Pretzel Ice Cream Sandwiches

Course Dessert

Cuisine American, Southern

Keyword chocolate-dipped-pretzels, ice-cream-sandwich-recipe, pretzel-ice-cream-sandwiches

Prep Time 20

Freeze time 1

Total Time 1 20

Servings servings

Calories 351kcal

Author Melissa Sperka

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips divided
2 1/2 tsp vegetable shortening divided
24 whole original pretzel crisps
1/2 cup salted peanuts roughly chopped
1 pint premium vanilla ice cream
heavy whipping cream as needed to thin

Instructions

Line a sheet pan with wax paper. Set aside.
In a microwave safe bowl or in the top of double boiler, melt together 2 cups chocolate chips and 2 tsp vegetable shortening. Heat in 30 second increments stopping to stir each time.
Continue this process stirring until the chocolate is completely smooth and the consistency is such that it will form a thin coating on the pretzel crisps.
If you need to thin the chocolate a bit more, I recommend adding heavy cream 1 Tbsp at a time and stir until you reach the right consistency.
Using two forks dip each pretzel crisp into the melted chocolate covering completely. Allow any excess chocolate to drip off, then place flat side down on the wax paper. Place pan into the freezer for 20 minutes to set.
Just before assembling, melt the remaining 1/2 cup of semi sweet chocolate chips with 1/2 teaspoon of vegetable shortening. Just as before, heat in 30 second increments stirring periodically, until the chocolate is completely smooth and thin enough to drizzle. Again, have heavy cream available, if needed.
Assemble: Gather all of your ingredients so you can work quickly. Remove chocolate covered crisps from the freezer.
Using a small 1 ounce ice cream scoop or a teaspoon, scoop 1 ounce of vanilla ice cream onto the flat side of one pretzel crisp. Place a second crisp, flat side down, on top of the ice cream to form the sandwich. Press down gently.
Drizzle the top with melted chocolate, then sprinkle with chopped peanuts. Repeat this process with all of the ice cream sammies, and repeat again if you have extra chocolate and peanuts remaining.
Return to the freezer for 30 minutes or until hardened and set.
Store for up to one week frozen in an airtight container.

Notes

Why vegetable shortening? Because it will harden more quickly, and will form a candy-like coating preventing the pretzel crisps from becoming soggy. It will also give the chocolate it's shine.

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