There are a lot of fancy-schmancy desserts I want to try, but I’m a little intimidated by.
Macarons, for one. Homemade puff pastry. Croissants. Donuts.
And being vegan, and having the baking disadvantage of no eggs, milk, or butter, can typically make these endeavours all the more daunting.
So what I like to do is just simplify.
I’ve wanted to make ice cream sandwiches forever, but the idea of baking perfectly flat cookies, letting them cool all the way, making a no churn vegan ice cream, letting it set, and then somehow assembling them? That was a lot.
So I decided to make ice cream sandwiches the stress-free way. No oven, no ice cream maker, no animal products. Just me and my food processor, making some summer treats.
Plus, I’ve really been trying to make more of my recipes raw, no-bake, and gluten-free, so simplifying things really worked in my favor this time around.
This is a 5-ingredent recipe with no refined sugars! The cookies are made with finely ground cashews, maple syrup, and dates. The ice cream is a two ingredient coconut milk and mango recipe and everything for these ice cream sandwiches is prepared in a food processor or blender.
These ice cream sandwiches are healthy, allergy friendly, and require minimal prep- there’s no excuse not to make them!
Aaaand another exciting thing! I’m getting better at social media, and I now have a publisher page on Yummly! If you use Yummly, this is an easy way to find and organize my recipes 🙂 There’s a button in my share section at the bottom of this post to ‘Yum’ any of my recipes immediately!
- 7 oz coconut milk, chilled in fridge overnight (half a can)
- 1 mango, diced and frozen
- 2 cups raw cashews
- 2 cups pitted dates
- 3 tbsp maple syrup
- Pulse cookie ingredients in a food processor until homogenous.
- Spread mixture out on parchment paper using a rolling pin or hands and cut out circles using cookie cutters or a glass.
- Place cookies in freezer.
- Combine frozen mango and coconut cream (chilled coconut milk) in food processor until smooth and creamy. If too liquidy, freeze until the ice cream sets.
- Using a cookie scoop, sandwich ice cream between cookies and set to chill in freezer.
Medha, this dessert sounds absolutely perfect! I can’t get over how easy this is to whip up. And such a great idea to make a no-bake cookie to go along with this. Sounds delicious!
Thanks, Gayle!
I am intrigued by this easy ice cream and love that it is filled with mango flavor! My favorite. 🙂
Mine, too!
hey, stress-free dessert sounds good to me!!!! and I hear you! I don’t know how you make certain things vegan!! I love it! I am all over these ice cream sammies!!! totally trying this! LOVE the cashew cookies and mango coconut ice cream! yummmm!!
Thanks, Alice! It’s a fun challenge 🙂 And LMK if you try!
RAW ice cream sandwiches?! Good golly, this is genius! I love the tropical flair, and that mango ice cream is driving me bonkers. These are seriously the perfect healthy treat and I must have them allllll!
Thanks, Julia!
I need to try this uber easy mango ice-cream. Just two ingredients? I’m in! Love the cashew cookies too.
Healthy, easy ice-cream sammies, what’s there not to love?
Exactly!
These are SO fun and I love these tropical flavors!
Thank you!
I like your approach and love the way you think. Easy, no bake, no churn works for me! These ice cream sandwiches are so fun and interesting! I’m digging the mango in here!
Thank you 🙂
These look awesome! Love ice cream sandwiches!
Thank you!
I like your approach so much, instead of concentrating on what you can’t have you simply and find creative ways to enjoy similar things, these ice cream sandwiches look great, and I would rather reach our for these than the macaroons. I eat vegan half od the year for religious purposes and I am adding these to my must make list.
LMK if you try! 🙂
Frozen treats are my favorite and I love how easy these are to whip up! The tropical flavors sound fantastic!
Thanks, Kelly!
I love how easy it is to make this! :DDD
Thanks!
such an easy recipe Medha, I absolutely love it!
Thank you so much!
You’re like a magician, Medha! Raw, GF, vegan and only 5 ingredients?! And they look delicious, too!
Haha, thanks!
Wow, mango coconut ice cream sounds wonderful! Congrats and welcome to Yummly. Pinned and Yummed for sure! 🙂
Aw thanks, Kathleen!
Holy cow, simplified is the way to go! I never ever would’ve guessed this was only five ingredients. Major win! And the mango sounds so refreshing right now – do you deliver? I could faceplant in a whole stack of these babies!
I think they’d arrive as a melty mess 🙁
One word! Delicious! The simplicity of these tropical ice cream sandwiches has me swooning.
