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Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Cake
This ice cream cake is easy, impressive, and a foolproof crowd pleaser. This is our kids' first choice for birthdays. The Oreo crust is heavenly. The chocolatey filling made of fudgy crunchies is reminiscent of DQ's famous ice cream cakes. Irresistible!
👥 12 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 30m⏳ Prep: 30 min👤 Amy Dong📖 chewoutloud
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- food processor
- pan
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Make Fudge
2
Do Ahead: Make fudge sauce and whipped cream, and set aside in fridge.
fudge sauce (homemade recipe or store-bought)1 cupwhipped cream2 cups
3
Break Cookies
4
Coarsely break up 8 chocolate cookies, filling removed, into bits for the crunch filling. Set aside.
5
Process remainder of chocolate cookies into fine crumbs, using food processor - or enclose cookies in heavy duty freezer bags and crush finely with rolling pin. Combine fine chocolate crumbs with melted butter. Mix well.
6
Press
7
Lightly grease bottom of a 9 inch springform pan, and press crumb mixture tightly and evenly into bottom of pan* Place pan in freezer.
8
Soften
9
Meanwhile, allow mint chip ice cream to soften at room temp about ⏱️ 5-10 minutes. Spread approx. three-fourths of the entire tub of ice cream evenly over crumb crust (or use as much as you'd like.) Place pan in freezer.
10
Mix 1 cup of lukewarm fudge sauce with the 8 coarsely broken cookie bits. Spread this filling evenly over first ice cream layer, leaving 1 cm space around edges. Freeze ⏱️ 30 minutes.
fudge sauce (homemade recipe or store-bought)1 cup
11
Soften and Freeze
12
Slightly soften vanilla bean ice cream, and spread about three-fourths of entire tub evenly over the fudge filling. Freeze until firm.
13
Decorate with homemade whipped cream as desired. Keep frozen until ready to serve. Before serving, let sit at room temp approx. ⏱️ 5 minutes, and remove carefully from springform pan.
whipped cream2 cups
Nutrition Facts
calories
671 kcal
fat Content
49 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
4 g
sugar Content
58 g
sodium Content
503 mg
protein Content
14 g
trans Fat Content
0.3 g
cholesterol Content
141 mg
carbohydrate Content
124 g
saturated Fat Content
28 g
unsaturated Fat Content
13 g
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