Gingersnap, PB & Chocolate Sandwiches

I love a good book club (in fact I love it so much I just started a cookbook club…more on that below) – the snacks, the drinks, the chatter, and (of course) the push to read a little. But really, it’s about the snacks. All of my fellow book club members are moms of young children so by the time we all plop on someones couch and open a bottle of wine we are feeling equally exhausted and ecstatic to be face to face with friends and eat undisturbed. Our meetings are certainly a time to indulge so I recently prepared these incredibly simple but totally delicious small ice cream sandwiches built from gingersnap cookies, peanut butter, and chocolate ice cream. I ate four while we discussed (our next book is Not That Kind of Girl which is comforting as I thought I was the last 34 year old fan of Girls).

And this cook book club? Well, after I realized that half the time I bring cookbooks into bed at night it occurred to me that a cookbook club would be SO FUN! especially when we all bring a dish from the chosen cookbook to our meeting – talk about a killer potluck. Our first cookbook club read was (I made Shrimp Stew, recipe below) and now we are reading (and will cook and eat from) A Boat, a Whale & a Walrus.

As seen on , our kitchen awaiting cookbook club.

Gingersnap, Peanut Butter & Chocolate Ice Cream Sandwiches

Box of your favorite gingersnap cookies

Jar natural peanut butter

Pint of chocolate ice cream

I remember seeing this recipe, or one very similar, in The Forest Feast. It’s really an idea more than a recipe. Essentially, you just spread peanut butter on two cookies, scoop some ice cream on one, and sandwich them together. Place all the assembled sandwiches in the freezer until serving time.