Raw Ice Cream Sandwich

Andrew Davis

by | Updated: December 2nd, 2016

What’s cooler than a creamy scoop of ice cream on a hot summer day? How about a frozen, non-dairy, natural and 100% raw treat you made yourself, from scratch? Nothing beats homemade, and this chilly confection is a DIY superstar that I scream, you scream and everyone at your backyard get-together is going to scream for. Tucked between two layers of cacao & walnut brownies is a wonderland of sweet, dairy-free ice cream, spun up in your very own blender. Dunk the whole thing in a chocolaty-coconut coating that hardens into a candy-like shell when frozen, and wave goodbye to that ice cream truck—for good!

Recipe: Raw Ice Cream Sandwich

Brownie Ingredients

1 cup walnuts
1 cup dates
1 Tbsp. cacao powder
1 tsp. vanilla extract

Ice Cream Ingredient

3 frozen bananas

Chocolate Coating Ingredients:

1/4 cup cacao butter
1 Tbsp. lucuma powder
2 Tbsp. coconut nectar
2 Tbsp. cacao powder
Pinch of salt

 

Directions:

  1. To make brownies, combine walnuts, dates, vanilla and cacao powder in food processor and pulse until well blended.
  2. Press half of mixture into the wells of a muffin pan.
  3. Blend bananas until creamy; spread mixture over brownie layers.
  4. Place muffin pan in freezer for one hour.
  5. Spread remaining brownie mixture over ice cream layer; freeze for an additional hour.
  6. For coating, combine cacao butter, lucuma powder, coconut nectar, cacao powder and salt in foo processor and blend until smooth. Pour mixture into a bowl.
  7. Carefully remove brownie sandwiches from muffin pan. Dip sandwiches in chocolate mixture until  coated evenly. Place sandwiches back in the muffin pan.
  8. Freeze for an additional 1-2 hours or until chocolate hardens.

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