I spend a fair amount of my time looking up recipes, reading cookbooks and testing out my own creations. The other day I saw this bomb fruity pebble ice cream sandwich on the Coolhaus instagram and immediately had to recreate it for myself.

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That got me thinking: what other amazing ice cream sandwich combinations are out there just waiting to be made and tasted? Here’s a roundup of my five favorite new ice cream sandwiches. I highly recommend the strawberry shortcake one.

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Brownie + Cookie Dough Ice Cream

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Photo by Phoebe Melnick

Easy

Prep Time: 2 minutes
Cook Time:
0 minutes
Total Time:
2 minutes

Servings: 6 sandwiches

Ingredients:
12 brownies
1 pint chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream

Directions:
1. Using a 1 inch circle, cut brownies into small circles.

cut brownies into circles

2. Sandwich cookie dough ice cream between two brownies.

cookie dough

Fruity Pebbles + Rice Krispie Ice Cream

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Photo by Phoebe Melnick

Easy

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time:
3 minutes
Total Time:
18 minutes

Servings: 4 sandwiches

Ingredients:
4 cups Fruity Pebbles
3 cups mini marshmallows
3 tablespoons butter
1 pint Rice Krispie Treat ice cream

Directions:
1. Melt down marshmallows with butter until smooth.
2. Combine with fruity pebbles. Pour out onto parchment paper and press flat. Chill for 15 minutes.

Fruity Marshmallows

3. Using a 2 inch circle, cut 8 circles out of set Fruity Pebble treats.

cut into circle pebble

4. Sandwich Rice Krispie Treat ice cream between two Fruity Pebble rounds.

ice cream pebble

Cinnabon + Cinnabon Ice Cream

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Photo by Phoebe Melnick

Easy

Prep Time: 2 minutes
Cook Time:
3 minutes
Total Time:
5 minutes

Servings: 4 sandwiches

Ingredients:
8 pre-made Cinnabons
1 pint Cinnabon ice cream

Directions:
1. Cook Cinnabons in a waffle iron for 3 minutes.

cinnabon

2. Slice Cinnabon in half.

slice cinnabon

3. Sandwich Cinnabon ice cream between two Cinnabon halves.

sandwich ice cream cinnamon

4. Drizzle frosting over sandwiches.

drizzle frosting

Biscuit + Strawberries + Vanilla Ice Cream

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Photo by Phoebe Melnick

Easy

Prep Time: 2 minutes
Cook Time:
9 minutes
Total Time:
11 minutes

Servings: 5 sandwiches

Ingredients:
5 pre-made biscuits
1 cup strawberries
1 pint vanilla ice cream

Directions:
1. Cook biscuits at 400°F for 9 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool. Slice in half.

cook biscuit

2. Slice strawberries.
3. Sandwich vanilla ice cream and strawberries between two biscuit halves.

biscuit sandwich

Glazed Donuts + Chocolate Ice Cream

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Photo by Phoebe Melnick

Easy

Prep Time: 1 minute
Cook Time: 
0 minutes
Total Time: 1 minute

Servings: 3 sandwiches

Ingredients:
3 glazed donuts
1 pint chocolate ice cream

Directions:
1. Slice donuts in half.

slice donut in half

2. Sandwich two or three scoops of chocolate ice cream between the two donut halves.

chocolate ice cream donut

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