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Ice Cream Sandwich Cake

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Christmas, Christmas recipe, ice cream
Servings 16
Author Kristen | Ella Claire & Co.

Ingredients

  • 19 ice cream sandwiches (peppermint, if in season)
  • ¼ cup crushed candy canes (more if using vanilla ice cream sandwiches)
  • 3 cups hot fudge chocolate sauce (see notes)
  • 5 cups frozen whipped topping, thawed

Instructions

  1. If making the homemade hot fudge chocolate sauce, make before beginning to layer cake.

  2. In a 13x9 pan, line the bottom with a layer of unwrapped ice cream sandwiches. Spread half of the chocolate sauce (1½ cups) on top of the first layer. Spread 2 cups of whipped cream on top of that and sprinkle with crushed candy canes. Repeat for the second layer: ice cream sandwiches, hot fudge sauce, use 3 cups of whipped cream, garnish top with crushed candy canes.

  3. Put ice cream cake, covered with foil, in the freezer until set up and ready to serve.

Recipe Notes

Notes:

  • This is the recipe for chocolate sauce I absolutely love. It also makes the exact amount needed for this recipe.
  • If the peppermint ice cream sandwiches are out of season (or sold out), regular vanilla ones can be substituted.  Just add extra crushed candy canes in the first layer.
  • The peppermint ice cream sandwiches I used are a bit smaller than traditional vanilla ones, so if you end up using a substitution, you may need to adjust for size.
  • This ice cream cake serves 16 to 20