Oreo Basketballs and Hoops
Ice Cream Sandwiches Recipe
Difficulty:easy
Serves:12
Time:1:15 hour
Contains egg: No
Ingredients
12
Servings
For the Recipe
- 12 nos Vanilla ice cream sandwiches
- 12 nos Oreo Cookies, crushedBuy
- 3 drops Red food colouring
- 3 drops Yellow food colouring
- ½ cup Thawed frozen whipped cream
- 1 tbsp Black decorating icing or gel
- 1 tbsp White decorating icing or gel
Directions
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Step 01
Take a vanilla ice cream sandwich. Use a 2-inch cookie cutter or a sharp knife to carve out a 2-inch round portion from one end of each ice cream sandwich to make the basketballs.
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Step 02
Discard the two small trimmed corners from the “ball end” of the ice cream sandwich.
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Step 03
Repeat the process for the remaining sandwiches.
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Step 04
Take a baking sheet. Cover it with wax paper.
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Step 05
Place the basketballs and remaining ice cream sandwich pieces on the prepared baking sheet in a single layer.
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Step 06
Spoon the crushed Oreo Cookies into the pie plate.
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Step 07
One at a time, dip the cut edges of each ice cream sandwich into the cookie crumbs. Turn as needed to ensure that all the corners are evenly coated with the cookie crumbs.
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Step 08
Once done, return to the baking sheet. Gently press the crumbs into the ice cream, so they stay firm.
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Step 09
Freeze for 30 minutes or until firm.
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Step 10
Take a bowl. Add the red and yellow food colouring and the whipped cream. Stir well.
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Step 11
Spread the coloured whipped cream over the basketballs. Decorate the rounded sandwiches with the black decorating icing or gel in a manner that represents the outer covering of a basketball.
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Step 12
Decorate the remaining ice cream sandwich pieces with white decorating gel or icing to resemble basketball hoops.
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Step 13
Freeze for 30 minutes or until firm. Oreo Basketballs and Hoops Ice Cream Sandwiches are ready!