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My favorite flavor of ice cream has always been mint chocolate chip. Oh goodness. I have memories from way back always hoping for mint. I’m not this huge mint fan but I’ve just always loved it in my ice cream.
This year I made a Summer Fun List. It’s really been a blast doing all the fun things we hoped to do. In addition when I blog about it I have some accountability to try to hold true to our list.
As you can see ice cream sandwiches were definitely coming. And I thought it would be fun to make something minty since I’ve had my blog for over a year and have yet to put up any mint recipes. How sad.
Well, that’s changed. Here you are.
Delicious fresh home churned mint ice cream loaded with bits of homemade chocolate cookies. Does summer get any better than this?
Ahh the freshness. Ohhh the goodness. Hail the sandwich.
I have no idea what I’m talking about. Other than: These ARE good. You REALLY need to try them.
The end.
Hope your summer is happening in most fun of ways!
Til we meet and eat again,
Melanie
I highly recommend the Cuisinart Ice Cream & Sorbet Maker
Fresh Mint Cookies and Cream Ice Cream Sandwiches
Ingredients
Cookies:
- 2 cups of all purpose flour
- ¾ cup Dutch-process cocoa or Hershey's Special Dark cocoa *See Note*
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup of unsalted butter
- 2 cups of sugar plus a little for sugar coating
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
Mint ice cream:
- 2 cups fresh mint leaves
- 1 cup whole or 2% milk
- 2 cups half and half or heavy cream
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- pinch of salt
- 2 teaspoons peppermint extract
Instructions
Cookies:
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine flour, cocoa,baking soda and salt. Stir and set aside.
- Using a mixer combine the butter and sugar until creamed. Add eggs one at a time stirring after each addition. Stir in vanilla. Add flour mixture a little at a time until completely incorporated.
- Wrap the dough in plastic and chill until firm, 1-2 hours.
- Roll the dough into 1 1/2 inch balls and roll in sugar to completely coat.
- Bake for 11-12 minutes until set in the middle. Move to a cooling rack after 1-2 minutes.
Ice Cream:
- Steep mint leaves in 1 cup of milk for about 30 minutes. Let cool a bit. Pour though a sieve. Press out and squeeze mint as much as possible. Transfer to a 1 cup measuring cup. Fill up with additional milk as needed to make 1 full cup.
- Combine minty milk, sugar and a pinch of salt in a medium bowl. Whisk until sugar is dissolved. Stir in heavy cream or half and half and peppermint extract. Cover and refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours or overnight.
- Place creamy mixture in an ice cream maker and follow directions for operation. My Cusinart needs to churn for about 15-20 minutes. In the last minute or two add cookie crumbs. Freeze for an additional 15-30 minutes or until hardened enough to scoop onto cookies.(Note: if it's too hard let sit for a few minutes before scooping.)
Assembly:
- Lay cookies out face up. Scoop about 1/4 -1/3 cup ice cream (depending on cookie size) onto cookie.Top with additional cookie.
- Eat immediately or freeze in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.
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This looks like the PERFECT ice cream sandwich, Melanie! I love everything about this, and that ice cream sounds like pure mint bliss. Gorgeous pictures, too! Pinning!
You’re so kind Gayle. Thanks for the sweet words!
Mint Chocolate Chip is my favorite, too! These look awesome!
Thanks fellow mint lover. 😉 So glad you stopped by!
Holy cow Melanie!! These are just gorgeous! I love your styling for these photos too! Wish I could have a few of these for breakfast 🙂 Pinned!
You’re so sweet Chelsea! Ice cream sandwiches for breakfast? LOVE it!
Thanks for pinning.
Ahhh, you’re speaking my language, Melanie! I love love mint ice cream. Pinned!
I’m realizing how many mint fans are out there. Thanks for pinning!
Mmm nithing better than a couple of ice-cream sandwiches in summer *-* These look delicious Melanie! xx
Agreed! Thanks for the sweet comment.
Mint Chocolate Chip is my favorite too. I love that you used fresh mint in this recipe – I bet it tastes absolutely incredible!!!
Yay! Another fan in the house. 🙂
We’re on the same minty wavelength, Melanie — I just posted fresh mint ice cream this week, too. It was my first time making this flavor and I loved it!! I love how you made ice cream sandwiches out of it, and do they look delicious! Pinning. 🙂
I see that! So cool. Thanks for pinning Marcie!
Love the flavors, they look incredible! Reminds me so much of being a kid.
Thanks for the kind words Matt! Childhood memories are the best.
Sounds incredible girl, I’m a mint chocolate chip lover too. Can’t wait to try this. Gorgeous pics too!
Thanks Krista! Glad I have a fellow fan. 🙂
Mint chocolate chip ice cream is by far my favorite too! These look incredible, I love that you made ice cream sandwiches with them. Such a wonderful idea!
Thanks for stopping by Danielle!
I love mint ice cream too! It’s so fresh and light, and refreshing for summer. I’ve never made my own, and you’ve totally inspired me to whip some up. Love that you used them to make an ice cream sandwich. So good!
Sounds good Natalie. Hope it turns out delicious!
These look amazing! I love mint ice cream! And, I’ve never made ice cream before – but that needs to change, so I can make these!
I definitely agree Kristi. You have to change that. Homemade ice cream is the best!
This ice cream has to be fantastic with fresh mint. Thankfully it’s so easy to grow! Pinning!
Thanks for pinning Mallory!
Wow, these look so pretty. I love mint cream and have a mint plant that I’ve been wanting to use to make some. Thanks for a great recipe 😀
This is my first year planting mint. Last year I had to get some from a neighbor. I love having it growing right out the back door. Yum!
These look incredible, Melanie! I can never get enough of ice cream and mint chocolate is one of my favorites too! I love that you made ice cream sandwiches too – so yummy and fun 🙂
Thanks for your sweet words Kelly!
I can never get tired of eating ice cream sandwiches. I also love the mint chocolate chip flavor, although I can’t think of an ice cream flavor that I dont like 😉
Haha. Yes there are many scrumptious ones out there!
These look perfect! I could eat a stack of them right now!
I think we all like chocolate and mint, right?! This sounds beyond refreshing!! I love the ice cream sandwich and the fact that it’s homemade! Hope you’re having a great week, Melanie 😉
I love mint, especially in ice cream! I also just loveeee the Cuisinart ice-cream maker, it gets the job done right!
I love that you made the mint ice cream with real mint, Melanie. Mint-choc chip was one of my favourite ice cream flavours, so I can imagine how lovely these are with those beautifully chocolaty gooey cookies! Very nice!
OMG!! I adore mint cookies.. and mint icecream too. overall I love anything minty.. This is like heaven to me. 😀
loving how easy this whole recipe is Mel, everything looks incredible! and I love a good stacked food shot too 🙂
Incredibly delicious! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
Oooh – so yum! I still haven’t gotten an ice cream maker – and recipes like this sure make it hard for me not to run to the store and cave!
No, my friend, summer does not get any better than this!! I want to stuff my face with all of this minty chocolatey goodness! Pinned!
Haha. Thanks for pinning Jocelyn!