It’s National Ice Cream Sandwich day, and that sounds like a great celebration for a hot, summer day. There’s just one problem – we’re keto people. Can we have keto ice cream sandwiches?
The History
According to the website National Day Calendar, the first ice cream sandwich was purchased for a penny in 1900 from a pushcart in New York. They were a hit, and were soon available everywhere. The creators would use cake, shortbread cookies, or milk biscuits as the way to hold the ice cream. In 1940, they were being sold in grocery stores, using a crispy wafer with the ice cream. However you want to slice it, these things are yummy.
Making the Filling for Keto Ice Cream Sandwiches
There are a few ice creams that are a good treat and won’t knock you out of ketosis. We enjoy Enlightened ice cream. They have the traditional vanilla and chocolate, but they also have other delicious flavours. We had the glazed donut, and while it was a little sweet for us, it was still good and filled the void for ice cream.
Or, you can make your own. It’s quick and especially easy if you have a My Pint ice cream maker. Mix together 1 cup of heavy whipping cream, ¼ cup of sweetener, and 1 teaspoon of vanilla. Mix it in the My Pint, and you have yourself some delicious (and very filling) ice cream. That is for a serving of at least 2. It’s high in calories, but a good keto treat.
Making the Cookies for the Keto Ice Cream Sandwiches
There are a few things you could try here. We have a recipe for a Belgium waffle that might be good as the ends of the sandwich, although you’d probably have to eat it with a spoon. We also have a recipe for sugar cookies or chocolate chip cookies that would be delicious. Basically, find a cookie recipe you enjoy, and smoosh some ice cream between it. What could go wrong???
Just Buy Them Premade
Okay, so non-keto people don’t go around making their own ice cream sandwiches usually. They just buy them in the store and pop them in their freezers. There are a few companies that sell ice cream products – not just the ice cream itself. Enlightened sells ice cream bars – chocolate covered ice cream on a stick. Apparently Rebel sells ice cream sandwiches that only have 3 net grams of carbs in them. We don’t have them here in Nova Scotia. Keto Foods also has ice cream bars. Again, they aren’t available close to us.
What is it with producers not bringing their keto products to this area of the world? There might be a rant coming up on that! However, we did recently have an Enlightened bar that was Keto Peanut Butter, and it was quite delicious. I guess they will just have to take my money for now…
Wendy
