Layered Ice Cream Pie Flavor Variations
- Crust Variations: use Oreo cookie crumbs to make an Oreo pie crust , use regular graham cracker crumbs for a graham cracker crust, use Nilla Wafer cookie crumbs, or gingersnap cookie crumbs.
- Turtle: use Heath flavored ice cream or buttered pecan ice cream, a chocolate crust, and top with caramel sauce or fudge sauce , chopped pecans and Cool Whip.
- Chocolate: use chocolate ice cream, French Silk ice cream, or Chocolate Brownie Batter ice cream.
- Grasshopper: use mint chocolate chip ice cream.
- Pumpkin: A personal favorite — this is perfect throughout the fall! Use a gingersnap cookie crust, pumpkin ice cream, caramel sauce, and Cool Whip.
- Peppermint: a great Christmas dessert using peppermint ice cream and crushed candy canes as a garnish.
- Strawberry: use a graham cracker crust with strawberry ice cream and fudge sauce.
- Peanut butter ice cream, coffee ice cream, chocolate chip ice cream, or cookie dough ice cream all work well, too!
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I topped my ice cream pie with hot fudge, peanut butter and whipped topping but you can use whatever you like. I think chopped candy or cookies would be fabulous too!
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Make Homemade Fudge Sauce
Youll start by making a homemade fudge sauce. Start with this step so it has time to cool. You can even put the pan in the fridge to help it cool quickly.
- In a small saucepan, melt the chocolate and butter over low heat and stir until smooth.
- Add the sugar, cocoa, corn syrup and water. Cook until the sugar dissolves.
- Bring the mixture to a boil and cook on low heat, without stirring, until the mixture thickens, or about 15 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla. Set this aside to cool.
If you scrape the sides of the bowl while the mixture is boiling, youll add sugar crystals to the sauce, making it not as smooth as it could be. Just allow the mixture to boil over low heat.
Can I use store bought chocolate syrup?
Yes, if you want to take the easy route you can just buy hot fudge ice cream topping instead. Homemade fudge sauce, though? Mouthwatering. And it is easier than you think!
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Berry Ice Cream Pie With Graham Cracker Crust
- 1 ½cupsgraham cracker crumbs,about 10 sheets
- 6tablespoonsunsalted butter,melted
Blueberry sauce:
- ¼cupfreshly squeezed orange juice
- 1pintblueberries,reserve ¼ cup for topping the pie
- 1teaspoonfreshly squeezed lemon juice
Filling:
- 1quartstrawberry ice cream,slightly softened
Topping:
- 2teaspoonspowdered sugar or granulated sugar
- small splash of vanilla extract
Ice Cream Pie Variations
- Minty: Try this Grasshopper version with an Oreo® crust and mint ice cream filling!
- Fruity: Use your two favorite sorbets or sherbets in a graham cracker crust.
- Turtle ice cream pie: Fill up an Oreo crust with caramel ice cream. Drizzle fudge and caramel ice cream sauces over top and sprinkle chopped pecans on top. Garnish with whipped cream if desired.
- Oreo ice cream pie: fill up an Oreo crust with cookies and cream ice cream. Garnish with whipped cream and additional crushed Oreos. Drizzle hot fudge sauce if desired.
- Coffee ice cream pie recipe: fill up an Oreo crust with coffee ice cream, drizzle with hot fudge sauce
- Strawberry-cheesecake ice cream pie recipe: This is my favorite recipe!
- Peanut butter ice cream pie recipe: Fill a graham cracker or cookie crust with peanut butter ice cream. Garnish with whipped cream and crushed peanuts.
- Adding a cornflake crust: try this crust recipe!
- Adding a rice Krispie® crust: Foodiecrush is the genius behind this creative crust!
- Swap out the graham cracker crust for an Oreocrust.
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Homemade Ice Cream Pie Recipe With Cake
This creation not only includes ice cream but cake too. You can use leftover cake, even though I cant remember ever having leftover cake, make your own or buy one the next time youre at your local market.
