Last Saturday night I met up with a few of my Spanish friends who happened to be traveling through San Francisco. Earlier that day I found myself enjoying a glass of wine at the Ferry Building when I suddenly realized I should host an impromptu dinner for them! Dessert, of course, would be in the form of ice cream sandwiches. Not just any ice cream sandwich, the It's It — a San Francisco tradition since 1928 — is vanilla ice cream smashed between two oatmeal cookies, and then dipped in chocolate. Everything is so much cuter in mini form, so I made mine bite-sized. I prefer It's Its with mint chocolate chip ice cream rather than boring old vanilla, so that's what I used as well. To see how I did it — it's really simple, you can do it too! — read more
Mini It's Its
1 pint mint chocolate chip ice cream (or any other flavor of ice cream)
50 mini oatmeal cookies (I got mine at Bristol Farms)
1 bottle Hershey's magic shell chocolate syrup
- Set the cookies out, tops down, in pairs on a cookie sheet.
- Working quickly place a one teaspoon scoop of ice cream on top of one cookie. Top with another cookie to form a sandwich.
- Place in cookie sheet with the sandwiches on it in the freezer for 1-2 hours.
- Squirt one squirt of chocolate magic shell on top of each sandwich. Return to the freezer for another 30 minutes to an hour for the chocolate to harden.
- Take from the freezer, pop in the mouth and enjoy!
Makes 25 mini sandwiches.
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Rick Owens
Karen Millen
Pierre Hardy
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1That's all I have to say about these yummies!
must make these NOW!!!!!
2nice! sounds really simple and REALLY tasty!
3YUMMM......i bet a praline ice cream would be yummy with the cookies...which may actually be the best part =)
4Alright while these look delicious, I have to say that any variations on the vanilla ice cream is NOT an It's It. It just isn't.
5Although Cool-a-Coo beats It's It, I'll take what I can get.
Hmmmm... Great dessert idea for a party.
6I miss It's Its! I try to have one whenever I'm in the Bay Area. This is a fun idea - perfect for a Labor Day bbq!
7Man! I haven't had and It's It in forever.
Those look great!
8Um, most beautiful thing of the day! These look scrumptious!
9This is not going to be good for my pre-Hawaii diet!
10i love it's its.
11Oh, wow! I want me some of those!
12yum
13I want to make that.It looks yummy.
14wow - looks good: but are they TOO sweet?
15MMMmmmmmmmm.... I'm so making these tomorrow night!!! I love me some It's It...especially the mint kind! YUMMY! I never thought of making my own, but they seem so easy! I might even make my own oatmeal cookies for it!!
16I love this idea and it would definitely go with my entertaining style this summer because whether we're having people over to the house, or inviting them out for a day on the boat, I've been serving mini sandwiches. I've got a local bakery that makes fabulous dinner rolls in a variety of different flavor combinations. I've used whole grains and honey as well as Italian with pepperoni and cheese baked right in! They bake fresh herbs and olive oil into some mini works of art!! I keep the sandwich fillings simple for the stronger flavored rolls and go all out on the more plain ones. Those mini sandwiches along with a summer salad and an appropriate wine make for a wonderful light fare.
17Great for the kids. Thanks for a great idea.
18Oh my gosh - YUM!
19I can't wait to try this! I'm always looking for ITs-IT's, but my grocery store doesn't have them.
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