Thursday, July 7, 2022

My Spin on Ice Cream Sandwiches

 Many years ago while on Weight Watchers I found a recipe for fake ice cream sandwiches. You used graham crackers and fat free or lite Cool Whip. You take two squares of crackers and put a few tablespoons of Cool Whip in between them. You put them in a freezer safe container and put them in the freezer. When frozen the Cool Whip tastes like vanilla ice cream.

Because the graham crackers are more WW points than I wanted to use, and they were really small, I wanted to find something else for the outside of my ice cream sandwich. I found the perfect replacement, Vanilla Pizzelles! They are only 1 point each, they are large and they are delicious. They also come in different flavors. I can't eat chocolate, or else that would have been my first choice. 

These pizzelles came in 4 packs of 8. You can make 4 ice cream sandwiches from one pack. You get 16 sandwiches per package.

I bought this brand from Target

So, you take two Pizzelles, load a couple of table spoons of Cool Whip on one and put the other Pizzelle on top. You can put as much Cool Whip inside of them as you want, I am just trying to keep the calories and points down. You also can use original Cool Whip, Lite or Fat Free. I use the Lite. 

A Pizzelle Cool Whip "Ice Cream Sandwich"

I also made a zero point banana ice cream. You put 4/5 med ripe bananas in a food processor, add half of the inside of a vanilla bean and 1/4 cup FF milk. Once it is completely blended, you pour it into an ice cream machine. I put the banana ice cream in between two pizzelles for a banana ice cream sandwich.

A Pizzelle Banana "Ice Cream Sandwich"

A few weeks ago I went a little crazy on this theme for my Granddaughter. She spent the night with us and for breakfast the next day I made her Confetti Waffles. I had a waffle left over, so I took the waffle and broke it into the four sections, put Cool Whip on one quarter section, covered it with another section, so I had two made, and then froze them. You can drizzle melted chocolate on them before you eat them.

A Confetti Waffle Cool Whip "Ice Cream Sandwich"

 My Granddaughter loved her waffle ice cream sandwich.

 


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