For this sweet treat I incorporated Trader Joe‘s Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk cookie mix in this recipe and let me tell ya, they are to die for! This is the perfect fall sweet treat and they are so easy and fun to make.This makes for a fun family or date night activity while watching your favorite halloween movies.

These ice cream sandwiches will be your new fall favorite. The cookies themselves are soft and chewy with the perfect amount of pumpkin spice and the icing on the cake are the chocolate chunks added to the mix. When you take two of what could possibly be the best cookies and scoop vanilla bean once cream in the middle and then roll the sandwich in more chocolate, the combination between it all isa batch made in heaven!

This sweet treat is the REAL DEAL. They are so easy to make, yet can also easily impress your guests if you are hosting. It is a win win! The great thing about these is that you canmake the ice cream sandwiches ahead of time and then serve them later or save them for the next day. I will give you a little tip and insight on consuming them right away vs. consuming them later:

• Consuming them right away: They are incredible! Cookies right out of the oven are soft and chewy. First bite and you are like “WOW!”However, the only downfall was that I did find them a tad bit hard to eat. This is because the ice cream was not frozen to the cookie themselves, so when you would take a bite from them the ice cream would spill out from the back. So,the sandwich fell apart easier. This is not a huge deal as not all of the ice cream comes out, this would come down to a preference situation.
• Consuming them the next day after being in the freezer: WOW, I hate to say it, but I think they were BETTER this way. I hate to say it because no one likes waiting, especially overnight or even for 1 hour. But, I highly recommend taking this route. What you do is make the ice cream sandwiches, then eat what you can. Save the rest for the next day, put them on a plate or in a container and then in the freezer. Whenready to consume the next day, take them out of the freezer and let them thaw for about 5-10 minutes before eating. After the 5-10 minutes are up, they will be the beyond PERFECT consistency. They will be tender, chewy, gooey and the ice cream is frozen to the cookies therefore it stays in the sandwich much better. You will get the full effect and get to taste all of the flavors with each bite. They will be so irresistible.

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