Croissant Ice Cream Sandwich Recipe
An Original Recipe by Lorraine Elliott
Recipe Overview
Preparation time: 2 minutes
Cooking time: 3-7 minutes
Serves: 2
Ingredients Needed
- 2 large butter croissants (aka not mini ones) or pain au chocolat
- 2 Chocolate Coated Ice Cream Bars
Step-By-Step Instructions
Step 1 HEAT - Preheat oven or air fryer to 180C/350F. Cut off the last quarter of each croissant (2 large butter croissants) with a serrated or bread knife. Hollow out some of the centre of each croissant with a knife. Place in the oven and bake for 5-7 minutes or air fryer for 3-5 minutes or until crisp. Leave for a minute or two so that it is cool enough to handle.
Step 2 ICE CREAM BAR - Slide an ice cream bar (1 Chocolate Coated Ice Cream Bar per croissant) into each croissant and use a knife to cut the chocolate attaching the stick to the bar. Slowly remove the stick with your finger holding down the ice cream bar and another hand pulling on the stick. Enjoy!
Personal Note
Along with making lots of these Magnum croissants, we had a family emergency this past weekend. It was a Friday afternoon and I was working in my office and Mr NQN was out having meetings. I heard a loud squeal from the other room - the kind of squeal that you hear when you accidentally step on a dog's paw. It was Teddy but nobody was near him.
Then a couple of hours later it happened again. He squealed three times while he was sitting on the bed watching me use the treadmill. I turned around but was baffled about what could be the cause. After I finished my workout it was time for their dinner and I called Teddy and Milo. Teddy didn't respond. He just looked straight ahead as if he had never heard me. Then he ran downstairs and outside and hid in the garden for about 10 minutes. It was dark and he was deep inside the bushes.
No amount of coaxing with his favourite snacks would get Teddy to come in. It was only when Mr NQN came home that he came inside but he ignored Mr NQN and ran straight past him to the front room. It was all very odd. Mr NQN thought that he would take him for a walk but almost immediately came the loud squealing.
We decided that we needed to take him to the emergency vet. I sat in the backseat with him and Milo where he squealed and panted very quickly. The vet did an examination and an ultrasound and sent us home with two types of pain relief. Teddy wasn't interested in food or water and didn't move or sleep for a total of 36 hours (the last time he ate was breakfast on Friday morning). The next day we took him back to the vet and we were very concerned for him especially that he hadn't drunk any water.
Thankfully, and we don't even know how or why, he started to rally and improve. That evening after the second vet visit he started to eat some food and drink some water and then the next day he ate even more and drank more. He improved after that so that he was pretty much back to normal by Monday morning. We never figured out what it was although we are just glad that he is ok!
So tell me Dear Reader, have you tried the croissant ice cream sandwich idea?