🧚 Fairy Pet Mother Ice Cream Sandwiches
Fairy Pet Mother Ice Cream Sandwiches are colorful, kid-sized homemade treats made with Tré Taylor's famous Big Kahuna oatmeal chocolate chip cookie recipe. Inspired by one of her favorite pet-sitting families, these playful ice cream sandwiches celebrate summer, homemade desserts, and welcome-home traditions. Explore more Nomad Kitchen recipes, Fairy Pet Mother stories, trusted pet-sitting adventures, and inspiration for living a deliciously fun life at www.tretaylor.com.
"Sometimes the sweetest part of pet sitting isn't caring for the animals... it's leaving a little love behind for the people who come home."
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🧚 A Fairy Pet Mother Story
One of my favorite parts about pet sitting has very little to do with feeding animals...
It's feeding people.
Whenever I care for someone's home, I love leaving a little surprise waiting in the freezer or on the kitchen counter for the family to discover when they return home. Sometimes it's homemade soup. Sometimes fresh cookies. This weekend, it was colorful homemade ice cream sandwiches.
This visit was especially meaningful.
I've been caring for this wonderful Pacifica family and their pets for many years. Their children have grown taller, funnier, and more adventurous with every visit. Their home has become one of my favorite places to spend a quiet weekend.
But this time felt different.
Their two beloved senior dogs, who had become dear friends of mine over the years, have now crossed the Rainbow Bridge. Walking through the front door without sweet Maisel waiting to greet me tugged at my heart, and yes...
I cried a little.
But every ending makes room for a beautiful new beginning.
This weekend I met Freddy.
And oh my goodness...
Freddy may honestly be one of the sweetest rescue dogs I've ever had the pleasure of pet sitting.
He's only about a year old, endlessly curious, incredibly gentle, and absolutely convinced that every trip to the kitchen requires close professional supervision.
I couldn't have asked for a better sous-chef.
🐾 Meet Freddy...
Rats were not ready for a photoshoot just yet…
Official Kitchen Supervisor
✔️ Excellent listener
✔️ Outstanding taste tester
✔️ Zero complaints
✔️ Maximum tail wags
✔️ Five-star employee
This weekend also marked another first in my pet-sitting adventures.
After years of caring for dogs, cats, chickens, guinea pigs, hamsters, snakes, parrots, tropical fish, saltwater aquariums, rabbits, and many wonderful senior pets with medications and special care...
I officially became Fairy Pet Mother to...
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Three adorable little pet rats.
I have to admit...
I'd never pet sat rats before.
They mostly slept during the day, quietly plotting mysterious rat business while Freddy carefully monitored cookie production.
I can't honestly say they approved my baking...
...but they certainly kept an eye on everything.
🍪 Why These Cookies?
These colorful little sandwiches are built on the same sturdy cookie recipe from my Big Kahuna Crunchwich.
That cookie has become one of my favorites because it's strong enough to hold generous scoops of ice cream without falling apart, yet softens beautifully once frozen.
The oatmeal gives the cookie strength.
The peanut butter keeps it tender.
Mini chocolate chips add little pockets of happiness.
For this playful Fairy Pet Mother version, I simply made the cookies a little smaller, filled them with favorite ice cream flavors, and rolled the edges in rainbow sprinkles and miniature chocolate chips.
They're just the right size for little hands...
...and grown-ups who secretly want two.
🍦 Fairy Pet Mother Ice Cream Sandwiches
Makes
🍪 10–14 kid-sized sandwiches
or
🍪 6–8 grown-up sandwiches
🍪 Cookie Ingredients
🧈 1 cup butter, softened
🤍 ½ cup granulated sugar
🍯 ½ cup packed brown sugar
🥚 1 large egg
🌼 1 teaspoon vanilla
🌾 ¾ cup all-purpose flour
☁️ ½ cup cake flour
🥄 ½ teaspoon baking soda
🧂 Pinch of salt
🌾 ½–¾ cup rolled oats
🍫 ½–¾ cup mini chocolate chips
