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M&M Ice Cream Sandwiches

Make your own M&M ice cream sandwiches for summer! Two bakery-style M&M cookies with a scoop of vanilla ice cream sandwiched in between. Delicious and so fun! 
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword ice cream sandwiches, M&M
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 14 minutes
cool 20 minutes
Total Time 44 minutes
Servings 14 sandwiches
Calories 475kcal

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter room temperature
  • 1/2 cup shortening*
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 16 oz. M&M candies
  • vanilla ice cream

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  • In a medium bowl, cream butter, shortening, and sugar with an electric hand mixer or stand mixer. Beat in eggs.
  • In a separate bowl whisk flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt together.
  • Combine flour mixture with wet ingredients.
  • Scoop cookies, using a medium cookie scoop, and place them on baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Completely cover each cookie dough ball with M&Ms. No need to cover the bottom of each dough ball, just the top and sides. You can do this by hand or press the cookie dough ball into a bowl of M&M candies.
  • Bake for 14 minutes. Let cookies stand on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
  • Allow cookies to cool completely. To make an ice cream sandwich add a scoop of vanilla ice cream onto one cookie and press a second cookie on top. Press.

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Notes

  • I like using a 50/50 combination of butter and shortening in my sugar cookie recipes because I think it gives them the best texture, but you can use all butter if you’d like. 
  • You can make 14 ice cream sandwiches and store them in the freezer to enjoy whenever you'd like, but I think these taste best made and eaten fresh. I store the cookies in an airtight container or freezer and add a scoop of ice cream when I'm ready to eat one.

Nutrition

Calories: 475kcal