Chonky Boys: The Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches that Scream Summer!

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Featuring my thick and nuggy Chonky Boy Chocolate Chip Cookies, these ice cream sandwiches are the stuff that summer dreams are made of.  If you've ever had the Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich at Disneyland , you are going to LOVE these!  These big and bold chocolate chip cookies are based on a recipe from my culinary school studies at Auguste Escoffier, but with a few modifications to give them that Jennuine touch.  They make the perfectas book for a fat slice of real vanilla bean ice cream.  And those mini chips?  You just gotta have that extra cronch! Thank goodness this recipe only makes 8 sandwiches, otherwise I would be eating them for breakfast lunch and dinner.  This way, my big family can help save me from my inner child diet-saboteur.   Print With Image Without Image Chonky Boy Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches Yield: 8 Author: Jenn Erickson Loaded with chocolate chips and buttery, brown-sugary vanilla flavor, these mall-sized cookies form a perfect partnership with a

Tips & Tricks for the Perfect Caramel Apple


I make caramel apples twice every year -- for Halloween in the fall and for the end of the school year in the spring.  While my caramel recipe remains constant, I'm ever striving to tackle the common pitfalls of caramel apple-making.

Have you ever made caramel apples and had the caramel start to puddle when you set the apple on the tray?  This year, I came up with a simple solution that creates a nice smooth even coat of caramel all over the apple.  I used a baking rack to invert the apples as the caramel, and later the chocolate, set.  If you don't have a high baking rack, you can set either side of a legless baking rack up on a few cans.


Once you've bitten through the sweet candy outside, you're left with nothing but an apple on a stick, right?  Problem solved -- cut your apple with an apple slicer.  You lose nothing but the core! 


I used to play around with different flavor combinations, but the ones that always get the most applause are my caramel apples dipped in bittersweet chocolate, sprinkled with Heath Bar, and drizzled with white chocolate.  The Heath Bar adds the perfect amount of crunch to each sweet, sticky bite!


For my caramel, I use my basic 15-minute microwave caramel recipe.  You can find it HERE.  Prepare the caramel in a large bowl, stir in the vanilla, and let sit for 3 minutes to cool.  Then, dip apples right into the bowl of fresh caramel.   For the chocolate, I use Ghirardelli Bittersweet 60% Chocolate Chips.  They can be found at most grocery stores and melt like a couverture chocolate.  This recipe makes enough caramel to dip 12-14 medium apples. 

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