Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream Bar
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As a kid, the jingle of an ice cream truck always made me excited for my favorite order: strawberry shortcake ice cream bars! You too? Well, that little kid grew up to run a food blog and have a sweet tooth, so you bet I’ve crafted this special recipe to recapture that nostalgic joy… Let me show you how with just five ingredients!
These strawberry shortcake ice cream bars are pure summer nostalgia. Creamy strawberry ice cream gets frozen in popsicle molds, drizzled in melted white chocolate, then coated in a buttery crumb made from white Oreo cookies and freeze-dried strawberries. They’re sweet, creamy, crunchy, and taste just like the classic ice cream truck bars so many of us grew up loving.
One of my favorite things about this recipe is how approachable it is. With just a handful of ingredients and about 30 minutes of hands-on time, the bars come together surprisingly easily. The hardest part is waiting for them to freeze before digging in.
The coating is what really makes these special. Freeze-dried strawberries add concentrated berry flavor and gorgeous color, while the white Oreo crumbs bring that signature buttery crunch. The melted white chocolate helps everything stick together and creates the perfect shell around the creamy strawberry ice cream.
How to decorate your strawberry shortcake ice cream bar
A simple way to decorate these is to save some of the melted white chocolate to drizzle over your bars. Here are some other cute ideas:
- Freeze dried strawberries: Use some of the freeze dried strawberries to decorate! Secure them in place with the melted white chocolate (the tastiest ‘glue’ ever).
- Sprinkles or edible glitter: I personally like to leave the sprinkles off as I love the strawberry cookie crust just the way it is, but if you’d like a pretty pop of sweetness, add some sprinkles. If you’re going all out, some edible glitter would be so aesthetic!
- Strawberry sprinkles: Use these edible strawberry decoration toppers to play off the strawberry theme!
- Nuts: Add some extra crunch with some chopped nuts.
- Coconut flakes: For a tropical twist.
I don’t have popsicle molds. Can I still make this? If you want to buy one, there are many options online, but you can also often find them at dollar stores or home goods stores. If you’d rather not buy a mold, you can still make this. Cleaned yogurt containers or small paper cups will do the trick. Essentially, you can fill just about any container, insert a stick, and freeze it to make popsicles!
Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream Bar Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 ¾ cups strawberry ice cream (softened – see notes)
- ¼ cup white chocolate chips
- 1 tablespoon avocado oil (see notes)
- 4 golden Oreo cookies
- ½ cup freeze-dried strawberries
Instructions
- Put the softened strawberry ice cream into a bowl and mix until it is pourable but not completely liquid.2 ¾ cups strawberry ice cream
- Pour the melted ice cream into popsicle molds, insert a popsicle stick, and freeze until solid, at least 4 hours. (Put a small baking sheet into your freezer – you'll need it cold to assemble the bars.)
- Add the white chocolate chips and avocado oil to a glass. Microwave for 30 seconds, and then stir until it's completely smooth. Let it cool for about 5 minutes.¼ cup white chocolate chips, 1 tablespoon avocado oil
- To make the shortcake coating, pulse the golden Oreo cookies and freeze-dried strawberries until they become crumbs. Transfer the crumbs to a plate.4 golden Oreo cookies, ½ cup freeze-dried strawberries
- To assemble the ice cream bars, remove the baking sheet from your freezer and line it with parchment paper. Unmold one strawberry ice cream bar (dipping it in a glass of warm water can help) and drizzle one side with white chocolate.
- Place the bar, chocolate drizzle side down, in the strawberry crumbs. Drizzle on more chocolate and then flip the bar so it is coated on both sides.
- Place the bar on the cold baking sheet, drizzle a little more chocolate on top if you'd like, and then assemble the rest of the bars. Place the bars back into the freezer until they're firm.
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