It's It Ice Cream Sandwich Recipe (Video)

This copy cat It's It ice cream sandwich recipe is a family favorite! And the best part? The cookies are made from scratch, making them even better than the original! This post was originally shared in 2016 and now includes a step by step video! You might also like our homemade Hostess cupcakes, our toasted coconut chocolate ice cream recipe or our ice cream sandwich cake!  

Watch our step by step video!

What's an It's It?

It's It ice cream sandwiches are made with oatmeal cookies and are completely dipped in chocolate. They come in a variety of flavors, but original and chocolate chip mint are my favorite. I love them so much that we made sure to stop at the headquarters and factory shop when we lived in California. The shop is small, but they sell all of the flavors and you can buy them individually. The kids had a great time picking out some new flavors to try. You can also find them at your local grocery store, but the whole point of this post is to show you how to make them yourself so here we go... Our version is just as good as the original and are made out of my FAVORITE oatmeal cookie recipe. You'll notice that I only dip half of the sandwich in chocolate. It's easier to make them that way and easier to eat because you have a place to hold it without having your fingers touch the chocolate.     

The BEST Ice Cream Sandwich Cookie Recipe

Do you have desserts that take you back to your childhood? I remember my mom making these delicious oatmeal cookies when I was a kid. She found the recipe in an issue of  "Country Magazine". They were called "Poor Man's Cookies" because they contain no eggs, butter, or milk. They are the cookie to make when your refrigerator is bare! I still make these cookies for my family and they are always a hit. These are the best cookies for making your own ice cream sandwiches. Nice and flat and they stack beautifully. Not everyone is a fan of baking with shortening, or using shortening at all. You'll be surprised how much flavor these cookies have without butter (and we all know that I use butter in EVERY other recipe that I have on here so I don't say that lightly). There is almost a coconut-y flavor to them. It doesn't make any sense, but I don't question it.

Ingredients

Cookies

• ¾ cup shortening
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• ½ cup sugar
• ¼ cup water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoons salt
• 2 cups rolled oats

Ice Cream

• ice cream
• Smucker's Magic Shell Topping

Directions

In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in water and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Fold in oats. Drop onto greased baking sheets using medium cookie scoop. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Allow to stand 2 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool. See how flat and perfect these are for stacking? Just right for ice cream sandwiches. This cookie recipe yields enough for 12 sandwiches (24 cookies). Add a generous scoop of ice cream to a cookie and press down with a second cookie. Note: My FAVORITE brand of ice cream for mint chocolate chip is Turkey Hill. If you know you know.   Freeze for at least 1 hour to allow cookies to freeze and ice cream to harden. Pour Smucker's Magic Shell Topping (original or fudge) into a small bowl or glass and dip sandwiches halfway. It is easier to use a small bowl or narrow glass vs a wide one. This will give the cookies better coverage. Return to baking sheet (lined with parchment or wax paper) and freeze until ready to serve!

Homemade Ice Cream Recipes

You might also like some of our homemade ice cream recipes. Our favorites are our Buckeye Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream, our Key Lime Ice Cream and our Rocky Road Ice Cream recipe! 

Copycat It's It Chocolate Dipped Ice Cream Sandwich Recipe

This chocolate dipped ice cream sandwich recipe is my copycat version of an It's it ice cream sandwich.  A family favorite! And the best part? The cookies are made from scratch, making them even better than the original!

4.72 from 7 votes

Print Pin Rate

Prep Time: 40 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 12 minutes minutes

freeze: 1 hour hour

Total Time: 1 hour hour 52 minutes minutes

Servings: 12 ice cream sandwiches

Calories: 325kcal

Ingredients

• ¾ cup shortening
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• ½ cup sugar
• ¼ cup water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 2 cup rolled oats
• Ice Cream
• Smucker's Magic Shell Chocolate Fudge Flavored Topping

Instructions

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in water and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Fold in oats.
• Drop onto greased baking sheets using medium cookie scoop. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Allow to stand 2 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool.
• Arrange cookies on a baking sheet lined in parchment paper. Add one scoop of ice cream onto a cookie and press down with a second cookie.
• Freeze ice cream sandwiches for at least 1 hour.
• Pour Smucker's Magic Shell Chocolate Fudge Flavored Topping into a small bowl and dip each ice cream sandwich half way into chocolate.
• Return to parchment lined baking sheet and freeze until ready to serve.

Notes

Use a tall cup when dipping the ice cream sandwiches vs a wide bowl to make dipping easier. 

Nutrition

Calories: 325kcal