Let's be honest. There's no real recipe here...just a list of ideas. Use different flavors of ice cream, fillings and toppings. Or, go plain with just vanilla wafers and vanilla ice cream. It's all good.
Ingredients
Vanilla wafersI used Trader Joe's Ultimate Vanilla Wafers
vanilla ice cream
For the filling:
peanut butter
refrigerated hot fudge or ganache
dulce de leche
nutella
For the toppings:
sprinkles
mini chips
chopped peanuts or other nuts
toffee chips
toasted coconut chips
Instructions
You can either make and eat or make ahead and serve later. I would make them ahead to give the cookie a little time to soak up the moisture from the ice cream and to make it easier the day of serving.
To assemble a quantity of them, line a cookie sheet with wax paper and get all of your bottom cookie halves ready, whether that's plain or with a filling.
Scoop ice cream onto each bottom half. Press down to create the sandwich and to get the ice cream to push out to the edges.
Roll in desired toppings. Place back on the cookie sheet and freeze until firm.
Once frozen, you can remove from the cookie sheet and place in a zip top freezer bag to store until serving time. If you're worried about them sticking to each other, separate them with layers of waxed paper or wrap them individually.
Allow to soften a bit at room temperature before serving for the easiest "bite."