Love sweet summertime desserts? Then you’ve got to try my Butter Brickle Ice Cream and my Hot Fudge Pudding Cake!

There’s only one thing better than homemade cookies … homemade ice cream cookie sandwiches! Chewy cookies and cold creamy ice cream make the perfect summertime treat. These peanut butter M&M cookies are adapted from my Classic Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies. They’re super thick and loaded with tons of chocolate candies. I slightly under baked the cookies to get the soft, chewy center so they melt in your mouth on the inside and remain firm on the edges. (Just how I like my cookies!) Between the two cookies, I sandwiched creamy vanilla ice cream. I opted for store-bought for convenience’s sake, but feel free to make your own from scratch! This cookie ice cream sandwich recipe makes six nice sized ice cream sandwiches (so 12 cookies total), and only require less than 20 minutes to make start to finish. They’re a great make-ahead dessert to grab and enjoy as you like!

Key Ingredients

You need classic baking ingredients to make these chewy peanut butter cookies with M&Ms, including unsalted butter (at room temperature), light brown sugar, granulated sugar, creamy peanut butter, an egg, pure vanilla extract, flour, salt, and baking soda. And then, of course, the colorful M&Ms. Lastly, all you need to complete these ice cream sandwiches is the ice cream! I opted for store-bought vanilla ice cream for convenience’s sake, but feel free to make your own from scratch or use another flavor. Chocolate, peanut butter, or coffee would be delicious!

How To Make Chewy Peanut Butter M&M Cookies

After placing the ice cream in between the cookies, let them freeze for at least 2 hours to harden up before serving. Make the cookies large and flat to create the perfect sandwich cookie. Roll the dough into rounded tablespoons, and flatten the cookies gently before placing them in the oven. This helps them spread, and keeps them from being too thick. (Aka, easily biteable when frozen!) Top the raw cookie dough with some chocolate candies to make them look pretty from the outside after they’ve baked! Take these homemade cookie ice cream sandwiches up a notch by rolling the assembled desserts ice cream side down with some toppings like crushed nuts, cookie pieces, crumbled M&Ms, or mini chocolate chips.

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