* This is a sponsored post for Maryland Cookie Thins*
Ice cream cookie sandwiches have just been given a healthy make over by using banana "nice cream" (blended frozen bananas) and the new cookie thins. Under 100 calories for an overflowing cookie sandwich, with 3 different flavour options.
I challenge you to find anyone that doesn't love ice cream cookie sandwiches, and the best thing about these is that they are a lighter version. These have ALL the flavour, but under 100 calories each and that is partly due to using cookie thins. You can use regular cookies though.
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Why should you try it?
- Ready in 10 minutes
- 1 sandwich is only 79 calories
- Kids will love these
- Low Carb
Step by step
One: Put the frozen bananas in to a food processor and blend until smooth. You will need to stop it a couple of times and scrap the sides down and start blending again.
Two: Take ⅔ of the mixture out. With the remaining mixture in the food processor, add the frozen strawberries and blend until smooth.
Three: Halve the mixture that you took out and add vanilla extract to one and cocoa powder to another. You should now have 3 flavours of nice cream - vanilla, strawberry and chocolate.
Four: Divide the nice cream between 10 Maryland Cookie Thins and then put another cookie on top to make a sandwich
What is nice cream?
Feeling a bit confused about what banana "nice cream" is? Well, it's so easy and SO good that you will kick yourself for not having tried it already. It's just chunks of frozen banana, blended until it becomes ice cream texture.
It is super sweet and you could be fooled in to thinking it actually is ice cream. Especially when you add other flavours to it, like blended frozen strawberries, vanilla and cocoa powder to make a Neapolitan mix.
Kids absolutely love it too, and we always have some chunks of banana in the freezer to make this in a flash. Of course we always have some Maryland cookies in the cupboard too!
Nice cream flavours
The flavour options are almost endless when it comes to nice cream sandwiches, but we went with a classic Neapolitan. Mixing peanut butter in is another favourite and we are going to try mint choc chip and caramel next. The salted caramel Maryland Thins would go well with some caramel nice cream.
So, make a big batch of nice cream, put it on the table with some of these cookies and let everyone build there own. It does get a bit messy, especially when it comes to eating them, but that's all part of the fun!
FAQs
Leftovers of these ice cream cookie sandwiches don't store very well. Once they are made, they need to be eaten. So try to only make as many as you need, so they don't go to waste. However, if you have leftovers of just the filling, that can go in a container in the freezer.
You can use any cookies you like. We used cookie thins (from Maryland) to keep them lower in calories, but feel free to use your favourite cookies. You could also use our Almond Butter Cookies.
Extra tips
- You can use different fruit, such as blueberries, raspberries or blackberries
- Add orange or mint extract to change the flavours
- These are best eaten immediately
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Recipe
Neapolitan Banana Nice Cream Cookie Sandwiches
Ingredients
- 2 Bananas cut in to chunks and frozen for 3 hours
- 4 Frozen strawberries
- 1 tbsp Cocoa powder
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 20 Maryland Cookie Thins
Instructions
- Put the frozen bananas in to a food processor and blend until smooth. You will need to stop it a couple of times and scrap the sides down and start blending again
- Take ⅔ of the mixture out. With the remaining mixture in the food processor, add the frozen strawberries and blend until smooth
- Halve the mixture that you took out and add vanilla extract to one and cocoa powder to another. You should now have 3 flavours of nice cream - vanilla, strawberry and chocolate
- Divide the nice cream between 10 Maryland Cookie Thins and then put another cookie on top to make a sandwich
Notes
- You can use different fruit, such as blueberries, raspberries or blackberries
- Add orange or mint extract to change the flavours
- These are best eaten immediately
Suzy | The Mediterranean Dish
Oh my goodness! My kiddos would love these nice cream cookie sandwiches! Pinning to try soon.
Sandi
It is going to be in the 80s here so ice cream is perfect!!
Ben Myhre
I laughed out loud at "nice cream sandwiches". Also... yeah... these look good
Tina
Have you tried these with other types of fruit? Just curious, the possibility are endless:)
Michelle
I love that you do lower calorie versions of my favourite foods. I hadn't heard of these cookies either, so that's another great discovery.
Paula
These look like the perfect half term activity. Thanks Dannii!
Rhian Westbury
I love ice cream sandwiches so these sound tasty and it's nice that there's less calories in these cookies x
Zena's Suitcase
This is such a lovely recipe, and not to naughty either. Great for a quick pudding for the kids
Emma @ Supper in the Suburbs
I saw the video on facebook ans had to check out the recipe :-D they look fab! I love Maryland cookies and had no idea the thins were so low in calories!
rika
My kids will go crazy for these banana cream cookie sandwich! I have to try this recipe soon!
Liz @ I Heart Vegetables
These sound so tasty! I know my nephews would love these but I think the rest of the family would enjoy them just as much!
Tina
I love this! What a great way to treat yourself that isn't completely off the charts;) Thanks for this.
Dahn
Ice cream is my weakness and when I discovered 'nice cream' I was telling all my friends and singing it's praises.. haha. These look delicious and a great way to eat a healthier dessert
Alice
How long will the bananas keep in the freezer for?
Lara Finders
I didn't know they did a thin version of the cookie! I have just started calorie counting, so I am going to stock up on these.
Claire
I made these for my kids and their friends yesterday and they loved them. They did make a fair bit of mess, but it was worth it to be able to give them a healthy treat.
Lucy Parissi
OMG this looks amazing! My kids are totally drooling we LOVE Maryland cookies. Clever sandwiching them with nice cream. Awesome video too :)
Francesca
Oh these look delicious! I just tried the cookie thins in the caramel flavour, they're so good!
Helen
These look and sound so good. I havent seen these new Maryland cookies but I'll look out for them. It's great there is no nasty ingredients in them.
Ellie
I absolutely adore nicecream and these sound divine!