Chocolate Crunch Ice Cream Dessert

Name: Chocolate Crunch Ice Cream Dessert
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 3 h 15 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1 12-count (3.5 oz each) box ice cream sandwiches: vanilla, chocolate chip or mint flavor; 1 jar (11.75 oz) hot fudge ice cream sauce; 2 cups Chocolate Cheerios™ cereal (plus extra for garnish if desired); 1 tub (12 oz) whipped topping, thawed; 1 pouch (7 oz) Betty Crocker™ decorating cookie icing , chocolate flavor; 1 pouch (7 oz) Betty Crocker™ Decorating Cookie Icing Red icing; garnish with maraschino cherries stems if desired

2 Ratings

9 Comments

Prep 15 min
Total 3 hr 15 min
Servings 12

A quick, chocolaty, cool and crunchy dessert made with ice cream sandwiches and Chocolate Cheerios™. Fancy enough to serve to dinner guests and tasty enough for the kids! MORE+ LESS-

By TBSP Susan

Updated April 18, 2017

Ingredients

12-count (3.5 oz each) box ice cream sandwiches: vanilla, chocolate chip or mint flavor

jar (11.75 oz) hot fudge ice cream sauce

cups Chocolate Cheerios™ cereal (plus extra for garnish if desired)

tub (12 oz) whipped topping, thawed

pouch (7 oz) Betty Crocker™ decorating cookie icing , chocolate flavor

pouch (7 oz) Betty Crocker™ Decorating Cookie Icing Red icing

garnish with maraschino cherries stems if desired

Steps

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1

Unwrap ice cream sandwiches and place in a 9x13 pan to cover bottom. Cut sandwiches to fit as needed. You may have one sandwich leftover, depending on the brand of sandwiches you use. Allow sandwiches to sit at room temperature a couple minutes, then press slightly to spread ice cream to edges of pan.
2

Microwave hot fudge sauce slightly, if needed, so it is easy to spread. Be careful not to heat too much so the fudge doesn't melt the ice cream. Pour fudge over ice cream sandwiches and spread in an even layer.
3

Sprinkle Chocolate Cheerios™ evenly over fudge layer.
4

Spread thawed whipped topping over Cheerios™ layer.
5

Drizzle cookie icing over whipped topping layer in any pattern as desired.
6

Freeze ice cream dessert for 3 hours or more until firm. (May be made a day ahead.) Allow to sit on counter a few minutes before slicing with a sharp knife dipped in hot water. Garnish if desired (see below) and serve immediately.
7

Optional garnish: Drain maraschino cherries. Set a cherry on top of each slice, stem up, and press lightly into whipped topping as needed. Thread Chocolate Cheerios™ on cherry stems and serve immediately.

Nutrition Information

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 630
Calories from Fat: 180

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 20g; 32%
Saturated Fat 11g 54% Trans Fat 2g
Cholesterol: 15mg; 5%
Sodium: 630mg; 26%
Potassium: 250mg; 7%
Total Carbohydrate: 104g; 35%
Dietary Fiber 4g 16% Sugars 71g
Protein: 6g

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 6%; 6%
Vitamin C: 2%; 2%
Calcium: 15%; 15%
Iron: 30%; 30%

Exchanges:

0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choice

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

More About This Recipe

An A-List ice cream dessert recipe made without breaking a sweat. Sometimes life is just so sweet. It's about that time of year that we're all getting a little schizophrenic. We don't want summer to be zipping by, but we're getting a bit tired of some summer routines. Like standing in a long line for great ice cream. Problem solved. You're gonna make this dessert, stick it in the freeze, and invite some friends over for some serious ice cream while summer is still among us. You'll need about 900 seconds (you can do that math...15 minutes!) to whip this Chocolate Crunch Ice Cream Dessert into shape, once you get the ingredients lined up. Then just a few hours in the freezer and ... done. I might have forgotten to mention that this fudgy-crunchy, dreamy-creamy treat is wickedly decadent, too, so don't worry. You'll SO impress those lucky invitees. Simply layer your ingredients, freeze, then garnish. And see how I garnished it with maraschino cherries, their little stems jeweled with Chocolate Cheerios? I KNOOOOOW! Brilliant! Now you're an A-List dessert host, you are. You've arrived!