Giant Ice Cream Sandwich

carolinafan's Note:

This is just too wonderful. From Taste of Home.

• Total Time: 72 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 72 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 10

• 2 (20 ounce) packages brownie mix
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate morsel
• 4 cups vanilla ice cream, softened
• 1/2 cup English toffee bits or 1/2 cup almond brickle chips

CHOCOLATE SAUCE

• 1/3 cup evaporated milk
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/3 cup semisweet chocolate morsel
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Prepare the brownie mixes according to package directions, adding chocolate morsels to batter.
2. Pour into two greased 9-inch springform pans or two 9-inch round cake pans.
3. Bake at 350 for 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
4. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
5. Freeze for 2 hours or until easy to handle.
6. Spoon ice cream on top of one brownie layer; top with toffee bits and second brownie layer. Wrap in plastic wrap; freeze until set. May be frozen for up to 2 months.
7. Remove from freezer 10-15 minutes before serving.
8. For chocolate sauce, combine milk, butter and chocolate morsels in a saucepan. Heat until morsels are melted; stir until smooth.
9. Stir in confectioners sugar and vanilla. Cut the ice cream sandwich into wedges; serve with chocolate sauce.

Reviews

[fluffystew]

Brought this out to oohs and ahhs - it really does look like a giant icecream sandwich. I changed the recipe a bit to add peanut butter flavour: I spread a thin layer of pb on the bottom brownie before adding the icecream, and instead of toffee bits, I crushed up a couple of Crispy Crunch chocolate bars. It was definitely tasty, but I had a problem with the brownie part being too hard when frozen compared to the icecream - made it so hard to cut, and hard to eat. I think next time I will freeze the icecream in the cake pan so it will be the right shape, keep the brownie part in the refrigerator and assemble it just before serving. Thanks for a fun recipe! p.s. Sauce was delicious.

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(08/02/11)

[Chef #674484]

I made this for a friend for her birthday and she loved it! I added nuts in with the brownie mixture and then froze the ice cream in a 9x9" cake pan, then assembled the cake right before serving time. Was easy to assemble and everybody loved it!