When I hosted Thanksgiving this year, I wanted to serve an array of desserts but try to steer away from doing the classics only. This is how this delicious treat idea came about -
creamy pumpkin ice cream sandwiched between two crinkled,
ginger cookies. The toughest part was finding good pumpkin ice cream. If it weren't Thanksgiving, I probably would have whipped up a homemade batch, but given the amount of food I was already making (herbed and butter turkey, wild rice and hazelnut stuffing, Brussels sprouts with pancetta, pumpkin praline tiramisu) this was an easy make-ahead dessert. I whipped up a batch of homemade ginger cookies the night before, and simply added a heaping tablespoonful of pumpkin ice cream right before serving.
The only tricky part was finding the perfect pumpkin ice cream!
Il Gelatiere (one of my favourite gelato stores here in Toronto) didn't disappoint - they had a wonderful homemade batch of the fall-flavoured goodness. And to package these, I opted for these little
chevron pouches - each just fits one of these two-bite treats!
Pumpkin and Ginger Ice Cream Sandwiches
Trip Ginger Cookies
recipe
Pumpkin Ice Cream
Once ginger cookies have completely cooled, add a heaping tablespoon of ice cream in the center, and sandwich with another cookie. Serve immediately, or assemble right before serving. Enjoy!
19 comments:
Oh my goodness, these look d-lish! What a great idea for a make ahead treat. I adore ice cream in all its forms, and smushed between two soft ginger cookies sounds pretty much perfect.
I can almost taste these cookies. They look divine. Ginger, pumpkin and ice cream make for a heavenly combination.
Wow, very creative dessert! Not only that, but it fits in perfect with the spirit of autumn!
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these look amazing!! i'd love to serve these for our american thanksgiving coming up!!
I've never had pumpkin ice cream, but I bet it's simply yummy between those ginger cookies! These little ice cream sammies would be a perfect little dessert bite. :)
Omg I live these!!! (Love ;)
Pretty much love your blog all together.
Tx
Miss T: Thank you for the kinds words!
I am so glad that I found your blog. Delicious looking cookies. Who wouldn't love the ginger and pumpkin and ice cream in one piece. Ah! they look absolutely divine. I briefly browsed through your posts and I am sure that I will be back often to check your recipes. Let's stay connected.
Oooh, these sound fantastic!
Allison Day: Thank you!
Any excuse to have ice cream outside of summer is a brilliant coup. These are awesome and great flavors Jenn.
*drool* these look amazing!
I'm totally stealing your idea for this weekend when I have friends over!
WokandSpoon: Let me know how it goes ;) !
these are so, so pretty!
Kale: Thank you! And they're such a nice treat !
Ahhh looks perfect I love the spicy combo
Turmeric n Spice: Me too! The ginger and sweet ice cream are a heavenly combo.
Lovely combination of ginger biscuits and pumpkin ice cream.
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