Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream Bars

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Diet: Vegetarian

Prep Time: 20

Freezing time: 6

Total Time: 6 20

Servings: servings

Calories: 413cal

Author: Ashley Fehr

These homemade Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream Bars are cooling, creamy, crunchy, and sweet, with delicious flavors of strawberries and cream! They're perfect for any summer gathering or BBQ.

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Ingredients

Crust

275 grams shortbread or shortcake cookies about 18 cookies or 10 ounces
½ cup salted butter melted

Ice cream cake

4 cups strawberry ice cream
½ cup strawberry jam
4 cups vanilla ice cream

Strawberry Crumble

6 shortbread cookies
⅓ cup freeze-dried strawberries

Instructions

Crust

Line a 9x9" pan with parchment paper (optional but makes for easy removal).
Combine shortbread cookies and melted butter in a food processor (you can also crush them by hand and stir them together). Press into the prepared pan.

Ice Cream Cake

Allow the strawberry ice cream to soften for about 20 minutes, then spread it onto the crust. Freeze for 2 hours or until firm.
Spread the jam in an even layer on the strawberry ice cream. Freeze for 1 hour or until firm.
Allow the vanilla ice cream to soften for about 20 minutes. Spread it onto the strawberry jam.
Make the crumble by roughly crushing the cookies (you want chunks, not fine powder). Separately, crush freeze-dried strawberries into a fine powder. Stir the crumbled cookies and strawberry powder together and sprinkle over vanilla ice cream.
Place in the freezer and freeze until completely firm, at least 4 hours.
Use the parchment paper to remove the ice cream cake. Slice and serve.

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Notes

Ingredients and Substitutions:

Cookies: Choose a plain vanilla shortbread, shortcake, or butter cookie for this recipe.
Ice Cream: Use any brand of ice cream you like!
Freeze-Dried Strawberries: Unfortunately, freeze-dried strawberries are a key ingredient here, and there aren't any great substitutions. You could try swapping with a small amount of strawberry jello powder, but I haven't tested this method, so I can't guarantee the results.

Storage: Store these bars in a freezer-safe container and freeze them for up to 1 month. Bear in mind that it is a frozen dessert, so it won't last long if left out on a dessert table.

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