Description
Homemade strawberry shortcake ice cream bars combine classic dessert flavors in a frozen treat. Creamy vanilla ice cream, crushed shortbread cookies, and fresh strawberry sauce create a delightful summer indulgence you can savor.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 2.75 cups strawberry ice cream, softened
- 0.25 cup white chocolate chips
- 0.5 cup freeze-dried strawberries
Cookies:
- 4 golden Oreo cookies
Binding Ingredient:
- 1 tablespoon avocado oil
Instructions
- Gently soften strawberry ice cream in a bowl, stirring until it reaches a pourable consistency without becoming fully liquid.
- Carefully transfer the softened ice cream into popsicle molds, insert popsicle sticks, and freeze for minimum 4 hours. Simultaneously, chill a baking sheet in the freezer for later assembly.
- Create a smooth white chocolate coating by microwaving white chocolate chips with avocado oil for 30 seconds, stirring until completely blended. Allow mixture to cool for 5 minutes.
- Prepare the shortcake coating by pulverizing golden Oreo cookies and freeze-dried strawberries into fine crumbs using a food processor. Spread crumbs evenly on a flat plate.
- Remove frozen ice cream bars from molds by briefly dipping in warm water. Place on the chilled baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Drizzle one side of each ice cream bar with white chocolate coating, then immediately press into strawberry-Oreo crumb mixture, ensuring complete coverage on both sides.
- Return coated bars to the frozen baking sheet, adding additional chocolate drizzle if desired. Freeze until completely firm and set.
Notes
- Soften Ice Cream Gently warm the strawberry ice cream to achieve a pourable consistency without fully melting, ensuring a smooth texture and easy molding.
- Freezing Tip Use a metal baking sheet chilled in the freezer to help the bars set quickly and maintain their shape during assembly.
- Chocolate Drizzle Technique Allow the white chocolate mixture to cool slightly before drizzling to prevent immediate melting of the ice cream bars and create a more controlled coating.
- Crumb Coating Pulse the Oreo cookies and freeze-dried strawberries to create a fine, even crumb that adheres perfectly to the chocolate-covered ice cream surface.
- Unmolding Trick Briefly dip the frozen molds in warm water to easily release the ice cream bars without damaging their shape.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 4 hours
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Freezing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
- Calories: 230
- Sugar: 16 g
- Sodium: 70 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 34 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 5 mg