I believe you can figure out a way to get some cake and if not I have included a recipe down below for you to use if you prefer.
No matter what you will need less than two cups of your favorite homemade or store-bought cake to make this amazing ice cream cake with cake.
Once you have solved your cake problem, like cake is ever really a problem, then you have to decide on which flavor or flavors of ice cream you want to use.
As you might imagine. Anything goes here. Just remember that the bigger the treats inside your ice cream, the more difficult it can be to get a perfectly even slice.
You can buy ice cream with treats already inside or make your own.
Imagine creating your favorite flavor or flavors of ice cream. Adding in a little of each of your favorite treats. Then, packing it inside an Oreo crust and once set serving in slices with chocolate sauce, caramel sauce, or strawberry sauce.
The list goes on. I mean arent you excited to make your new favorite ice cream cake with cake dessert?
How To Make Homemade Ice Cream Pie Recipe
For this recipe, you can make use of leftover cake from your next event. If you dont have any cake on hand, you can also buy two or three cupcakes from your local bakery or market.
In a medium mixing bowl, add melted butter and chocolate graham crumbs. Mix with a spoon until well combined. Press into the bottom and sides of a 9-inch pie plate. Place in the freezer for at least 15 minutes, if not 30.
In a large bowl, mix together ice cream, sprinkles, and cake chunks. Spread mixture onto chocolate crumb crust. Return to the freezer and leave for at least four hours.
When ready to serve, pour on chocolate sauce and sprinkle with almonds.
Enjoy!
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Make The Ice Cream Filling
In order to mix the ice cream easily, youll want to soften the ice cream first. You can do this by placing it the refrigerator for 20 minutes or so before you start making the pie. Or if youre lucky like we are, your microwave has a soften ice cream setting. Works like a charm!
You want the ice cream soft, but not totally melted. If it is melted, the marshmallows and chocolate chips will fall to the bottom of the pie and it wont have as creamy of a texture as it should.
- Mix together 3 cups of ice cream with 1 cup mini marshmallows and 1 cup of chocolate chips.
- Spread this over the fudge layer.
- Smooth the top of it out with a spoon.
Can I use a different flavor of ice cream?
Yes! Use any flavor that youd like. Ice cream with peanut butter or chocolate would be delicious.
Lastly, youll drizzle some caramel ice cream topping on the top of the pie.
How To Make An Ice Cream Pie
It’s so simple to make an ice cream pie, but knowing a few things beforehand will set you up for success and make it a lot easier to do.
Start by crushing up whole Oreos, cream centers and all. This is easiest with a food processor or blender as you want the crumbs to be pretty fine, but you can definitely use the rolling pin and ziploc bag method instead.
Add the melted butter to the Oreo crumbs and toss them together to evenly moisten everything. Then press the crust mixture into the bottom of a springform pan or pie plate. At this point, I like to bake my crust for 8-10 minutes at 375 degrees F to set it, but you can definitely skip that part and just stick the crust in the freezer for 30 minutes to firm up instead.
Let the vanilla and mint chip ice creams soften on the counter for 10-15 minutes. It’s so frustrating trying to make this pie when your ice cream is rock hard! Giving the ice cream a little time to soften before adding it to the crust makes this so much easier!
Scoop the vanilla ice cream layer into the bottom crust first, then place a piece of plastic wrap over the top. Press down with your hands to make an even vanilla layer, then remove the plastic wrap.
Sprinkle a layer of broken up Oreos onto the vanilla ice cream. You want bigger pieces than crumbs for this layer so that there is more crunch for a textural contrast in the ice cream pie, so I like to just chop these up by hand rather than using the food processor.
