Ice Cream Pie

This was a big hit.

Crust :

21 oreo cream-filled cookies

4 tbs melted butter

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

In a medium-sized bowl or a food processor, add the Oreo cookies and blend until the texture  is of coarse  crumbs. Add the melted butter and blend until well combined.

Place the ground crumb mixture into a 9 or 9 1/2 inch  pie pan and press onto the bottom and up the sides . Bake 5 - 7 minutes and then place in freezer while you make the filling.

Filling :

1 cup semisweet chocolate morsels

4 tbs. (1/2 stick unsalted butter)

1/4 cup heavy cream

2 tbs. light corn syrup

1 cup confectioners' sugar ( sifted)

1 tsp. vanilla extract

2 pints Ben and Jerry's coffee heath bar crunch ice cream ( or the ice cream of your choice)

In the top of a double boiler, combine chocolate, butter, cream and corn syrup. Set over ( but not touching) simmering water in the bottom pan until the chocolate is melted, stirring occasionally. ( you can also do this in a microwave safe bowl  - heating at 30 second intervals until melted; stir and combine)

Add the confectioners' sugar and vanilla to the chocolate mixture and mix well. Reserve 1/2 cup of the chocolate mixture for the top of the pie. Spread  the remaining mixture evenly in the bottom of the cookie crust. Refrigerate until well chilled, about 1 hour.

Let the  ice cream soften until it is spreadable but not runny. Mound it into the pie shell and spread evenly. Freeze until firm (  at least an hour or two).

Reheat the remaining chocolate mixture until it is spreadable and pour evenly over the top of the pie.

Return to freezer until firm.

The pie may need to stand at room temperature for a few minutes before it is soft enough to slice easily. Makes one 9-inch pie; serves 8.

Note: this can be made with any ice cream. You can sprinkle toffee,  other candy or even chopped chocolate-covered coffee beans on the first layer of chocolate and then use a plain ice cream. 

You could also use a shortcut with this :