Thanks 🙂
Yum! LOVE the look of those cookies!
Thank you!
There’s nothing better than an easy dessert that doesn’t require an oven! I love that mango coconut ice cream too, it sounds absolutely amazing!
Thanks, Danielle!
These look incredible! I need to try these.
Let me know if you do!
How brilliant are these stress free ice cream sandwiches!!! The fact that “no oven, no ice cream maker, no animal products” are involved just blows my mind!
Minimalism is a great thing 🙂
I’m amazed! All this with 5 ingredients. Love the ice cream flavor and I can’t believe you can make the cookies with those 3 ingredients. Just goes to show you can eat really well, and cook for yourself, without with dietary restrictions and not a lot of time. Nice!!
Thanks, Monica!
Holy moly this looks sensational!
Thank you so much 🙂
You’re a genius. I’m not a vegan yet because its’ so hard but I hope to be one day, anyway, your ice cream cookies looks delicious!
Thanks so much! And it can definitely be a challenge, but slowly easing into veganism makes it a lot easier 🙂
I hear you about some desserts being intimidating. What I’ve learned about that is that there are either fun shortcuts, or they’re not as bad as they seem. But some are awfully time-consuming.
These were worth the effort! You always find the most inventive ways to do classics!
Thanks, Mir! And yes, sometimes I hunker down and make things the traditional way, but sometimes you just gotta adapt 🙂
Only 5 ingredients? How fantastic! Nothing like a healthy recipe with a short ingredient list!
Thanks, Shelby!
Wow! 2 ingredient ice cream and no bake cookies TOGETHER? Crazy delicious! And super easy! You are right there is no excuse NOT to whip these together! Plus I get to use my best friend, Mr. Food Processor 😉 Cheers, girlie! ♡
Thank you!
Whoa now this is crazy awesome – and 100% raw! You’re a kitchnius! A kitchen genius! 😉
Hahaha thanks!
I am all about the frozen treats right now and these ice cream sandwiches sound fantastic! Love that mango!
Thank you, Ashley!
So you are telling me you just made an ice cream sandwich without any type of baking or churning or sugar and is good for you and gluten free to boot? You, my friend, are a freaking legend.
Haha thanks, Amanda!
I’m so impressed with not only how incredibly delicious you made these but also with how simple you made the process! Awesome!
Thanks!
That flavor combo sounds great and I love the little “cookies”
Thank you!
I know what you mean about the thought of making ice cream sandwiches being overwhelming! I’ve never made them for that exact reason. These, however, I could totally do. Just 5 ingredients and no baking? I’m sold!
LMK if you try!
Oh I LOVE a frozen dessert! These looks delicious. And perfect for any occasion! I’ll be giving these a whirl in my own kitchen! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks, Jenn!
You have left us with no excuses, Medha! And that’s just fine because these look amazing! 🙂
Haha thanks 🙂
Those cashew cookies are just BRILLIANT! These look so incredible for so few ingredients!
Thank you!
That’s so fancy schmancy I <3 it
Thanks!
So fun and creative! I love the flavor combination here!
Thanks so much 🙂
Love this dessert Medha.. The icecream and the cookies everything looks perfect! 🙂
Thanks, Arpita!
Another incredible vegan recipe! These look and sound amazing, Medha!
And I feel the same way about baking certain things, especially croissants. I have wanted to make them for so long but I can’t figure out how to do it without all of that butter!
I might just Earth Balance my way through some vegan croissants one day… 🙂
Aww I love ice cream sandwiches! These are so pretty – can’t believe they have such few ingredients!
Thanks, Jess!
These ice cream sandwiches look amazing! So tropical and fun!
Thanks, Christin!
Yes please…. Frozen dessert is my favourit…!
Esp during summer time!
I agree, vegan baking is so hard sometimes! But these look awesome and like they would be perfect for the 100 degree day we are having here!
Thanks, Izzy!
Oh, what a fun recipe. The only problem with a recipe like this for me is having a hard time not eating the whole thing in the process 😉 — love every single ingredient ♥
Haha I feel you!
Ooh, I love this tropical twist on the ice cream sandwich! They sound wonderful!
Thanks, Kelly!
I can’t believe that these are vegan! Well done lady.
Thanks, Erin!
I love the sound of these & its nice short ingredient list! There’s no better time for tropical ice cream sandwiches than right now in the thick of summer 🙂
Thank you, Nicole!