Pizzelle Ice Cream Sandwiches

It is sum­mer. It is hot and hot. And did I men­tion hot?  When it is hot out what sounds good? Ice cream!  And ice cream in all forms, like ice cream sand­wiches.  Mike loves ice cream sand­wiches. So, what is one to do when her hus­band loves ice cream sand­wiches and wants to have a spe­cial treat for him after he was gone for a few days due to a work trip?

Well, she makes Pizzelle Ice Cream Sand­wiches with her kids. And I think my kids did a great job!  Pizzelle cook­ies {to pro­nounce use the same ‘ts’ sound that is in pizza} are a great way to have an ice cream sand­wich that is lighter.  Pizzelle cook­ies {pizzella if you are only hav­ing one, but no one can ever just have one!} are tra­di­tional Ital­ian waf­fle cookie.  Think of a lighter ver­sion of a waf­fle cone, 6 pizzelle cook­ies in the pack­age I bought equal 140 calo­rie. But I only used 2 per sandwich.

Pizzelle cook­ies can also be made at home. How­ever, I do not have a pizzelle cookie maker so I buy them pre­made in your local gro­cers or Ital­ian bak­ery. I have found them in either the cookie, fresh baked goods, breads or the Ital­ian food sec­tion depend­ing on the store I am in. Also, when I make these I can con­trol the ice cream I choose to use and how much.

What You Need:

For each sandwich

2 Pizzella cookies

1/3 cup of ice cream

2 tea­spoons of mini choco­late chips

How To Put It Together:

Let your ice cream soften just enough so it is easy to press between your cook­ies.  I find once it start­ing to melt but is still fairly easy to keep in a scoop that is the per­fect level of soft­ened ice cream.  Once you scoop it just place it on the plain side of the cookie, leav­ing the dec­o­ra­tive waf­fle cookie side down.  Then place the other cookie on top, with the dec­o­ra­tive waf­fle side show­ing to you.

Caveat: You can always go up to 1/2 cup of ice cream and 1 table­spoon of mini choco­late chips if you want.  A serv­ing of ice cream is 1/2 cup so you are still hav­ing only a serv­ing with a 1/2 cup.

Also, play with chang­ing up the ice cream! I love a good espresso ice cream with these. If you are really want­ing to go deca­dent for a spe­cial treat the addi­tion of a very thin layer of Nutella on the cookie before adding the ice cream is perfect.

Tagged as: comfort food, dessert, easy recipe, food & drink, ice cream, recipe, simple recipe, treat