Name: Oreo Ice Cream Pie
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 7 min
Total time: 4 h
Ingredients: 1 – 1.5 qt cookies and cream ice cream; 2 packages of Oreo cookies (you will not use all of the second package); 5-10 oz favorite chocolate sauce; 1 stick of butter

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This Oreo Ice Cream Pie is truly a treat. A hybrid of several recipes, we made it as a birthday dessert for my daughter this year. It was a hit!

When looking through our grandma’s recipe binder, I stumbled upon an ice cream pie recipe. It happened to be right around my daughter’s birthday. She is not huge on cakes or desserts in general, but she’s in love with Oreo cookies. We came up with the idea to recreate my grandma’s ice cream pie, but with cookies and cream ice cream, Oreo crust, and of course crumbled Oreos on top. A different style of birthday dessert but one that serves a larger group, so it was perfect for the family celebration we had for her birthday.

The Ingredients

This recipe and the grocery list are simple. You will need to gather your favorite cookies and cream ice cream, 2 packages of Oreo cookies (you will not use all of the second package), your favorite chocolate sauce, and a stick of butter. You can add whip cream and a cherry to make it fancy, but it is great as is.

Assembling the Ice Cream Pie

First, you will need to make the crust. Do this by using a food processor to make fine crumbs out of an entire regular sized package (14. 3 oz) of Oreos. After you have made the fine crumbs, add in 1 stick of melted butter and blend together. Press this evenly into a 9″ spring form pan on the bottom and 1/2 inch up the sides of the pan.

Next, you will bake the crust at 375° for 6-7 minutes. My oven started to burn the edges at 7 minutes, so watch it closely on your first trial!

Now allow the crust to cool completely. Once the crust is cool, set your ice cream out of the freezer for about 5 minutes, allowing it to soften but not melt. Scoop out half of the ice cream into the spring form pan. Drizzle 6-10 tablespoons of chocolate sauce on top of the ice cream layer. Then, scoop the remainder of the ice cream in a layer on top of the chocolate sauce. Next, you will crumble Oreo cookies to measure about 1 1/2 cups. We put ours in a ziplock, and then the kids used a meat tenderizer to bash it into uneven pieces. (Very cathartic if you are looking for stress relief 😉.) Then you will scatter these crumbles on the top of the ice cream layer.

Finally, cover the entire pie with foil and put in the freezer. Freeze at least 3-4 hours before serving. Remove from the freezer, release the spring form pan sides, and slice with a sharp knife. The final product is thick and rich. You can cut thin slices, serving at least 20 people.

Modifications/ Additions to this Ice Cream Pie

There are so many variations for this dessert. You could add a layer of crumbled Oreos on top of the first ice cream layer. You could add more chocolate sauce to the very top of the pie at the end. My son loved his piece served with a side of whipped cream and a cherry. You could also make the pie thicker with more layers (requiring another carton of ice cream).