To an adult, they are over-the-top. But to a kid, the fact that they maybe over-the-top is exactly what makes them special. Home-made, over-sized, cappuccino, chocolate-chip ice cream sandwiches, rolled in rainbow sprinkles. What kid wouldn’t smile at that! Each sandwich weighted 8-ounces and was a full 2-inches thick. They barely fit in my sons’ mouths.
The best thing since sliced bread.
Chris Kimball’s recipe, which is here, call for store-bought ice cream, but I wanted to make a special treat for the boys, as they get back into the swing of school. I made my most flavorful home-made ice cream; cappuccino; made with full heavy cream (no milk). I usually swirl in some dulce de leche, but this time mixed in some roughly chopped chocolate chips.
The cookie is made by mixing 1-cup flour, 1/2-cup cocoa, 1/8-teaspoon baking soda, and 1/4-teaspoon salt. Separately, mix 2 eggs, 3/4-cup sugar, 1/4-cup chocolate syrup and 1 stick of melted butter. Combine and spread thin over parchment paper in large baking sheet. Bake for 12 minutes.
The result is off-the-chart 5-stars. My son said that he would have to invent a new scale to properly rate it.
Issues:
- Cookie was too thick, due to size and shape of my parchment paper. Also because I don’t have an offset metal spatula it wasn’t a completely consistent thickness.
- My 3-1/2 inch biscuit cutter is too big. Actually, I made it from a donut-cutter gone bad, so I can’t complain. I think 2-1/2 inches would be the ideal size.
- The recipe only yielded 5 sandwiches, but each one weighted a massive 8-oz. By comparison a normal Ice Cream Sandwich weights just 3-1/4 ounces.
- While I was assembling them, the ice cream began to melt. I had to put everything back in the freezer for a half hour before finishing.
- Normally I swirl my Cappuccino Ice Cream with Dulce de Leche, which is very, very sweet. Because I didn’t, the result wasn’t quite sweet enough for a kid’s palate. The Ice cream could have used a little more sugar, but they were still a home-run.
- So that the boys could have eaten them the same day, I should have started these by 4 PM. But because I had to go to the store to buy eggs, they had to wait an extra day to eat them.
Rating: 5-stars.
Cost: $4.50 for 5 sandwiches.
How much work? Medium.
How big of a mess? Low/Medium.
Started: 5 PM. Ready: 10:00 PM.
Matt enjoying an afternoon snack
Half-a-pound ice cream sandwich? Calorie count please?
j/k.
Though your recipe for homemade cappuccino ice cream, some day, would be a nice bonus. ; – )
Looks good to me, and I’m not a “sweets” person.
Wow! Now *that* is an ice cream sandwich! Lovely. I think I drooled a little.
Thanks…not to be made when you’re on a diet, though. But I am going to be playing soccer this week, so I’ll work it off.
Matt? Are you sure you aren’t Nick Jonas’ father?
Hi Malena, yes I’ve noticed Matt’s similarity to Nick Jonas, who is from Wycoff, NJ; just 4 or 5 miles from Mahwah. But Nick was born in 1992, and I was still in San Francisco at the time.