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Chocolate and Peppermint Candy Ice Cream Sandwiches

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Chocolate and Peppermint Candy Ice Cream SandwichesRomulo Yanes
Cooks' note:

Ice cream sandwiches keep 3 days.

Recipe information

  • Total Time

    3 1/2 hr

  • Yield

    Makes 8 sandwiches

Ingredients

1 pint superpremium vanilla ice cream, softened slightly
1/4 teaspoon pure peppermint extract
1 cup finely crushed peppermint hard candies (1/4 lb)
16 chocolate wafers such as Nabisco Famous

Special Equipment

a 1/4-cup ice cream scoop

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Stir together ice cream (reserve pint container), extract, and 1/2 cup crushed candy in a bowl until combined.

    Step 2

    Transfer mixture to pint container and freeze until just firm enough to scoop, about 1 hour.

    Step 3

    Working very quickly, scoop ice cream onto flat sides of 8 wafers (1 scoop per wafer), then top with remaining 8 wafers, flat sides down. Wrap each sandwich individually with plastic wrap and freeze until firm, about 1 hour. Unwrap sandwiches and roll edges in remaining 1/2 cup crushed candy. Rewrap and freeze until firm, about 1 hour.

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