Mixed Berry Ice Cream Sandwiches
Time: 25 min
Serves: 8
Creamy vanilla ice cream hand-swirled with fresh sweet berries! The secret to this recipe: use lots of berries!
Prep Time:
20 minutes plus time for chilling
Cook Time:
5 minutes
Serves:
8
Perfect for:
Birthday Parties
Summer Treats
Treat Yourself
Ingredients
- 2 cups mixed Driscoll’s Strawberries, Raspberries, Blackberries, or Blueberries
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 container (1.5 quarts) good quality vanilla ice cream
- 8 graham crackers, halved
Directions
- PLACE 2 cups mixed berries into a saucepan. (STEM and CORE and SLICE strawberries if using.)
- ADD 1/2 cup sugar.
- BRING to a boil over high heat.
- REDUCE temperature to low.
- STIR and CRUSH berries.
- ALLOW mixture to SIMMER 5 minutes.
- ALLOW berry mixture to COOL to room temperature.
- TRANSFER mixture to refrigerator to CHILL thoroughly.
- REMOVE 1 container (1.5 quarts) good quality vanilla ice cream from freezer and ALLOW to rest at room temperature 10 – 15 minutes until softened.
- TRANSFER ice cream to a large mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment.
- ADD one-quarter of berry mixture.
- BLEND gently until combined. Do not over mix.
- ADD remaining berry mixture and BLEND gently just until swirled. Do not over mix.
- PLACE 1 graham cracker half onto each of 8 dessert plates.
- SCOOP 1 – 2 scoops ice cream over each graham cracker half.
- COVER each ice cream sandwich with a second graham cracker half.
- PRESS DOWN top graham cracker gently to secure.
- SERVE immediately.
