Ok y’all – I had a rough week and usually when I’m having a bad time I turn to sweets. I figured this would be a great opportunity to channel my sweet craving into a Vegan MoFo theme post! What could I do on the cheap that was gluten-free and really hit the spot?
Well, as I was wandering around the devil’s playground The Whole Foods in Glendale I came across some of my favorite cookies (Eat Pastry) and knew they had an excellent gluten-free chocolate chip variety: SOLD!
But what could I do to jazz them up a bit???
Wanting to get the hell out of dodge as quickly as possible (I have never seen so many angry, miserable, rude people in one place before!), I remembered I had some frozen bananas in the freezer and the light bulb went off. Ice cream sandwich cookies!! I checked out as fast as I could and sped away (there may have been a finger involved on the way out, but I plea the fifth on that one) to get home to make this wondrous treat.
Everyone is always talking about making ice cream out of frozen nanners so I figured now was the time to try it out. Hot dang – it works! And I am feeling like a genius for matching these two up. Plus, it made my day a little bit better 
Price Breakdown:
8 TBSP Eat Pastry GF Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough $2.44
1 Organic Banana $.30
1 TBSP Almond Milk $.03
Total: $2.77 or $.69 per sandwich (makes 4 mini sandwiches)
What are your go-to comfort foods when you’re having a bad day?
Chocolate Chip Cookie & Banana Ice Cream Sandwiches
By Published: September 4, 2013
- Yield: 4 sandwiches
Eat Pastry gluten-free chocolate chip cookies with homemade banana ice cream sandwiched in the middle. Vegan dessert.
Ingredients
- 8 TBSP Cookie Dough
- 1 Frozen Banana
- 1 TBSP Almond Milk
Instructions
- Scoop 8 tablespoon size mounds of cookie dough onto a cookie sheet and bake according to package directions.
- In a food processor or blender blend frozen banana and almond milk until smooth. Transfer to a bowl and place in freezer until cookies are done and completely cooled.
- Spoon banana ice cream onto one cookie and then top with another cookie. Repeat until you have 4 sandwiches. *You may want to freeze these for 10-15 minutes before eating, or else they'll be all melty on you.
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Wow, they sound so easy and yummy! If only we got the GF cookie dough here!
I wish I could send you some Pili! But they have to be refrigerated
I bet you could make amazing GF cookies from scratch though!
What an amazing idea! Rarely does it occur to me to make my own ice cream sandwiches, but now I’m feeling like they should always been in my life. The possibilities are endless.
Also, as my much as I love Whole Foods, I often wish I could just say exactly what I’m thinking, or show what I’m thinking with a finger, when I’m there because I always manage to be there at the worst possible hour…Tip: Never go there on Christmas Eve. Seriously. Don’t do it. It’s not worth it.
The Whole Foods I normally go to is never that bad, it’s something about this particular one! But excellent advice – avoid at all costs on Christmas Eve!!
Oh yum! Those look amazing. I’m sorry you had a hard week; hope next week is better!
Thank you!
How on earth did I not think of this? What a GREAT idea — you are a genius!!
Haha, right?! I can’t believe it took me this long to think of it!!
My go-to comfort food? Chocolate, of course
only rivalled by the heavenliness that is the Nougat we have in Germany. Basically chocolate hazelnut praline, perfectly smooth. But I never find it anywhere… which is probably better anyway^^
Oh wow, that sounds amazing! Now I want Nougat too!
I really need to get my hands on some of this cookie dough when I’m in the US next, it looks like it makes wonderful cookies.
They are the BEST vegan cookies ever!!!
I love this brand! I like it even more that you jazzed it up. YUM!
These look delicious. I kind of want one for breakfast!
Ohhhh I want one!
Come to LA, I’ll make one for you
I need to look for that cookie dough. I’ve got the bananas.
Do you have a Whole Foods? Most of them carry it…pretty much every health food store I’ve been to has it too!