Although Summer calls for tarty fruit dishes (my favorite!), sometimes you have to go the easy route and whip out some old fashioned Ice Cream Sandwiches.

These treats are a cinch, and you will be popping them out of the freezer to eat in no-time. Just some advice, if you are impatient (I don't blame you, they are great!) you can use store bought chocolate chip cookies -- however if you want a real, hearty ice cream sandwich, whip up some homemade cookies. The homemade ones give it that real rich, old fashioned sandwich you are looking for.

Chocolate Chip-Pretzel Cookies

• 2 1/4 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup Earth Balance (butter)
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups chocolate chips
• 1 - 1/2 cups crushed pretzels

Directions:

1. Pre-heat oven to 375F.
2. Mix flour, baking soda, salt in a bowl; Set aside.
3. Cream butter, sugars and vanilla until light and fluffy.
4. Add eggs to wet mixture, one at a time.
5. Slowly add flour mixture; mixing until fully combined.
6. Fold in chocolate chips and pretzels.
7. Bake for 10-12 minutes.

Once cookies have cooled out of oven, freeze them for a little while until semi-frozen. Then, fill center of two with ice cream, placing back in the freezer until they are at least semi-frozen together. The freezing of cookies before helps from the ice cream melting much when in between the (room temp, if not frozen) cookies.