Red, White, & Blue Velvet Ice Cream Sandwiches, plus Wilton Giveaway

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Fourth of July is only 3 weeks away, who’s ready?  My kids are still in school until the 22nd so we’re having a hard time believing Fourth of July is right around the corner!!  I made these adorable Red, White, & Blue Velvet Ice Cream Sandwiches recently that would be perfect for Fourth of July or any of your summer events!  Thanks to Wilton’s Ice Cream Sandwich Pan, the Red Velvet Brownies for these ice cream sandwiches were easy to make!  The cream cheese vanilla ice cream has small chunks of strawberries and blueberries making this a fun red, white, and blue treat!  One lucky reader will also win one of these great Ice Cream Sandwich Pans and more from Wilton!

Red, White, & Blue Ice Cream Sandwiches

What’s Fourth of July without a little ice cream?!  These Red, White, & Blue Velvet Ice Cream Sandwiches combine some of my favorites including red velvet, brownies, ice cream, and fresh fruit!  The red velvet brownies were easy to make in Wilton’s Ice Cream Sandwich Pan.  Be sure to spray the pan with nonstick spray or brush with some melted butter.  I spread some melted butter on the pan, and the brownies popped right out with no problem!

Red, White, & Blue Velvet Ice Cream Sandwiches

 Mix all your dry ingredients together for the brownies.

Red, White, & Blue Velvet Ice Cream Sandwiches

 Then mix together all your wet ingredients.

Red, White, & Blue Velvet Ice Cream Sandwiches

Combine the dry and wet ingredients, then add some red food coloring.  If you don’t like to use food coloring, just leave it out.  Everything will taste just as great!

Red, White, & Blue Velvet Ice Cream Sandwiches

Put about 2 tablespoons of batter in each cavity and spread so that the batter is level.  Be sure to not put too much batter in each cavity or it may overflow in the oven!

Red, White, & Blue Velvet Ice Cream Sandwiches

Bake for about 8-10 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.  Right after you take the brownies out of the oven, turn the pan over above a cooling rack (shake the pan gently if necessary) and the brownies should pop out.  If they don’t, carefully go around the edge with a blunt knife or toothpick to help loosen them up a bit and try again.  Mine popped right out with no problems!

Red, White, & Blue Velvet Ice Cream Sandwiches

Meanwhile, make your ice cream!  If you don’t have an ice cream maker or want to speed this part up a bit, use some store-bought vanilla ice cream and mix in a little cream cheese (what would red velvet be without a little cream cheese?) and some chopped up fruit.  For the ice cream batter, I mixed up all my ingredients except the fruit and placed it in my ice cream maker for about 20 minutes (but follow the directions for your maker).

Red, White, & Blue Velvet Ice Cream Sandwiches

Then I mixed in some finely chopped strawberries and blueberries into the finished ice cream.  Be sure to finely chop the fruit so that you don’t have big huge chunks of hard frozen fruit.  Not fun to bite into! You could also smash the fruit with the back of a fork instead of chopping if you’d prefer.

Red, White, & Blue Velvet Ice Cream Sandwiches

To assemble, place a brownie on top of a piece of plastic wrap.  Spoon about 1/4 cup of the ice cream on top, then top with another brownie.  If the ice cream is too soft or runny, place it in a freezer friendly container for a few hours, before assembling the sandwiches.  After you have assembled the sandwich, wrap it  up in the plastic wrap and continue with the rest of the brownies and ice cream.

Red, White, & Blue Velvet Ice Cream Sandwiches

Freeze the sandwiches for a few hours or until the ice cream is set.  Then let them thaw slightly before serving.  Enjoy!

Red, White, & Blue Ice Cream Sandwiches

 Now who wants to win one of these great pans??

