Ice Cream Sandwich Cookie Help

June 15, 2024 7:46 PM

My brother and I have an obscene recipe for peanut butter ice cream. We want to make some sandwiches. What kind of cookie?

We tried a chocolate chocolate chip, but I thought it was too much. Actually we did it as a pie with ganache on top, but there's neither here nor there.

I want something fancier than plain chocolate chip. Peanut butter cookies seem like they would be pb overkill.

This is surprisingly hard to google. Hope me Hive Mind.

posted by kathrynm to Food & Drink (21 answers total)

I don't have a recipe handy but I would pay homage to the PB&J and do some sort of berry-containing cookie.
posted by eponym at 7:53 PM on June 15 [4 favorites]

Best answer: Maybe molasses, or molasses-ginger? Something with a little kick to offset the density of the peanut butter. My other ideas are a banana cookie or a spicy chocolate cookie.
posted by cocoagirl at 8:07 PM on June 15 [2 favorites]

Chocolate wafer cookies
or if making your own: oatmeal
posted by TDIpod at 8:13 PM on June 15 [5 favorites]

Sugar cookies -- standing in for white bread with the crusts cut off, natch.
posted by wenestvedt at 8:17 PM on June 15 [4 favorites]

Best answer: The texture is probably wrong but the flavor is a slam dunk if you use world peace cookies - decadent, dark, salty shortbreads. Not too sweet. They are very crumbly and non glutinous. They’d be perfect for a little amuse bouche open face sandwich bite if you don’t need a handheld version
posted by seemoorglass at 8:26 PM on June 15 [2 favorites]

ginger snaps!
posted by mochapickle at 8:42 PM on June 15 [1 favorite]

A crunchy oatmeal cookie, and then it's the ice-cream sandwich version of do-si-dos, the Girl Scout cookie.
posted by Charity Garfein at 8:52 PM on June 15 [4 favorites]

I'm imagining snickerdoodles going well with that ice cream.
posted by away for regrooving at 9:16 PM on June 15 [5 favorites]

You do want a softer cookie or it will be unbiteable when frozen. I think a chocolate chip cookie would be nice as an accent that doesn’t compete with your PB ice cream.
posted by janell at 9:33 PM on June 15 [3 favorites]

Strawberry Cookies?
posted by Marky at 9:41 PM on June 15 [1 favorite]

We tried a chocolate chocolate chip, but I thought it was too much.

Can you say more specifically in what way you felt it was "too much"?
posted by Nerd of the North at 12:57 AM on June 16

Best answer: Peanut butter ice cream + classic chocolate ice cream sandwich cookies = mmmmmmm
posted by picopebbles at 4:44 AM on June 16 [4 favorites]

I don’t have any fresh ideas but I’ve favorited my preferred options above. I do think a softer cookie is the way to go, although the chocolate wafers could be awesome, too.

With apologies for not really answering your question, I’d love to know what your obscene recipe is. Perhaps I could then make the ice cream and experiment with sandwiches!
posted by cheapskatebay at 5:16 AM on June 16 [1 favorite]

The missus has a wonderful soft chocolate cookie that I think would be perfect with peanut butter ice cream. I think it would hold up well, and the chocolate flavor leans into the dark side of things.

If interested, MeMail me and I’ll happily share.
posted by Thorzdad at 5:54 AM on June 16

Smitten kitchen has some very good advice on the topic of ice cream sandwiches, which I have never personally tried, but mean to each summer. That blog has always been very good for dessert advice.
posted by ice-cream forever at 5:56 AM on June 16

Best answer: I am not super big on peanut butter but I do love a peanut butter, honey, and banana sandwich. And banana is a great cookie ingredient when you are making vegan baked goods, it does a great job of keeping in moisture so you get a soft chewy texture, which is what you need for ice cream sandwich cookies. So some kind of banana cookie, maybe a touch of cinnamon? With a drizzle of honey either swirled into the ice cream or between the cookie and the filling. Or, just serve the ice cream alongside bananas foster instead of the traditional vanilla.
posted by Mizu at 6:14 AM on June 16 [1 favorite]

It really would help a lot to know the recipe! That would make it easier to think through subtler flavor combinations.

Also, uh, I wanna make it, it sounds so good.
posted by meese at 6:32 AM on June 16 [3 favorites]

Maybe a plain vanilla wafer would do.
posted by Czjewel at 8:30 AM on June 16 [1 favorite]

Best answer: I came to say ginger snaps. You can also add bacon. Peanut butter and bacon was my father's favorite combination.
posted by BibiRose at 9:15 AM on June 16 [1 favorite]

if you want to lean into the salty-sweet thing, make your sandwiches with Ritz crackers.
posted by sarajane at 9:41 AM on June 16

Response by poster: Here is the recipe.

The cookie was very rich and I'm sure the chocolate ganache didn't help the richness.

I marked as best answers that made me drool. :)

In the end, my brother requested the Toll House chocolate chip cookie recipe made with mini chips and butterfinger bits.

I'll be memailing you Thorzdad.

Additional recommendations still welcome, as are ice cream recipes. Both of us have coworkers who are willing victims.... errr taste testers. \o/
posted by kathrynm at 9:54 AM on June 16 [4 favorites]