These Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream Bars are just like the ones you may have grown up running to the ice cream truck for, but made at home with simple, real food ingredients that you can feel good about sharing with the kids as well as enjoying yourself.
Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream Bars
These treats are easy to make at home and only require a handful of ingredients. They are so delicious and remind me so much of the Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream Bars that I grew up loving. I am so thrilled that I have this version to enjoy as an adult and to hopefully make for my future kids some day.
DIETARY NOTES
This recipe is made with real ingredients and fits seamlessly into the following dietary needs when using the products/brands (or ones that are similar) listed in the recipe:
- gluten free (using compliant cookies for the coating)
- soy free
- refined sugar free (when sweetening with maple syrup and using compliant cookies for the coating)
- dairy free (when using compliant cookies for the coating and making the base with coconut milk)
- grain free (using compliant cookies for the coating)
- paleo (when sweetening with maple syrup and using compliant cookies for the coating)
- vegetarian
- vegan (when sweetening with maple syrup and using compliant cookies for the coating)
Products/Brands I Used & Recommend
Here is a list of what I used and fully recommend for this recipe. Click on the following in order to be taken to the specific product (if available):
- Popsicle mold
- Unsweetened, full fat canned coconut milk or coconut cream
- Alcohol and added sugar free vanilla extract
- Pure maple syrup
- Strawberries
- LesserEvil Strawberry Beet Lil’ Puffs
- Freeze dried strawberries
- Simple Mills Honey Cinnamon Sweet Thins
- Vitamix blender
- Cuisinart food processor
Hungry for more?
Here are some more easy and healthy dessert recipes to add into the rotation:
- Dairy Free Lemon Tart with Pretzel Crust
- Chocolate Hazelnut Spread
- Refined Sugar Free Chocolate Avocado Mousse
- Healthy Gluten Free Cosmic Brownies
- Easy Coconut Cookies and Cream Ice Cream
- Vegan Chickpea Cookie Dough
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Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- In a blender, combine all ice cream bar ingredients and blend until smooth.
- Pour the mixture into popsicle molds, cover and secure a popsicle stick into each mold.
- Place the molds into the freezer for 6 hours or overnight, ensuring the ice cream bars are fully frozen.
- Once ready to coat the bars, remove the popsicle molds from the freezer and add crunchy gluten free cookies to a food processor and pulse until small pieces are formed.
- Then, add in the freeze dried strawberries and the LesserEvil Strawberry Beet Lil’ Puffs and pulse slightly, ensuring little pieces remain. You don’t want the full coating to be too powdery.
- To remove the ice cream bars, run the molds under hot water, ensuring no water gets on the ice cream bars.
- Remove the ice cream bars and place them on a parchment lined baking sheet, allowing them to thaw slightly.
- Before coating each bar, you’ll want the exterior to be thawed and slightly melty, not icy, so that the coating will stick. If needed, you can use a wash rag with warm water and break up the ice on the exterior of the ice cream bar.
- Place the coating in a shallow bowl, and one by one, place the ice cream bars into the coating, pressing gently and ensuring to cover all sides.
- Once covered, return the ice cream bars to the baking sheet and place them back in the freezer for about 15 minutes to set.
- Enjoy immediately after removing from the freezer! They can also be stored in the freezer in a glass container with a sealed lid.
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