Wilton Giveaway Prize

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Prize:
Wilton has graciously offered to give one reader a 12-Cavity Ice Cream Sandwich Pan, a 6-Cavity Ice Cream Cookie Bowl Pan, and a 6-Mix Sprinkle Assortment.  (Approximate retail value of prize is $29)

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Red, White, & Blue Velvet Ice Cream Sandwiches
4.8 from 32 reviews

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Serves: 6 ice cream sandwiches
A twist on “red velvet” that is perfect for Fourth of July or any of your summer events!
Ingredients
Red Velvet Brownies:

  • 1⅓ cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup unsalted butter, melted & cooled
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • red food coloring
Ice Cream:

  • 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup heavy cream (or half & half)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • ½ cup finely chopped (or smashed) strawberries
  • ½ cup finely chopped (or smashed) blueberries
Garnish (optional):

  • additional chopped strawberries and/or blueberries
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Spray Wilton 12-Cavity Ice Cream Sandwich Pan with nonstick cooking spray or brush lightly with melted butter.
  2. In a small bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt. In separate large bowl, whisk together butter, ¾ cup sugar, eggs, and vanilla until well combined. Stir in dry ingredients until just combined. Stir in red food coloring a little at a time, until desired color.
  3. Spoon about 2 tablespoons of batter into prepared pan and spread batter evenly.
  4. Bake brownies at 325 degrees F for about 8-10 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Flip pan (shake gently if needed for brownies to come out) over onto cooling rack and cool completely.
  5. Meanwhile, prepare ice cream. Whisk (or beat with electric mixer) together cream cheese and ½ cup sugar. Mix in cream and vanilla until well combined. Place in ice cream maker and make according to manufacturer’s directions. Stir in fruit during last minute or in separate bowl with finished ice cream.
  6. Place half of brownies on separate pieces of plastic wrap. Spoon about ¼ cup of ice cream on top of each then top with remaining brownies (Note: If ice cream is too soft to spoon on top of brownies, place ice cream in freezer friendly container and freeze several hours before filling between brownies). Garnish sides with additional chopped strawberries and/or blueberries if desired. Wrap up each sandwich in plastic wrap and place in freezer for several hours or until ice cream has set.
Notes
SNAPPY TIPS: Be sure to chop your fruit finely for the ice cream so that you don’t get large chunks of frozen fruit that can be hard to eat. If you do not like frozen chopped fruit, smash the fruit with the back of a fork before mixing in. SNAPPY SUBSTITUTIONS: If you do not want to make ice cream, you can mix cream cheese into store-bought vanilla ice cream, and mix in some fruit. (For more recipes visit Snappy Gourmet at http://www.snappygourmet.com to sign up for an email/RSS subscription or visit Snappy Gourmet on Facebook or Twitter.)

 

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643 thoughts on “Red, White, & Blue Velvet Ice Cream Sandwiches, plus Wilton Giveaway”

  7. J

    My favorite homemade summer dessert has to be a trifle. Or strawberry shortcake with homemade biscuits. Its a tough choice. LOVE them!

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  30. Carole Resnick

    My fvorite summertime dessert is ice cream pie. The ingredients I have on hand ( I always have ice cream) determine the flavors.

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  50. Kat

    I follow on e-mail ……I get so many wonderful ideas…I’ll make these for the grand-kids…since I can’t do ice cream….I wonder how sherbert would taste???Hmmmmm
    Love your posts…
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  54. Kat

    I’ve been using Wilton products since 1978…went to my first class in 1979..hmmm am I showing my age???? A proud 62!!!!
    Kat ;-) ~

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  55. Naomi LaFave

    My favorite summertime dessert is Texas Sheet Cake! Yumm! I grew up on Wilton products watching my grandmother bake in her kitchen as her little helper! It was loads of fun and I have many wonderful memories of those times with her.

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  57. Rachel M.

    My favorite summer dessert would have to be fruit pie (apple, blueberry, etc.) topped with ice cream, of course!

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  73. kelly nicholson

    Mandatory Entry-
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  94. Ali M.

    My all-time favorite summer dessert is an ice cream cake, which I made for the first time for my boyfriend’s birthday bbq. So easy, and a total hit with everyone!

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  100. Christina Tong

    My favorite homemade summer dessert is homemade fresh strawberry ice cream.

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  135. Jacqui

    My favorite homemade summer time dessert is strawberry shortcake! So light, refreshing and delicious!

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  191. Amy Tong

    My favorite homemade summer dessert? I scream for ICE CREAM! I just got my brand new ice cream machine recently and can’t wait to try these wonderful Wilton tools with my ice creams. Your Red white and blue velvet ice cream sandwiches are fantastic! So festive for the 4th…or any summer day!

