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Vegan Ice Cream Sandwiches made with creamy cashew ice cream and chocolate shell “sandwich.” A delicious frozen treat made with healthy ingredients!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Creamy Cashew Ice Cream Goodness: Luscious, dairy-free cashew milk ice cream centers.
- Healthy Ingredients: Every ingredient in this recipe is guilt-free… so you can eat more, like healthy peanut butter ice cream and almond joy vegan ice cream.
- Frozen Treat Delight: With chocolate shell layers sandwiching creamy centers, this frozen novelty is so fun to eat!
Vegan Ice Cream Sandwiches
“Oh man!!! Are these really vegan ice cream sandwiches? Made with chocolate shell?? Dude. No way!”
That’s what Erik said when I beamingly presented these to him, chest-puffed out and everything. Yes, there comes a time in every adult woman’s life when her chest needs to be puffed out for pride purposes. That time is today. Because vegan ice cream sandwiches made with creamy cashew ice cream and layers of chocolate shell made from coconut oil and cocoa powder are beyond delicious!
You’ll love making this vegan ice cream sandwich recipe aka THE cashew ice cream sandwich you need… because they’re made with healthy, dairy-free, plant-based ingredients. They’re so fun to make, including soaking raw cashews, to yield delightful and delicious creamy centers with rich dark chocolate exteriors. Best idea ever, inspired by Detoxinista‘s klondike bars.
Cashew Ice Cream Bars Ingredients
- Cocoa powder – I love raw cacao powder, but you can use whichever you’d like
- Coconut oil – we’ll melt this and combine it with maple syrup and cocoa to make magical vegan chocolate shell
- Maple syrup – make sure to use pure maple syrup, not imitation for incredible flavor
- Raw cashew pieces – raw turns into the most creamy, dreamy ice cream when soaked
- Nut milk – you can use almond milk, cashew milk, soy milk—take your pick
- Vanilla – use pure vanilla extract for rich vanilla ice cream flavor
How to Make Vegan Ice Cream Sandwiches
Learn how to make vegan ice cream sandwiches by soaking raw cashews and making from-scratch sandwich “bread”. The result is pure vegan dessert decadence that you’d never have to feel guilty about!
- Soak raw cashew for 3 hours. To prepare, line an 8-inch square pan with parchment paper.
- Whisk together 2 tablespoons each: cocoa powder, coconut oil, and maple syrup. Pour this mixture into the lined pan and freeze for 15 minutes.
- Heat nut milk and coconut oil in a small saucepan until smooth. Remove from heat to allow to reach room temperature. Drain and rinse cashews, then place into a food processor with coconut oil, milk, maple syrup, and vanilla. Blend until smooth.
- Pour this cashew ice cream mixture over the frozen chocolate layer. Spread into an even layer. Freeze for 1-2 hours, until solid.
- In a small bowl, whisk together 2 tablespoons each until smooth: cocoa powder, coconut oil, and maple syrup. Pour this chocolate mixture over the frozen ice cream. Freeze for 30 minutes.
- Remove from pan and slice into 16 vegan ice cream sandwiches. Enjoy!
Storing Instructions
Store cashew ice cream sandwiches in a freezer-friendly container for up to 1 month. Be sure to separate layers of ice cream sandwiches with wax paper or parchment paper.
More Ice Cream Recipes
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Ice Cream
- Vegan Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe
- Double Chocolate Chip Coconut Vegan Ice Cream
- Best Strawberry Vegan Ice Cream
Tell me about all of your wildest dreams and favorite childhood desserts below, with several chocolate shell vegan ice cream sandwiches in hand, of course.
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Vegan Cashew Ice Cream Sandwiches
Ingredients
Chocolate Coating
- ¼ cup cocoa powder, divided
- ¼ cup melted coconut oil, divided
- ¼ cup maple syrup, divided
Vanilla Ice Cream
- ¾ cup raw cashew pieces
- ½ cup nut milk, almond, cashew, or whatever you prefer
- 1/3 cup coconut oil
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
- Soak raw cashews for 3 hours. Line an 8×8 pan with wax paper or parchment paper. Set aside.
