You Can Never Have Too Much Chocolate

What to do with leftover chocolate chips?

How about some chocolate covered strawberries...

or chocolate dipped peanut-butter cookies...

Cardamon and Coffee Ice Cream Sandwiches

As a very indecisive person, I often find myself overwhelmed by baking possibilities (a few hours on Pinterest only makes the problem worse), leading to dozens of saves issues of cooking magazines, several untouched cookbooks and a hundred bookmarked pages on my laptop. 

I saw this recipe awhile back and was instantly a fan. I mean, the kid in the picture looks so happy, how could it not be good??? I wanted to be this kid. For some reason, the recipe stayed on the back burner, getting lost behind new ideas and occasions. When a friend who likes coffee (almost) as much as I do was getting ready to leave for school, I knew these would be perfect. And they were. 

For those who have never even heard of cardamon, let alone baked with it, do not be afraid. It has a wonderful, spicy scent that fills the whole kitchen. Added into the rich chocolate it offers a surprising kick, especially with the cool coffee ice cream. What pleased me most about the recipe was the consistency of the cookie. Many, many cookies are great on their own but either too hard or to soft or too thin to hold up in an ice cream sandwich.  

We were too excited to put the assembled sandwiches back into the freezer and wait, so we proceeded to eat them with the slightly warm cookies - messy but worth it. If you planned ahead, you could easily make these sandwiches the day/night before and have the perfect afternoon pick-me-up for several days. If they last that long, that is ;)