Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream Bars

These bars are a play on cookie dough ice cream.

I’ve always loved cookie dough ice cream, but there is just never enough cookie dough to go around. The beauty of these bars is that you get all the good stuff in every bite: chocolate chip cookie dough, vanilla bean ice cream and chocolate.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream Bars

Yield: 12-16

Ingredients:

- 1 batch prepared chocolate chip cookie dough (recipe below)

- 3 cups vanilla bean ice cream

- 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions:

1. Cover prepared cookie dough layer with vanilla ice cream; cover and freeze for an hour

2. Once ice cream is frozen, place chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl

3. Melt chocolate in microwave in 30-second increments, stirring in-between

4. When chocolate is melted, spread evenly over ice cream layer, cover and re-freeze for an hour or until ready to serve

5. Cut into bars and enjoy!

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough (base layer):

Ingredients:

- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened

- 1/4 cup granulated sugar

- 1/2 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed

- 2 tablespoons milk

- 1 cup all-purpose flour (heat treated)

- 1/4 tsp salt

- 1/2 cup chocolate chips

Instructions:

1. Beat butter and sugar until fluffy

2. Mix in milk

3. Gradually mix in flour and salt

4. Stir in chocolate chips

5. Press into a 9x9 pan lined with wax paper

Notes:

Heat the flour to kill potential bacteria