Cookie Dough Brownie Ice Cream Cups (Vegan Gluten-Free)

These Cookie Dough Brownie Ice Cream Cups are the ideal dessert: a delicious chocolate chip cookie shaped into a cup and filled with caramel sauce and chocolate brownie ice cream, topped with cookie dough and whipped cream. Plus they are vegan, gluten-free and fun for all the family.

You can watch the recipe video here.

I love a good cookie cup and some of my favourite recipes involve chocolate chips or cookies or brownies so why not combine them all in these Cookie Dough Brownie Ice Cream Cups. Inspired by the delicious plant-based Chocolate Brownie Ice Cream from Jude’s, these dessert cups are like chocolate brownie sundaes and chocolate chip cookies all in one. Plus, you can fill them with whatever caramel sauce and ice cream you have at home so the possibilities are endless.

Cookie Dough Brownie Ice Cream Cups with caramel dripping
Cookie Dough Brownie Ice Cream Cups

How delicious are these Cookie Dough Brownie Ice Cream Cups?

They are pretty special, if you ask me, they are:

  • Sweet and sticky but not sickly-sweet
  • Crunchy and tender inside
  • Filled with a gooey salted caramel
  • Topped with creamy and rich ice cream
  • Finished off with whipped coconut cream
  • Packed with chocolate chip cookies and chocolate chip cookie dough
  • Easy to make
  • A great dessert or snack to impress friends, family and guests
  • Naturally vegan, gluten-free and easily nut-free

I hope you are going to love these cookie ice cream cups, so if you are ready to make them, skip ahead to the recipe card, or let’s discuss the ingredients and method in more detail now.

Empty chocolate chip cookie cups
Cookie Dough Brownie Ice Cream Cups

What ingredients go into these ice cream cups?

The recipe is divided into three parts; the cookie cups, the filling and the cookie dough. Let’s start with the cookie cups:

  • Oat flour: make your own by blending oats into a flour and make sure they are gluten-free oats where needed. You can also use plain flour, or wholemeal flour will also work. If using GF plain flour, make sure it’s one with xantham gum to help bind the cookie dough.
  • Ground almonds: these add such a delicious sweet and nutty taste and texture to the cookie cups. You can similarly use ground up nuts like hazelnuts or seeds like sunflower seeds, as long as they are very fine. Almond flour will also work.
  • Coconut sugar: this keeps the cookie dough rich in colour and flavour and also refined sugar free but you can use light brown or caster sugar, too.
  • Baking powder and bicarbonate of soda: like normal cookies.
  • Salt: for the flavour.
  • Coconut oil: or I am sure dairy-free butter will work here, too. It makes the cookie cups “buttery” and melt-in-your-mouth delicious.
  • Plant-based milk: any milk will work like oat, almond or coconut (from a carton).
  • Applesauce: this may seem like a strange one but it helps to bind the cookie dough in place of eggs. It is just a small amount but makes all the difference and you don’t taste it at all. You could similarly use mashed banana.
  • Vanilla essence: for the classic cookie flavour.
  • Chocolate chips: any dairy-free chocolate chips will work here. You can use milk, dark or white chocolate or you can use a bar and chop the chocolate small.

Onto the filling:

  • Chocolate brownie ice cream: as mentioned, these Cookie Dough Brownie Ice Cream Cups were inspired by my new favourite carbon-negative Jude’s ice cream, but any dairy-free ice cream will work and any flavour.
  • Caramel: I used a salted caramel from my Coconut Caramel Granola Tart but you can use any shop-bought caramel or a runny nut butter will also be delicious. Or go for extra chocolate and add some chocolate spread or sauce.
  • Coconut whipping cream: or another type of dairy-free whipping cream. I like this coconut one but there are quite a few in the supermarkets now, just use your favourite or skip the cream as these are delicious as they are.
Cookie Dough Brownie Ice Cream Cups on a metal wire rack
Cookie Dough Brownie Ice Cream Cups

Finally for the cookie dough, which is so good on its own, too:

  • Cashew or peanut butter: any runny, smooth nut butter is great here although cashew or peanut are my favourites in terms of flavour. For a nut-free option, use a seed butter like sunflower seed butter or tahini.
  • Maple syrup: for the stickiness and any other sticky syrup will work like coconut, date, agave or brown rice syrup or vegan honey.
  • Vanilla: for the flavour
  • Oat flour: as above and these make the cookie dough more wholesome.
  • Ground almonds: similar to the above, they can be swapped for another nut or seed.
  • Chocolate chips: use the same as you use in the cookie cups.
  • Salt: because cookies and chocolate are always better with some salt.

How do I make these Cookie Dough Brownie Ice Cream Cups?

There are only a few steps to making these ice cream cups and they are just delicious! You can also watch the recipe video here.

