inside out ice cream sandwiches
I make these neapolitan cookies at Christmas, but something got in my head that I’d like to make a reverse ice cream sandwich. So I took the cookies and filled them with ice cream. They freeze suprisingly well. The combo of cookie and ice cream is SO DELCIOUS and they are gorgeous to boot.

ingredients:
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1-1/2 cups white sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
2-1/4 cups all purpose flour
1-1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
pink gel food coloring
2-4 tablespoons cocoa powder
3 TB mini chocolate chips

Prep a loaf pan but lining it with plastic wrap. This will make for easy removal later. Make sure the plastic wrap is long and hangs over the edges.

In an electric mixer bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Add the egg, then the vanilla. In a separate bowl sift the flour, baking powder and salt. Add to the butter mixture.

inside out ice cream sandwiches

Divide the dough into three bowls. Add the gel coloring to one – this will be your pink. I HATE liquid red food coloring. I think it’s gross and takes forever to dye things. Gel color is the best way to go and you won’t use but a few drops. You get the EXACT color it says on the bottle. No fuss. (end of my food coloring rant)

inside out ice cream sandwiches

In the second bowl, mix in the cocoa powder. This may take more or less than the 2 tablespoons, just play it by ear until you get a nice chocolate brown color. Add in the mini chocolate chips.

inside out ice cream sandwiches

Now you should have three colors of dough. I spread the chocolate dough on the bottom of the loaf pan first. Then the vanilla. Then the pink.

Cover and refridgerate until firm, this takes a few hours or be a lazy bastard like me and stick it in the freezer.

Once the dough is firm, preheat your over to 350 degrees. Using the hanging plastic wrap, carefully pull your dough out and take off the wrap. You should have one nice solid piece of dough.

With a sharp knife, cut the dough into 1/4 inch slices. Now, if you were going to JUST make cookies (or make small ice cream sandwiches) you’d cut the dough again crosswise. I was going for a LONG sandwich so I skipped that part.

inside out ice cream sandwiches

Place the cookie slices on your baking sheet, beware!! These things spread like crazy. Leave room on each side.

Bake for 10-12 minutes depending on your oven. The dough is a little soft, but don’t let the vanilla turn brown, that’s overcooked and not so pretty. Let the cookies cool on a wire rack.

inside out ice cream sandwiches

Once they are cool, spread vanilla (or chocolate) ice cream on one side, then sandwich it with another cookie. Wrap in plastic wrap individually and freeze until you are ready to serve.

These cookies are great alone, buttery, delicious. The ice cream is just a wonderful added bonus.