These strawberry shortcake ice cream bars are made with blended cottage cheese and go away you with 13 grams of protein per bar. All of the scrumptious flavors of your traditional childhood ice cream bar with out the heavy cream.
For those who grew up within the early 2000’s then you definitely in all probability loved a strawberry shortcake ice cream bar by Good Humor out of your native ice cream truck or your college ala carte line. It was the IT ice cream bar to have.
These bars are significantly heaven, made with a strawberry filling, vanilla ice cream, and a scrumptious cake coating. Now we have stepped it up a notch and made a cleaner (and protein-packed) model of our favourite childhood ice cream bar.
What You Want for Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream Bars
Popsicle Mildew: this silicon popsicle mildew with popsicle sticks makes creating home made popsicles at house easy-peasy.
Strawberry layer: the strawberry layer is manufactured from blended cottage cheese, freeze-dried strawberries, and sweetened with honey.
White chocolate dip: the sweetness of the outer coating comes from somewhat melted white chocolate and coconut oil. This layer is essential as a result of it’s going to assist the crunchy layer persist with the ice cream bar.
Crunchy outer layer: the crunch comes from a mix of vanilla wafers, strawberries, and rice crispies.
Silicon
Popsicle Mildew
Hold this silicon popsicle mildew available to make simple, home made popsicles at house.
Substitues & Variations
For those who can’t discover freeze-dried strawberries, be happy to make use of freeze dried raspberries.
The white chocolate dip is a candy layer so as to add somewhat sweetness and to carry the crunch on persist with the ice cream. If you want to reduce chocolate, be happy to drizzle the chocolate over the ice cream slightly than dipping the entire ice cream bar.
If you wish to substitute the white chocolate all collectively, you may soften coconut mana and coconut oil collectively and drizzle the combination over the ice cream. Simply you’ll want to drizzle the coconut mana slightly than dipping or else the coconut mana will seize.
FAQ
Can I exploit contemporary or frozen strawberries?
This recipe is developed to make use of freeze-dried strawberries. They’re simple to retailer and pack a ton of taste.
This recipe has not been examined with contemporary or frozen strawberries.
Why are my bars icy or have ice crystals?
Ice crystals can kind if the bars aren’t frozen shortly or if they’re uncovered to air within the freezer. Make sure you retailer them correctly and use hermetic containers or wraps.
Why isn’t my crunch sticking to the white chocolate coating?
If the crunch doesn’t persist with the white chocolate, the white chocolate has hardened too shortly. Make sure to add the crunch to the white chocolate instantly after dipping the ice cream bar into the white chocolate.
Freezer Directions + Storage
There are two steps of freezing and storage for these strawberry shortcake ice cream bars.
The strawberry cottage cheese layer should be frozen in particular person popsicle trays. Make sure to freeze this layer for at the least 4-6 hours.
As soon as the strawberry layer is frozen, run the popsicle mildew below heat water to launch every bar. Instantly dip the bar in white chocolate, add the crunch, and switch the bar to a plate.
Freeze the bar for an additional hour after which individually wrap every bar in parchment paper and retailer in a freezeer-safe container.
Serving Ideas
Serve these bars with different frozen treats like peanut butter chocolate cheese cake cups, dole whip, or pumpkin almond butter freezer fudge.
Excessive-Protein Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream Bars
These strawberry shortcake bars are full of protein from blended cottage cheese, layered with white chocolate, after which rolled in a crunchy rice crispy coating.
Prep:4 hours 30 minutes
Cook dinner:1 minute
Complete:4 hours 31 minutes
Elements
Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream
- 44 oz. cottage cheese 2% or complete milk
- 1 cup freeze-dried strawberries
- ½ cup honey
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Crunchy Coating
- 8 vanilla wafers
- ½ cup freeze-dried strawberries
- 1 cup rice crispies
Directions
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Mix the cottage cheese, strawberries, honey, and vanilla extract in a high-speed blender till utterly clean, 2-3 minutes. Switch to a gallon-sized bag.
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Minimize the nook of the gallon-sized bag and pipe the combination right into a popsicle mildew and freeze for at the least 4 hours or in a single day.
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Earlier than eradicating the bars from the freezer, add the vanilla wafters and freeze-dried strawberries to a blender or meals processor and course of till mud. Switch the combination to a bowl.
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Add the rice crispies to the wafers and strawberries and gently crush a few of the rice crispies with a fork or your arms, put aside.
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Put together the white chocolate coating. Switch the white chocolate and coconut oil right into a microwave-safe glass. Microwave on excessive for 20-second intervals, stirring between every interval till melted and shiny. Put aside.*
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Line a big tray with parchment paper. Put aside.
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Run the underside of the mildew below heat water to loosen the ice cream bar. Take away a bar and let it sit out for five minutes to melt barely. Gently dip it into the melted white chocolate till thinly coated (possibility to make use of a pastry brush and brush on a layer of white chocolate). Instantly roll it within the cookie crumb and set it on the parchment paper. Repeat till all of the bars are coated.
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Get pleasure from instantly or wrap them in parchment paper and retailer them in a gallon-size bag within the freezer for later.
Ideas & Notes
- Eradicating the ice cream bars from the molds too quickly will trigger them to collapse.
- Coconut oil is used to create a clean, shiny coating that freezes shortly and softens shortly.
- Each popsicle mildew is barely totally different. In case you have a bigger popsicle mildew, you could not have sufficient cottage cheese combination. In case you have a smaller popsicle mildew, you might have further.
- If you don’t wait 5 minutes for the popsicles to melt barely the white chocolate will harden too shortly earlier than you roll the popsicles within the crumb combination.
- You’ll possible have leftover white chocolate and crunchy coating.
Diet information
Energy: 385kcal Carbohydrates: 55g Protein: 13g Fats: 12g Fiber: 3g Sugar: 44g
Pictures: images taken on this publish are by Erin from The Picket Skillet.