set fast, perhaps faster than I would have liked, but it was perfect for my kids who had been begging me for the ice cream sandwiches since the moment I made the brownie layers.
What about you? What kitchen mistakes have been the start of a new recipe?
Chocolate Covered Brownie Ice Cream Sandwiches
Ingredients:
For the Brownies:
1 stick (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa, plus more for pan
2 eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
3/4 cup flour
pinch of kosher salt
For the Ice Cream Sandwiches:
1 quart vanilla ice cream, slightly softened
2 pounds chocolate chips
1 teaspoon oilDirections:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter a quarter sheet pan (a small jelly roll pan), or a 13x9inch pan. Place a sheet of parchment paper in the bottom, spread with butter, and dust with cocoa powder. Set aside.
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter, sugar, and 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder. When the mixture is creamy, and all lumps are gone, add in eggs, one at a time, incorporating well after each addition. Add in vanilla.
With the mixer on low, add in flour and salt. Mix until just combined. Spread into prepared pan and bake until shiny on the top, 10-15 minutes. Remove from oven, and allow to cool completely.
Remove brownie from the pan, and cut in half. Spread ice cream on one half, and top with the other half. Freeze for 2-4 hours, until firm.
Cut the large ice cream sandwich into smaller sandwiches. Insert wooden popsicle sticks, and freeze for another hour.
Melt the chocolate chips with the oil in the microwave in 30 second intervals, until chocolate is smooth. Dip each ice cream sandwich in the chocolate, and let set on a sheet of parchment paper. Wrap in parchment paper and freeze until ready to serve.
About the Author:
Jaime Mormann-Richardson started Sophistimom, when she wanted to keep a record of the food she made for her family. Since her own kids were picky, she figured someone else’s children in the world would benefit from her cooking.
Over the years, Sophistimom has become a collection of original recipes, book recommendations, and her journey of raising her children to become respectable adults, and hopefully a little less picky when eating good food.
Hello! I'm Katie Goodman, author of GoodLife Eats Etc. where I share what I find in my life. A mix of great recipes, family memories, adventures, good reads, and anything else that I love is what you will discover here.
Jaime that looks incredible! I can almost taste that bite taken out of such a delicious treat!!!
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What a clever idea Jamie! Ice cream sandwiches are such a classic Summertime treat, but these are va-va-va-voom ice cream sandwiches
Loving the brownie and ice cream combo.
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LOVING this idea!
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Mmm I love this. Because I love brownie sundaes and now it’s on a stick!
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These look amazing! With food allergies, I haven’t had an ice cream sandwich in years! Can’t wait to try these this summer. Thanks for sharing today, Jamie.
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Love these… They look amazing! Ice cream sandwiches have always been one of my favorites.
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Those are incredible – what a great on a stick idea!
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Love seeing Jaime over here! And these bars? Incredible. Jaime, you’re such a cool mom.
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Aww, thank you, everyone!!
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Boy do I wish I had one of those right about now. I’m going to be craving these!
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I am so glad to find this blog. Beautiful photos, great recipes and depth (she reads) and does a book club. The whole package. It was a great way to start my morning.
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O MY CUPCAKES!!!
Now I don’t have to venture out in this hot weather, and yummmi get to have my ice cream and brownie toooo.
This is a gr8 dessert for my grandkids, oh yess and grammi will be cheating while I fix their delights, blessing to all, redraven
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Wow my mouth is watering!!! This looks fantastic
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This looks way too delicious! We had brownie ice cream sandwiches passed around at our wedding, but they weren’t covered in chocolate like this!
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Oh wow… this sounds like an awesome idea! Next time I make brownies, I may have to “mistakenly” make them too thin (and be sure to have ice cream in the freezer, too) =)
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One question: the recipe indicates that there are chocolate chips in the brownie mix, but I don’t see that on the ingredient list for the brownies. How much choc. chips go into the brownies? I’ve never put chips IN a brownie recipe before. Do they melt into the batter while baking? I want to make this recipe today, so I hope you respond with an answer for me – thanks so much!!
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Jaime {sophistimom} replied: — June 26th, 2011 @ 10:52 AM
Sorry, Mary Kathryn, I don’t know what happened there! No need to add chocolate chips. I must have been imagining them. Sounds good, though, doesn’t it?? Just for reference though, if you were to add chocolate chips, you would melt them, and let them cool a bit, and then mix them in right after the eggs and vanilla! Thanks for catching that!
Sara replied: — February 18th, 2012 @ 2:32 PM
I put chocolate chips in my brownie mix all the time and it makes them extra gooey and wonderful!! They pretty much melt all the way, but if they don’t they are a nice treat! If u are freezing them though I don’t know who they would do though-they might get too hard-but I would try it!
Holy smokes. It’s Friday, and I’m now officially ready for the weekend (and postponing my diet until Monday).
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It says to add the vanilla and chocolate chips to the brownie mix, how much chocolate chips? Looks super yummy!! My husband will love this for Fathers Day!
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Had the granddkids this weekend and they had as much fun making these as they did eating them (me too).
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This is a genius idea. I’m totally stealing this idea!
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oh my gosh that looks so good. I feel like i should go on a diet after looking at them. But i’m sure my kids and hubby will like them
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These look incredible!
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We add chocolate chips to brownies all the time- SO delish! I just toss 1/2 cup to a cup in with the batter, and they melt a bit during cooking. No need to melt them or do anything special.
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What a fantastic save! Great idea to use the spoons as well. Yum!
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WOW that looks amazing
I will try this
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oh wow. so decadent and gorgeous!
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Amazing recipe it’s one of my favorite icecream coated with chocolates. Thanks for sharing this recipe
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Wowza..thse look beautiful! I need one right now! YUMMMM!
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What a delish summer treat! What a great idea!
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Seeing close-up photos of these decadent chocolate treats at 9 in the morning is torture! But in the best of ways.
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Great idea! Sometimes kitchen mistakes turn into the best new recipe!
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Oh man, I am drooling right now. These look so yummy! I am scared to make these because I think I just might eat the whole bunch, or fight my husband over them. And I mean fist fight. Delicious!
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These are just perfect! I love combining ice cream sandwiches and brownies, and dipping it all in chocolate. What could be better?
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I have made them and they are really delicious. Thank you so much for sharing these!
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Hello,
I am doing an end of summer ice cream round up on my own blog, All Day I Dream About Food, and would love to include this recipe. I would use one of your images, and link back to you, but I wouldn’t be posting the recipe directly. If you would like to be a part of it, please email me at carketch29 (at) yahoo (dot) com.
Thanks,
Carolyn
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Katie replied: — August 21st, 2011 @ 6:19 PM
That will be fine, Carolyn. Thanks for asking.
oh that sounds magical
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Oh mah gah…
I’ve lost the ability to form coherent thoughts.
That is…just…
…whoa.
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Mmmm these look heavenly!
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WOW these look so very good. Easy too my kind of baking. Thank you for posting. I just joined up on pinterst cant wait to read more. I can see why many told me this site can be addicting. Hugs to you.
Keep on girl. Phil 4:13
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I’m in the process of making these now! I had to hold myself back from eating all of the brownies so I could have some to make the sandwiches!!
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