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  223. Lisa F.

    I follow Snappy Gourmet on Pinterest. In fact, I think that I have most of your recipes pinned on my board!

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  255. Laurie

    Why should summer be any different than the rest of the year? Give me anything peanut butter & chocolate!

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  265. JENNIFER WILLIAMS

    My favorite summer dessert is strawberry shortcakes. Fresh berries are in abundance during the summer

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  274. *°•ƸӜƷ Louis ƸӜƷ•°*

    homemade popsicles from fruit puree
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  283. Ambrielle B.

    My favorite summer dessert is dump cake…. Dump a can of pie filling in a 9×9 pan… Dump half a box of cake mix on top….. Dump some cubed butter on top and bake for 25 minutes….. Num num and easy!

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  305. Lauren

    In the summer, I love the cookie version of the fruit pizza…sugar cookie, cream cheese frosting on top, and any type of fruit (but I like blackberries and rasberries)

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  323. debbie jackson

    strawberry shortcake is my fave summer dessert debbie jackson
    djackson1958 at hotmail dot com

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  334. Sherry Compton

    Favorite summertime dessert… So many good ones…love strawberry shortcake. It was recently strawberry shortcake day, and my daughter made some for us

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  335. Carol

    My favorite summer homemade recipe is the blackberry fruit Popsicle with honey and yogurt! Can’t go wrong with some frozen berries on a stick :)

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  339. Jane Squires

    My favorite summer dessert is homemade peach pie which I’ve made my husband for 33 years of our marriage. Now he is diabetic so I had to use Splenda but he got his pie. I love Wilton’s – been using them since I was 16 – now 62.

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  359. Danielle Goewert

    Favorite sometimes dessert has to be homemade ice cream:) Made with fresh fruit, since I can’t get enough of it.

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  396. Sandra

    My favorite homemade summer dessert is my own red velvet ice cream. Vanilla base, red velvet flavoring, frosting flavoring, red velvet cake chunks, and a ribbon of cream cheese frosting. Yum!

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  397. Candice Anderton

    My favorite summer dessert is a recipe for Lemon Lush given to me by my aunt. It is so light and refreshing and perfect for summer!

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  420. Food Jaunts

    I’m way past the giveaway date but these look fantastic! What a fun idea to make a patriotic dessert + they look absolutely delicious with the blueberries and strawberries.

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  433. Justine McD.

    my favorite summer desert to make at home is Ice Cream in a bag. Its fun for the whole family and better then store bought ice cream!

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  440. Carolyn Daley

    My favorite homemade summer time dessert is mixed berry jello cake. You bake a yellow cake and pour in jello mix for flavoring. We make vanilla pudding for the topping.

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  461. Jeremy S

    My favorite homemade dessert is strawberry shortcake. I like it with biscuits instead of angel food cake. Yum…
    jjsell76 at yahoo dot com

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  488. Khandra Henderson

    My favorite home made summer dessert is ice cream sandwhichs with homemade cookies and ice cream

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  585. Marty Harris

    I like Peach Tea in the summer.
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  597. Teresa Jasina

    My favorite recipe is DOUBLE CHOCOLATE MOCHA TOFFEE TRIFLE. It’s a Pampered Chef recipe, so it is so simple…yet I always get rave reviews whether we do it at a cooking show, or if I take it to a pot luck! You may copy & paste the recipe from my website if you like…www.pamperedchef.biz/ilovemyjob

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  598. barbara wright

    We are overloaded with peaches in the summer (they all get ripe at the same time!!), so we make a lot of peach sherbet.

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  599. Teresa Jasina

    @Lisa, I’m going to share a link to your blog on our Pampered Chef loop for hundreds of consultants. We recently come out with an Individual Brownie Pan, and I’m sure lots of consultants would like to utilize this patriotic recipe with our Brownie Pan! Thanks–TERESA

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  606. Stacy

    My favorite summer desert is lemon pie. My grandma used to make it all the time and now I carry on the tradition of making it. It’s a pie crust bottom, cream cheese layer, topped with lemon pudding and cool whip. It’s heavenly

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