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Can I Use A Different Flavor Of Ice Cream
Mississippi Mud Ice Cream Pie is traditionally made with coffee ice cream, but if youre not a fan of it, you can certainly swap it out for something you love. I think cookies & cream, chocolate, cookie dough, vanilla, etc., would all be delicious. But I do love this with coffee ice cream the very best
Total random side note here. If you do love coffee ice cream, then you need to try the Mud Pie Mojo from Cold Stone. Its their coffee Ice Cream with Oreos, peanut butter, roasted almonds and fudge. Its da bomb!
What Other Flavors Can You Try
I cant believe I lived my life up until now not knowing how to make this recipe! I have tried it with toffee ice cream and salted caramel sauce in a mini-pie crust. Guess what? It was amazing!
This recipe would be great in so many flavors, like peanut butter, chocolate, strawberry, or coffee. You could even try a sherbet for a fruity variation. Choose your favorite ice cream and go for it!
I hope you can find a reason to celebrate with this Easy Mint Chip Ice Cream Pie sometime soon. Let me know what flavors you try! Enjoy 🙂
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Fun Ways To Share Ice Cream Desserts
The best part about making a dessert recipe like this is that you can easily share it with family and friends. Invite them over to enjoy or make it up for a special day.
This dessert is great for birthday parties, family gatherings, or surprises for loved ones, too.
This ice cream recipe is especially delicious on hot summer days as its so refreshing and cool to eat!
Mint Chip Ice Cream Pie Recipe
Theres nothing more refreshing on a hot day than a slice of ice cream goodness. The only downside? Well, Im lazy. I dont want to leave the house, find a Dairy Queen, and buy one. Because of this, I decided that Ill just have to start making celebratory ice cream desserts at home.
First up is this three-ingredient Easy Mint Chip Ice Cream Pie. My reaction, the first time I tried it? Holy Yum! I found this recipe on Pinterest and it took me to the cutest blog. See the original recipe HERE.
Ive made some easy stuff on this blog, but this might actually be the easiest recipe Ive ever made. Youll only need three ingredients: ice cream of your choice, Cool Whip , and pre-made pie crust from the store.
Talk about the perfect sweet treat for the ultra-lazy daysthis is my kinda deal. Sometimes you just need an easy, no-fuss dessert you can whip up in a hurry. This is your ticket.
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Oreo Cookie Crust Recipe
Wait. I forgot to talk about the crust. I felt the need to publish this recipe using a graham cracker or Oreo crust. Likely because theyre so easy and taste so good.
They go beautifully with this oreo cookie crust ice cream pie. Making an ice cream pie with graham cracker crust is the same amount of work and offers the exact same results.
If youre looking for Oreo cookie flavor use Oreo crumbs and if youre looking for a nutty flavor and subtle sweetness use graham cracker crumbs to make your ice cream cake with cake.
However, there is an option to use this ice cream pie oreo cookie crust recipe or our rice krispie crust. I hope youll put this recipe on your bucket list with a rice Krispie crust at least one time.
If you enjoy rice Krispie treats then youre gonna LOVE this rice Krispie crust. Just you wait and see.
If youre looking for an ice cream pie with oreo crust then youve definitely come to the right place.
Tips To Make The Perfect Caramel Toffee Ice Cream Pie
For the crust you can go with a store bought crust, just remember they are usually 8 1/2 inches so youll probably have extra filling
I like to make my own caramel sauce it only takes a few mins. Make sure you use a thermometer so the sauce hits the right temperature otherwise it could be too thin or too thick.
Also remember to adjust for your altitude Being at 4500 ft altitude I adjust my recipes by 20 degrees!
Water boils at sea level at 212, for me at 192 so a 20 degree difference. What does water boil at where you live?
If you are going with a store bought sauce make sure you get a high quality thick sauce, not something super runny. You should have to heat it slightly to make it pour-able.
It only takes about 3 mins to make fresh whipped cream, which I feels makes a huge difference in flavor. If you sub out for whipped cream take away the cream, powdered sugar and vanilla in the recipe.
You can use any pudding flavor you want, Ive used vanilla, white chocolate and cheesecake with this pie. For a variation one of my favorites is pistachio
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