This is an old post with a very good recipe for Chocolate Banana Ice Cream Sandwiches. The name makes them sound like chocolate ice cream sandwiches with banana ice cream in the middle, but the banana is actually in the chocolate cookie making it soft. Also, the recipe calls for a cup of oats. You can use old fashioned or quick cooking. Whichever you choose, they add a lot of texture.
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A good ice cream sandwich calls for the perfect cookie. It can't be too hard, nor should it be too cakey. It needs to be soft enough to bite into while frozen, but not so soft that it falls apart under the weight of the ice cream. In short, it was this cookie -- a cookie that can be eaten straight, but is so much better frozen and served with ice cream.
Here's the recipe I used for today's ice cream sandwiches. Since I'm the only one around here who likes bananas, they're all mine.
Chocolate Banana Ice Cream Sandwiches
¾ cups plus 2 tablespoons (4 oz) all-purpose flour
¼ cup unsweetened natural cocoa powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup oats, old fashioned type
10 tablespoons melted butter or shortening, cooled
1 cup mashed banana
1 large egg
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup bittersweet chocolate chips
Don't preheat oven yet because dough needs to chill a little -- especially if you've used butter rather than shortening.
Mix the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt together in a large mixing bowl. Stir in the sugar and the oats. Stir in the melted butter (or shortening), bananas, egg and vanilla, then stir in the chocolate chips. Chill the batter for 1 hour or until it thickens up. Mine was kind of goopy even after a few hours.
Using a quarter cup measure, drop scoops of dough onto parchment lined baking sheets spacing 3 inches apart. Bake at 350F for 15 to 17 minutes or until cookies appear set. Let cool on baking sheets for about 5 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely. When you're ready to make the sandwiches, throw the cookies in the freezer for about 20 minutes so they'll be firmer and colder when you squish the ice cream between them. While they're firming, you can take the ice cream out to soften. Assemble sandwiches and re-freeze.
Depending on how big you make the cookies, you should get about 10 cookies or 5 ice cream sandwiches....maybe more. I lost track while I was making these.I know you'll be able to get at least 5, though.
Recipe
Chocolate Banana Ice Cream Sandwiches
Ingredients
- ¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour (114 grams)
- ¼ cup unsweetened natural cocoa powder (20 grams)
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup oats, old fashioned or quick
- 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened so that it's very soft (140 grams)
- 1 cup granulated sugar (200 grams)
- 1 cup mashed banana
- 1 large egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Mix the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt and oats together in a large bowl.
- In a second bowl, whisk together the very soft butter, sugar, banana, egg and vanilla.
- Using a quarter cup measure, drop scoops of dough onto parchment lined baking sheets spacing 3 inches apart. Bake at 350F for 15 to 17 minutes or until cookies appear set. Let cool on baking sheets for about 5 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
- When you're ready to make the sandwiches, throw the cookies in the freezer for about 20 minutes so they'll be firmer and colder when you squish the ice cream between them. While they're firming, you can take the ice cream out to soften. Assemble sandwiches and re-freeze.
Dee says
These are delicious! I got 14 cookies out of the dough and made huge sandwiches using my brother's homemade salted caramel ice cream. My family loved them.
andi winslow says
You are always full of wonderful surprises. They look yummy. I made some sandwiches and the cookie part starts with a chocolate cake mix. I think I need to make more, hot and humid in Maine. thanks for the post keep baking Andi
Katrina says
Mmm, I like the cookie! I like ice cream sandwiches, but never like when the cookie is too hard. Perfect to add banana!
Molly says
Haha. I would appreciate someone bringing these to a potluck too! I am always up for ice cream!
Lee says
Boy your pictures make everything look so darn good , wished i lived closer i could do all your sampling for you, that would be so much fun
Adam says
I'm drooling. I could go for an Ice Cream Submarine Sandwich right about now :). Patent Pending! :).
Sue says
How much banana flavor is there? I would think that maybe the chocolate flavor would dominate the banana flavor? Either way the look great and sound good. Barbara's suggestion of banana ice cream sounds good. Strawberry might be good too! I can't believe I've never made ice cream sandwiches!! I used to love the ice cream sandwiches at Dairy Queen.
Barbara says
I was reading a simple recipe for banana ice cream just yesterday. Wouldn't that make this ice cream sandwich double good?
Anna says
Gloria, they'd be great without the chocolate chips.
Gloria says
You had me at chocolate banana! Would they still be good without the chocolate chips?
Anonymous says
I like to make ice cream cake rolls in the summertime, too. Same deal, though for a potluck -- it only works if there is a freezer nearby, and I need a microwave, too, to warm the fudge sauce I serve with it! This is why I typically DON'T take this to a potluck. It's just easier to make and serve it at home.