Chocolate Peppermint Ice Cream Cake

Submitted by MarieRynr

"This is an easy but impressive dessert for any special occasion. Begin making this one day in advance. For best results, use a rich, premium ice cream, as it will freeze firmly. Cook time reflects overnight freezing time."

 

• Ready In: 25hrs
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• CRUST

• 118.29 ml unsalted butter
• 226.79 g bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened) or 226.79 g semisweet chocolate, chopped (not unsweetened)
• 382.71 g package chocolate wafer cookies (about 61 cookies)

• GLAZE

• 118.29 ml whipping cream
• 59.14 ml light corn syrup
• 170.09 g bittersweet chocolate or 170.09 g semisweet chocolate, chopped

• FILLING

• 1656.13 ml premium vanilla ice cream, slightly softened
• 295.73 ml coarsely crushed red and white striped hard peppermint candies (about 10 ounces)
• 9.85 ml peppermint extract
• red and white striped hard peppermint candy (whole or broken into pieces)

directions

1. For crust, melt butter with chocolate in heavy small saucepan over low heat.
2. Finely grind cookies in processor.
3. Add warm chocolate mixture; blend until crumbs are just moistened.
4. Reserve 1 cup crumb mixture in small bowl.
5. Press remaining crumb mixture onto sides, then bottom of 9 inch springform pan with 2 3/4 inch sides.
6. Freeze.
7. For Glaze, bring cream and corn syrup to boil in heavy large saucepan.
8. Remove from heat.
9. Add chocolate; whisk until melted and smooth.
10. Let stand until cool but still pourable, about 1 hour.
11. For filling, working quickly, mix ice cream, 1 3/4 cups crushed candies, and extract in large bowl, until just blended.
12. Spoon half of ice cream into crust; spread evenly. (Place remaining ice cream mixture in bowl in freezer).
13. Sprinkle reserved 1 cup cookie crumbs over ice cream in pan; press gently.
14. Pour 1 cup chocolate glaze over ice cream in pan.
15. Freeze 1 hour.
16. Top with remaining ice cream; spread evenly.
17. Freeze until firm, about 4 hours.
18. Stir remaining glaze over low heat just until pourable, but not warm.
19. Pour over ice cream.
20. Spread evenly.
21. Freeze overnight.
22. Run sharp knife between crust and pan sides to loosen cake.
23. Release pan sides.
24. Transfer cake to platter.
25. Garnish with peppermint candies and serve.

Reviews

[funtocook]

A delicious and impressive dessert! Plus it is easy to make, just start early the day before. I took it to Christmas dinner and everyone raved about it! Only change is that you need to measure out 1.5 cups of the cookie crumbs before you add the butter - recipe is incorrect. It is correct on the TV program..also, I could not find chocolate wafers so I used oreo cookies minus the cream. I will definitely make this agein - Valentines Day with red hots and heart candy!

 

[hockey_mom]

This was super easy to make. Everyone agreed it was better then Dairy Queen's icecream cake. I made some changes with the ice cream filling, we just used icecream. My son picked chocolate chip icecream, since it was for his birthday. For the next birthday I think I'll use Turtles or Rolo ice cream. Definetly a keeper recipe!!!! Thanks!!