32 Ice Cream Sandwiches That Will Help You Beat the Heat

Step 1: Slice a pint of ice cream into stackable rounds. Step 2: Place the slice of ice cream between two store-bought cookies (we're partial to chocolate chip). Step 3: Devour. Ta-da.

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Warm, homemade cocoa waffles meet store-bought ice cream and alllll your favorite toppings. If you're pressed for time, feel free to substitute frozen waffles.

Layers upon layers of frozen goodness. Since all the ingredients are store-bought and ready to eat, all you'll have to do is assemble the cake and wait for it to set in the freezer.

A legendary cookie makes for a legendary dessert. Save time by using store-bought cookies if you'd like (but Ina Garten would be extra proud of you for making them from scratch).

We love you, ready-to-bake cookie dough. Be sure to slightly underbake the cookies so they stay soft, chewy and slightly flexible once they're sliced.

We didn't know glazed donuts could get any tastier than they already are, but these ice cream-filled ones proved us wrong. Pile on the fresh berries, chocolate sauce and sprinkles.

If you want to make these ahead of, say, your kid's birthday party, wrap each sandwich tightly in plastic wrap and store it in the freezer until dessert time.

Where Oatmeal Creme Pies and summertime collide. Save a ton of time by using store-bought cookie dough ice cream instead of homemade. Your secret is safe with us.

From the chai-infused ice cream to the melt-in-your-mouth ginger cookies, this recipe is vegan and gluten-free. (It'd taste even better alongside a chai tea latte...just sayin'.)

Cream cheese and balsamic vinegar add a unique, complex tang to the strawberry-swirl ice cream. And it turns out brown sugar-peanut butter cookies are its soulmate.

Calling all chocolate fanatics: These cookies will straight-up change your life. Not only are they made with generous doses of Dutch cocoa and dark chocolate chunks, but a dash of espresso powder makes their flavor even more intense.

Sandwich the ice cream between graham crackers, scoop it up with Ritz crackers or eat it straight from the freezer solo. It'll be revelatory regardless.

This recipe is as simple as layering store-bought ice cream atop graham crackers in a baking dish and freezing until set. But the key is mixing chopped toasted marshmallows into the vanilla ice cream before assembling.

Bury us in crispy fried churro rosettes, please. Go the extra mile by sprinkling on extra toppings after the cinnamon sugar, like chopped pistachios, ground ginger or edible flower petals.

It looks homemade, but this recipe is chock-full of shortcuts. (We're talking boxed brownie mix and store-bought vanilla ice cream with blackberries mixed in.)

Behold: the ultimate sweet-and-salty snack. Not only is the corn ice cream packed with fresh kernels (and a dash of bourbon), but it's also loaded with saltines, pretzels, potato chips and salted butter.

We can't recall what made us drool uncontrollably first, the brown sugar-brown butter ice cream or the homemade waffle cone discs.

Mascarpone-chocolate chunk ice cream finds a home between two crisp espresso cookies to create this epic treat. Up the tiramisu-inspired ante by rolling the sammies in chopped ladyfingers.

If you'd rather use natural dye instead of food coloring (and don't mind your red velvet ice cream being pink), blitz some freeze-dried raspberries in the food processor and add them to the mix.

We have a feeling your kids will fall in love with these at first bite. If you really want to go wild, use cake batter ice cream in place of vanilla and roll the outside of each sandwich in sprinkles.

The secret to these plant-based confections? Melted coconut oil in place of butter.

The nostalgia is strong with this one. The rice treats are held together with honey and peanut butter instead of marshmallow, but that doesn't make them any less decadent.

If you believe a cookie is only as good as its mix-ins, look no further than these chocolate chip cookies studded with kettle-cooked potato chips, chopped pecans and oatmeal.

To get the crispiest bacon bits ever, cook the pieces over low heat to slowly render out as much fat as possible. And be sure to keep a close eye on the pan once you add the brown sugar, since it can burn fast.

Made with bittersweet double chocolate cookies. We'd bookmark these now for Valentine's Day if we were you.

Yet another reason to love this campfire classic. Be sure to give the sammies plenty of time to set in the freezer so they don't melt and fall apart as you eat them.

We dare you to stop noshing after just one. (OK, that's impossible—we dare you to stop after five.)

Tart-sweet raspberries and chocolate were truly made for each other. Take your pick between raspberry sorbet, gelato, sherbet or ice cream.

Sweetened condensed milk. Malted milk powder. Crushed Oreos. While we're sure we don't have to say more, did we mention that you don't need an ice cream maker to pull these off?

Dessert has never looked so patriotic. Think no-churn red velvet white chocolate chip and cheesecake ice creams sandwiched between graham crackers, then dipped in blue candy coating.

Mint lovers rejoice. Not only are the sandwiches piled high with mint-chip ice cream, but the cookies are also infused with peppermint extract.

You can never go wrong with the classic. And trust: They put the store-bought ones to shame.