  • Make the cookie cups: make the cookie dough by stirring together all the ingredients as they are and folding in the chocolate chips.
  • Divide the mix into 6 balls: and place each ball in a greased muffin hole (I prefer a loose-bottomed tin).
  • Shape the cookie dough into cups: using a spoon and your fingers, make them as neat as you can.
  • Chill the mix for 30 minutes: this ensures the cookie cups retain their shape around the top.
  • Use a shot glass to make the holes: even though they are already shaped into cups, the middle will puff up, so immediately press a shot glass carefully but firmly into the centre to make the cup.
  • Chill the cookies: and then remove from the tins.
  • Make the cookie dough: stir together all the ingredients and fold in the chocolate.
  • Fill with the caramel: just a little to cover the bottoms.
  • Top with ice cream: and add on the whipped cream, cookie dough and some extra caramel sauce.
Half eaten Cookie Dough Brownie Ice Cream Cups
Cookie Dough Brownie Ice Cream Cups

How long will these cookie cups last?

As with any ice cream recipe, they will start to melt as soon as you make them, so fill and top the cookie cups just before serving, although they will keep for 2-4 weeks in the freezer, too. Un-filled cookie cups will keep for 1 week in a sealed container at room temperature or wrapped up in the freezer for 1 month. Extra cookie dough is great to eat as cookie dough balls, and will keep wrapped up for 1 week in the fridge or 1 month in the freezer.

Are these cookie ice cream cups nut-free and gluten-free?

These desserts are naturally gluten-free if using gluten-free oats and check your milk and ice cream, too. To make these nut-free, also check your milk and ice cream and swap the nut butter for seed butter. Swap the ground almonds or ground seeds or plain flour will also work.

What other desserts can I make?

I hope you are going to love these Cookie Dough Brownie Ice Cream Cups and if you are looking for more dessert ideas, how about my:

Cookie Dough Brownie Ice Cream Cups (Vegan Gluten-Free)

  • Servings: 6
  • Difficulty: easy
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These Cookie Dough Brownie Ice Cream Cups are the ideal dessert: a delicious chocolate chip cookie shaped into a cup and filled with caramel sauce, chocolate brownie ice cream topped with cookie dough and whipped cream. Plus they are vegan, gluten-free and fun for all the family.

Ingredients

    For the Cookie Cups:
  • 100g oat flour (oats blended to a flour)
  • 60g ground almonds
  • 50g coconut sugar
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • A pinch of salt
  • 3 tbsp melted coconut oil
  • 2 tbsp plant-based milk
  • 1 tbsp applesauce
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 50g chocolate chips
  • For the Cookie Dough:
  • 2 tbsp cashew or peanut butter
  • 1 tbsp maple syrup
  • ½ tsp vanilla essence
  • 2 tbsp oat flour
  • 1 tbsp ground almonds
  • 2 tbsp chocolate chips
  • A pinch of salt
  • For the Filling:
  • 6 scoops vegan chocolate brownie ice cream
  • 6 tsp caramel, plus extra
  • 50g coconut whipping cream

Directions

  1. Make the cookie cups; stir together the oat flour, ground almonds, coconut sugar, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt. Now pour in the coconut oil, plant-based milk, applesauce and vanilla essence and bring to a sticky dough. Fold in the chocolate chips.
  2. Grease 6 loose-bottomed cupcake holes (if they are not loose-bottomed, place two strips or parchment paper in each hole so they cross in the middle and overhand the edges to help lift out the cookie cups).
  3. Divide the cookie dough into 6 pieces (approx. 60g) and roll into balls. Place one ball into each hole and use a spoon to make an indent in the middle then uses your fingers to shape the cookies into cups, smoothing over the tops and making them as neat as you can.
  4. Transfer the tray to the fridge for 10 minutes while you preheat the oven to 160Fan/180*C (this helps the cookie cups keep their shape).
  5. Now transfer the cookie cups straight to the oven and bake for 10 minutes until golden brown all over.
  6. Place on a wire rack and immediately use a shot glass, or similar, to re-make the indent in the centre of each cookie cup, pressing down firmly to make a neat hole. Allow to rest for 10 minutes then carefully remove each cookie cup from the tray to cool fully on the wire rack.
  7. Make the cookie dough: stir together all the ingredients to a sticky, smooth mix. Whip the coconut whipping cream until fluffy (or use thick coconut yoghurt or coconut cream, whipped until smooth, or use pre-made whipped cream).
  8. Just before serving, fill each cookie cup with 1 tsp of caramel and then a large scoop of ice cream. Top with some whipped coconut cream, some crumbled cookie dough and extra caramel, if desired. Eat straight away.
  9. The baked cookie cups will keep for 5 days in a sealed container at room temperature or in the freezer for 2-4 weeks. The cookie dough will keep, wrapped up, in the fridge for up to 1 week.
Cookie Dough Brownie Ice Cream Cups landscape image
Cookie Dough Brownie Ice Cream Cups

I look forward to hearing what you think of these Cookie Dough Brownie Ice Cream Cups so please let me know in the comments below. If you do make these cups, I would love to see so please tag me in them. I’m @nourishing.amy on Instagram and use the hashtag #nourishingamy. I’m also on TwitterFacebook and Pinterest  – please say hello!

With cookie brownie ice cream cup love x

p.s. the original recipe was sponsored by Jude’s but this blog post is not sponsored and does not contain affiliate links. All opinions are my own.

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