- Make the first chocolate shell layer: In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together 2 tablespoons of each of the following: cocoa powder, melted coconut oil and maple syrup. Whisk until smooth. Pour this mixture onto the lined pan. You need to work quickly as this chocolate shell sets very fast. Set this pan in the freezer for 15 minutes.
- Make the vanilla ice cream: In a small saucepan over low heat, warm up milk and coconut oil until smooth. Remove from heat. Allow to reach room temperature.
- Drain and rinse the soaked cashews. Place the cashews into a small to medium-sized food processor or blender. Add coconut oil, milk, maple syrup and vanilla extract into processor or blender. Blend until smooth.
- Take the baking pan out of the freezer. Pour the cashew mixture over the chocolate layer, making sure to create an even layer. Carefully place the pan back into the freezer for 1-2 hours, until frozen solid.
- Make the last chocolate shell layer: In the same medium-sized bowl from earlier, whisk together the remaining 2 tablespoons each of cocoa powder, melted coconut oil and maple syrup, until smooth. Remove pan from freezer and quickly pour and smooth the chocolate mixture over the frozen cashew layer. Freeze for 30 minutes.
- Slice: Remove the pan from the freezer. Lift the bars out by pinching two ends of the wax or parchment paper. Slice into 16 pieces. Enjoy immediately.
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Notes
- Vegan Ice Cream Sandwiches store very well in an airtight container in the freezer for up to 2-4 weeks. Separate layers of ice cream sandwiches with wax paper or foil.
- Adapted from this recipe.
If you’re in the mood for a peanut butter fix, try my Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Popsicles (Vegan, Gluten Free).
Beat the heat with my light and refreshing Vegan Blueberry Coconut Popsicles (Gluten Free, Dairy Free).
What do you enjoy eating ice cream sandwiches with?
Brilliant Clicks.. I love ice cream sandwiches…
Ice cream sandwiches always make me extremely nostalgic! I am always so impressed by how you transform such few raw ingredients into desserts that makes this non-vegan dessert lover drool.
It’s so funny, I’m learning that ice cream novelties in general make everyone really nostalgic. Including me. Lol. Thank you so much Megan! 🙂
Demeter, why are even your older pictures so pretty? And even your first posts so funny? I came here to find ugly, old photos, it’s so unfair!
JK, I came here actually to find a good ice cream sandwich recipe. I knew you’ll have one for me. Need to make one for next weekend for a friend. So thank you so much again for this!!! I hope it’s going to be as delicious as it looks like 🙂
What?? No! Lol. Thanks for saying that E. Truth be told, I took these photos on my old iPad, with bold aqua curtains and bright red furniture all adding to the color “balance.” Lololol. Yeah, I’m quite the smart cookie. So I’m just go ahead and take your compliments, and move swiftly away… 😉
Oh, I hope your friend like these! Definitely a different twist on the classic. It’s perfect for big chocolate lovers. 🙂 Be sure to tell me what she thinks! xo
I can see thst iam more chocolate obsessed than you. I never could have completed this recipe fully. Woul have completed half of it by licking from the beginning. Cashews for ice cream is new to me. Loved the texture and color. As you said i am obssesed on the color combo in every post of yours
You are?! Well, we can share our love/obsession for chocolate together. 🙂 Oh, it was definitely very hard to resist the urge to eat everything before freezing. How’d you know? 😉 I hope you get a chance to enjoy this! Thanks so much Smitha! xo
OMG I need to try this! I have been having such a craving for ice cream lately (probably because it’s finally warmer, we have like 24°C now, it’s crazy!). But of course the guilt always follows, knowing how much sugar they put into that stuff. But these here look incredibly delicious AND they’re healthy. Thanks for a great recipe! 🙂
Oh, I hope you do! These go great with warm weather. I can’t believe it’s so warm there! That’s awesome. Yup, guilt-free desserts are the absolute best–that’s one of my main goals with this blog: eat yummy stuff that’s actually secretly healthy. Thanks Natanja! 🙂
These look perfect! Will definitely try them!
They’re ridiculously enjoyable. Hope you like them, Mira! 🙂
You make some gorgeous food! I wish I could order this from you!
Haha! Thank you! Oh man, I would be sweating (along with the ice cream sandos) to see if you liked it. 🙂 Hope you enjoy the recipe!