Ice Cream Lasagna

This is a great make ahead dessert that feeds a crowd and is super yummy!  Basically you’re making the following layers:  

• crushed oreos & butter, 
• ice-cream
• hot fudge and peanuts and/or more oreo crumbs, 
• cool whip 
• oreos crumbs on top

INGREDIENTS:

for a 8x8 pan (feeds about 8-12 people)

1/2 a package of oreos (about 16 oreos), crushed into crumbs

4 T butter, melted

8-10 oreos, chopped

1 quart of vanilla or cookies and cream ice-cream, softened on the counter about 20-30 minutes

hot fudge and/or caramel sauce

1 cup of peanuts

1/2 a container of cool whip (thawed enough to spread)

DIRECTIONS

1. Spray an 8x8 pan with nonstick spray, set aside.  

2. Crush oreos in a ziploc bag with a rolling pin, add 2 T melted butter, stir to combine.  3. Chop or gently crush the remaining oreos and set aside for later.

4. Press the crumb mixture into the bottom of a glass 8x8 pan.  

5. Then add the ice-cream.  I like to put small scoops the softened ice-cream over the whole pan and then spread it gently with a spatula.  

6.  Next drizzle the ice-cream with hot fudge and/or caramel sauce.  It’s helpful to have these warmed up so they can just be poured on.  You need to work quickly though at this point because the ice-cream starts to melt a bit.

7.  Cover hot fudge with peanuts and/or more oreo* pieces (we like to put some oreos on the very top too).

8.  Spread cool whip over the nuts.

9.  Garnish with additional oreo crumbs and/or nuts

10.  Cover with saran wrap.  The add foil or a lid and freeze for at least an hour before serving.

NOTES:

The recipe easily doubles

for a 9x13 pan (feeds 16-20 people)

1 package of oreos (about 24), crushed into crumbs

4 T butter, melted

12-16 oreos, chopped

1 half gallon or 2 quarts of vanilla or cookies and cream ice-cream, softened on the counter about 20-30 minutes

hot fudge and/or caramel sauce

2 cups of peanuts

1 container of cool whip (thawed enough to spread)

Whitney recommended the following variations: mint oreos with mint chocolate chip ice-cream or golden oreos and birthday cake ice-cream.