Ritz Cracker Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream Sandwiches
Updated March 26, 2019
It’s Monday, it’s hot, you need a fun summer treat! Today I am sharing a simple recipe for Ritz Cracker Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream Sandwiches.
I am blaming Joy the Baker and Bakerella for these addicting little sandwiches. When I saw their ice cream sandwich recipes, I was done for. I had to get on board! Plus, it’s National Ice Cream Month so I have to do my part to eat as much ice cream as possible.
To make the ice cream sandwiches I used buttery Ritz crackers. Ritz crackers are a blast from the past for me. I used to eat them almost every day after school when I was in junior high. I would dip the crackers in a jar of peanut butter. It always got a little messy, but the combo was so good!
I guess my taste buds haven’t grown up too much because I still love Ritz crackers and peanut butter together. I did kick things up a notch by adding milk chocolate and ice cream to the mix.
I dipped the bottoms of the crackers in milk chocolate. After the chocolate hardened, I added a creamy layer of peanut butter. I put the crackers in the freezer to set up and then added a scoop of vanilla ice cream. I used a medium cookie scoop to do the job.
Salty buttery crackers with sweet milk chocolate, creamy peanut butter, and a scoop of cold vanilla ice cream-it’s a thing. A very good thing! These bite-size ice cream sandwiches are my new obsession.
I made these on a 100 degree day so it was a little hard to take photos. It got a little messy, but that didn’t stop me from sampling a few. I put the rest of the ice cream sandwiches in the freezer for later.
I thought I would forget about them, out of sight out of mind, right? Well, my mind never stopped thinking about these cute little Ritz cracker ice cream sandwiches. Every time I walked by the freezer I wanted to pop one in my mouth. Instead of eating a dozen ice cream sandwiches, I invited some neighborhood kids over to enjoy a cool summer treat! They were a hit!
Kids and adults will go crazy for these Ritz Cracker Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream Sandwiches. They are fun to make and fun to eat! And they are small ice cream sandwiches so you can eat more than one. You have my permission:)
Ritz Cracker Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream Sandwiches
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups milk chocolate chips
- 24 Ritz crackers
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 pint vanilla ice cream
Instructions
- Place the chocolate chips in a medium microwave safe bowl and melt until smooth, stirring every 30 seconds.
- Cover a baking sheet or platter with wax paper. Dip the bottom side of the crackers in the melted chocolate. Place the crackers on the wax paper. Transfer the crackers to the freezer and let the chocolate dry completely. This will take about 5 minutes.
- Remove the crackers from the freezer and spread peanut butter over 12 of the chocolate crackers. Place the crackers back in the freezer so the peanut butter can set up, about 5 minutes.
- Remove the crackers from the freezer and place a small scoop of vanilla ice cream into the center of the 12 chocolate peanut butter crackers. Gently press the remaining crackers, chocolate side down, onto the ice cream scoop. Freeze for at least 30 minutes before serving.
- Note-I use a medium cookie scoop to scoop up the ice cream. Mix things up by using your favorite flavor or ice cream. The sandwiches will store in the freezer for up to a week, just wrap them individually with plastic wrap.
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They look incredibly addictive, Maria! Salty, sweet, chocolate, peanut butter, creamy, smooth, crunchy – all the elements of a perfect snack!
Such a cute and tasty idea for homemade ice cream sandwiches, Maria! I just adore this flavor combo as well as their size. (Dangerous!) The buttery cracker combined with the salty-sweet taste and crunchy texture sensations contrasting with the creamy chocolate, peanut butter and ice cream is smashing! Thanks for sharing. Pinning! xo
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These would be waaaaay too dangerous. I could eat these like popcorn.
Ok, seriously, these look insane! I can almost taste the sweet and salty combo. And i’m drooling thinking about it.
I can just imagine how good this salty sweet combination is. And I love that they’re smaller than the traditional ice cream sandwich= just perfect
Wow, Great idea! Love the flavor combination you used! Yum!!! I need to make these right away!
I need to make these… though pretty sure I will eat about a dozen!
Such a cute (and awesome!) summer dessert!
Aaaaand, I just added ritz to my shopping list because I neeeeed these!
Ritz cracker sare everywhere! But I like it that way. I am so inspired by your creations. The salty and butter cracker has to the newest ice cream sandwich.
Now I get to blame you on my new addiction!
They look so simple and yummy. I’m sure my kids would love me just a whee bit more if I made those as an afternoon snack. Thanks for sharing!
Ahh, these look so good! Got that salty/sweet combination going on!
My sister in law makes chocolate peanut butter cookies with Ritz crackers…and they are completely addicting! Add some vanilla ice cream to the mix? I’m in trouble.
I am in love with these little bites. Love the salty and sweet combination.
Love these little guys so much!!
What a great combo of sweet and salty in a cool summer treat!
Yum, my son would love these 🙂 pinned
Bet these are outta this world!!
YUUUM! Those look so good. And since it IS National Ice Cream Month…. you had to…right? Can’t wait to try them!
the chocolate was the perfect addition! These little bites are perfection!
I am forever a fan of the buttery Ritz cracker so adding chocolate and ice cream… PERFECT!
I adore this. I have always been a fan of Ritz crackers and I’m sure the sweet/salty/butter combo is totally addictive. And so easy to make too! ….On second thought, maybe I shouldn’t make these. I may not be able to stop!
Oooo, these are just too fun and too cute! Love!
I’m sitting here thinking of what gathering I can have these at since I know I will probably eat them all if I make them with just me and my daughter there.
What a great idea….sound so yummy!
These are adorable, and they look incredibly good! Love the idea.
What a fab idea, just too perfect.
Wow, this is a great combo of sweet and salty
Oh wow!!! Want some of these!
Um, holy salty/sweet heaven! I am jazz hands excited about making these little guys!
Little bites of heaven right there!
These look completely addictive!
Ice cream, peanut butter, chocolate, AND Ritz crackers! This is the ice cream sandwich of my dreaaaams.
This is so creative, Maria!
Pinned! I’ve always loved Ritz crackers- this is a yummy-sounding salty/sweet combo! Thanks 🙂
Put me down for eight dozen!!!
Wow! I could definitely use like 7 of these right now!!
How cute are these?! And so little it would be totally OK to eat 5 in a row right?
Umm… I’ll take them all!
Just recently rediscovered Ritz crackers and peanut butter. Perfect comfort snack. Your recipe looks like a winner. Brilliant! Thanks. -L.
Perfect for our heat wave this week!
what a “duh, why didn’t I think of that” idea!! LOVE it!! going to try it when I make my next batch of ice cream!
So addictive!! Perfect sweet and salty deliciousness!!
totally digging this!
These are too stinking cute! And yes, they look totally addictive!
My husband would go mad if I put a few of these in front of him. He loves Ritz. And now for dessert. Love the extra peanut butter and chocolate.
Such a simple and delicious idea! Oh the sweet and salty!
The problem with these is that they are pretty much a serious addiction waiting to happen!
I am totally making these! Sweet & salty together is so addicting. Great idea!
These look so cute and yummy!
Oh my goodness these look so yummy! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Yes, please. These are the answer for snacks on hot summer days. So easy the kids can make them themselves.
Mmmmm…I’m all over these little babies!
These look so delicious, the perfect mix of sweet and salty!
Made these last night and WOW! I love the simplicity of this recipe – so easy and brilliant. My girlfriend said it is the best dessert she has ever had. Next time I need to figure out how to make them look a little prettier, mine were a bit messy looking. Thanks for the great idea – will absolutely be making these again!
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