Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream Bar Recipe
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!
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.
Notes
My popsicle molds hold 7 tablespoons of liquid, which means I needed 2 ½ cups + 2 tablespoons of ice cream to fill them. The amount you need may be a little more or less, depending on the size of your popsicle molds. Here's how to figure it out:
Tablespoons to fill your mold x The number of molds you have = Total tablespoons needed
1 cup = 16 tablespoons
½ cup = 8 tablespoons
Serving: 1 bar, Calories: 293kcal, Carbohydrates: 44g, Protein: 3g, Fat: 11g, Saturated Fat: 5g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 3g, Cholesterol: 19mg, Sodium: 74mg, Potassium: 405mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 21g, Vitamin A: 196IU, Vitamin C: 246mg, Calcium: 94mg, Iron: 5mg