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This ginger cookie ice cream sandwich is a delicious treat! With mini gingersnaps and peppermint ice cream, it’s perfect as a Christmas dessert recipe.

Ginger Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich | Peppermint ice cream sandwiches
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Here we are in December, and we feel like our heads are still stuck in mid-summer. Maybe it was the breakneck speed of our house and kitchen renovation throughout the summer and early fall, or the relentless pace of our jobs. Whatever the case, we’ve been in desperate need of margin, which we finally got the sweet taste of these past few days. This margin has given us some time to come up with some ideas for you for the holiday season (which incidentally we’re having a hard time believing is really here!). Keep reading for the ginger cookie ice cream sandwich recipe!

Ginger Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich | Peppermint ice cream sandwiches

For Christmas and the holiday season, Alex and I love to come up with a few different ideas. Typically we focus on healthy, whole food, simple recipes. But for this cookie ice cream sandwich recipe, we thought we’d get the holiday season started out right with a traditional, festive baked good! It’s made with good old butter, sugar, and flour.

For this cookie ice cream sandwich recipe, we’ve combined our favorite ginger molasses cookies with peppermint ice cream recipe to create a tasty sandwich (that happens to be dairy-free or vegan). You’ll have to carve out some time for this one – it’s best when the ice cream is made the day before, and the cookies are fully cooled before assembling the ice cream sandwiches (we learned that the hard way!). But all the work is absolutely work it for the flavor! These ginger cookie ice cream sandwich

Next up are a few easy, natural (and gluten-free) treats that are still festive and fit for the holiday table, as well as an elegant entree for the holiday table. We can’t wait to share them with you. Cheers to the holidays – may they be full of margin and joy for you!

What are your favorite holiday recipes? We’d love to hear your favorites.

Aside from these gingersnap ice cream sandwiches, here are a few of our favorite Christmas cookie recipes:

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This ginger cookie ice cream sandwich is a delicious treat! With mini gingersnaps and peppermint ice cream, it’s perfect as a Christmas dessert recipe.

  • Author: a Couple Cooks
  • Prep Time: 2 hours
  • Total Time: 2 hours
  • Yield: 2024 mini sandwiches, 12 large sandwiches 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Baked
  • Cuisine: American

Ingredients

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For the peppermint ice cream (or use purchased ice cream)

  • 14-ounce can regular coconut milk
  • 14-ounce can light coconut milk
  • ½ cup honey
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 teaspoons peppermint extract

For the cookie ice cream sandwich

Instructions

  1. The night before serving, make the ice cream: In a medium bowl, whisk together 2 cans coconut milk, ½ cup honey, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and 2 teaspoons peppermint extract. Freeze the mixture in an ice cream maker (or make it without the machine). Transfer to an airtight container and freeze overnight.
  2. Make the ginger cookies. To make mini cookies as pictured above, roll dough into into ¾ to 1-inch balls. Cool cookies completely before assembly.
  3. To assemble, crush the candy canes by placing them in a sealable bag and crushing with a rolling pin. On each cookie, spread some peppermint ice cream; top with another cookie. Roll the outside of the ice cream with peppermint candies (or use your fingers to line the ice cream). Freeze in a sealable container. Serve frozen within a few minutes from removing from the freezer.

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Alex & Sonja

Hi! We’re Alex & Sonja Overhiser, authors of the acclaimed cookbooks A Couple Cooks and Pretty Simple Cooking—and a real life couple who cooks together. We founded the A Couple Cooks website in 2010 to share seasonal recipes and the joy of home cooking. Now, we’ve got over 3,000 well-tested recipes, including Mediterranean diet, vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, smoothies, cocktails, and more!

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  1. Katie says:

    I am trying to make the ice cream and it doesn’t seem to freeze. I own an ice cream maker and froze the bowl for 12 hours. It has been churning for 40 minutes and it is still a liquid. Do you have any suggestions?

    1. Alex says:

      Sorry it didn’t work! We’ve found that with some ice cream makers you have to freeze the bucket a full 24-hours and chill the mixture in the refrigerator overnight. If it hasn’t started to harden after 15-20 minutes, it probably won’t. You can always put the partially frozen mix in a glass container in the freezer to further harden. Hope that helps!

  2. Jocelyn (Grandbaby Cakes) says:

    Wow these are so gorgeous!!!

  3. Grace says:

    Peppermint coconut milk ice cream? Amazing!

  4. katy says:

    Hi Guys,

    I was curious if you’ve tried this ice cream with any other cookies? The gingersnap combo sounds delicious, but I am wondering if it would go with your chocolate black bean cookies (I have yet to try them!) to provide a dairy free alternative?

    1. Sonja says:

      Hi Katy! We have not personally tried the ice cream with other cookies, but I can’t imagine a combination that would not be delicious! I would give the chocolate black bean cookies a try for a dairy-free sandwich — let us know how it works out!

  5. Lauren says:

    Hi Sonja and Alex! I just found your blog through Foodgawker and am really enjoying it! I love pretty much anything with mint or candy canes, so I am definitely pinning this for later. I bet the ice cream base would work great by itself too. :-)

    1. Sonja says:

      Hi Lauren! We’re so glad you enjoy our blog! I hope you enjoy the recipe — and yes, the ice cream base is great on it’s own! I’ve been adding chocolate chips to our leftovers for mint chocolate chip (my personal favorite).

  6. Dina says:

    they look delish!

  7. Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar says:

    Bah! These are soooo cute! I love the peppermint-gingersnap combo!

  8. sara says:

    These are so cute…love!

  9. Linda Wagner @ Linda Wagner Nutrition says:

    Ooooooh, these look amazing! I’ve been on peppermint kick lately and am so inspired by this!

  10. Skye says:

    Holidays start with December 1st. It’s official. And nothing says Christmas holidays like peppermint candy canes. Love this twist on an old classic.

  11. Kathryn says:

    I could have written this word for word! I’ve not even started thinking about festive baking yet but I need to get on with it otherwise I’m pretty sure that December will just fly away…

    I love ice cream sandwiches at the best of times but I really love the way you’ve combined all these holiday flavours in one perfect treat.

    1. Sonja says:

      Funny – right down to the kitchen renovation, right? :) Thanks, Kathryn!

  12. Stephanie @ Girl Versus Dough says:

    These sound so delicious! Love that the ice cream is made with coconut milk, too. Yum! :)

    1. Sonja says:

      Thanks! It’s one of our favorite coconut milk ice cream bases, and so easy to make.

  13. Tieghan says:

    I still cannot believe it is December. Time is flying!!

    These are sure to make me stop in my tracks though. They look awesome!

    1. Sonja says:

      Thank you, Tieghan!

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