Published 9/8/2023 If you grew up in the early 2000’s then you probably enjoyed a strawberry shortcake ice cream bar by Good Humor from your local ice cream truck or your school ala carte line. It was the IT ice cream bar to have. These bars are seriously heaven, made with a strawberry filling, vanilla ice cream, and a delicious cake coating. We have stepped it up a notch and made a cleaner (and protein-packed) version of our favorite childhood ice cream bar.
What You Need for Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream Bars
Popsicle Mold: this silicon popsicle mold with popsicle sticks makes creating homemade popsicles at home easy-peasy. Strawberry layer: the strawberry layer is made of blended cottage cheese, freeze-dried strawberries, and sweetened with honey. White chocolate dip: the sweetness of the outer coating comes from a little melted white chocolate and coconut oil. This layer is important because it will help the crunchy layer stick to the ice cream bar. Crunchy outer layer: the crunch comes from a mixture of vanilla wafers, strawberries, and rice crispies.
Substitues & Variations
If you can’t find freeze-dried strawberries, feel free to use freeze dried raspberries. Popsicle Mold The white chocolate dip is a sweet layer to add a little sweetness and to hold the crunch on stick to the ice cream. If you would like to minimize chocolate, feel free to drizzle the chocolate over the ice cream rather than dipping the whole ice cream bar. If you want to substitute the white chocolate all together, you can melt coconut mana and coconut oil together and drizzle the mixture over the ice cream. Just be sure to drizzle the coconut mana rather than dipping or else the coconut mana will seize.
Freezer Instructions + Storage
There are two steps of freezing and storage for these strawberry shortcake ice cream bars. The strawberry cottage cheese layer must be frozen in individual popsicle trays. Be sure to freeze this layer for at least 4-6 hours. Once the strawberry layer is frozen, run the popsicle mold under warm water to release each bar. Immediately dip the bar in white chocolate, add the crunch, and transfer the bar to a plate. Freeze the bar for another hour and then individually wrap each bar in parchment paper and store in a freezeer-safe container.
Serving Suggestions
Serve these bars with other frozen treats like peanut butter chocolate cheese cake cups, dole whip, or pumpkin almond butter freezer fudge.
