Ice Cream Pie Food

ICE CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Make the crust: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Place the graham crackers in a large plastic zipper bag and seal it. Smash the crackers with a rolling pin until they're crushed into fine crumbs. (Or you can use a food processor!) Move the crumbs to a large bowl, then pour in the melted butter and stir them to combine. Press the crumbs into a pie plate slowly packing them so they're firm. Bake the crust for 5 minutes, then let it cool completely.
• Make the filling: In a large bowl, stir the ice cream until it's smooth but still firm and somewhat frozen. Add the pecans and candies and stir until it's all combined.
• Pour the mixture into the cooled crust and smooth the surface, then cover the pie and place it in the freezer to harden, 2 to 3 hours minimum. (Psst: Make it up to a week in advance! It keeps well in the freezer if it's covered tightly.)
• Use a warm knife to cut neat slices, then drizzle with your favorite jarred caramel or hot fudge sauce.
• Change Things Up!
• Make a chocolate mint version: Use mint chocolate chip ice cream and mix in chopped peppermint patties. Pour it into a chocolate cookie crust.
• Use any combination of ice cream flavor and candy/nut you'd like!

SKINNY DEVIL'S FOOD ICE CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Coarsely chop cookies. Place cookie pieces in the bottom of an 8-inch springform pan with removable side. In a small bowl, whisk together peanut butter and hot water until smooth. Drizzle evenly over cookies.
• Top with banana slices. Carefully spoon ice cream evenly over all in pan; spread ice cream until smooth on top. Cover with plastic wrap and freeze for 8 hours or until firm.
• Let stand at room temperature for 10 minutes before serving. Remove side of pan; cut pie into 12 wedges. Drizzle fudge topping over wedges.

ICE CREAM PUDDING PIE

Steps:

• Pour milk into large bowl. Add ice cream and dry pudding mixes. Beat with wire whisk or electric mixer on low speed for 2 minutes or until well blended. Let stand 5 minutes or until mixture is very thick and will mound.
• Spoon into crust.
• Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight until set. Store leftover pie in refrigerator.

WORLD'S EASIEST LEMONADE ICE CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Stir the lemonade mix with the water until dissolved.
• Add the ice cream and stir until smooth (like the consistency of Cool Whip).
• Add the Cool Whip and stir until combined.
• Pour into the pie shell and freeze at least 4 hours.

4-INGREDIENT PEANUT BUTTER ICE CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Chill pie crust.
• Mix ice cream in mixing bowl until soft.
• Fold in peanut butter and whipping cream.
• Spoon ice cream mixture into chilled pie crust.
• Can garnish with crushed peanuts or crushed chocolate is desired.
• Freeze about 5 hours.
• Remove from freezer about 10-15 minutes before serving.

BUTTER PECAN ICE CREAM PIE

Steps:

• For Sauce:
• Melt butter in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat. Add sugar, cream and salt and whisk until sauce is smooth and comes to simmer. Remove from heat; mix in vanilla. Cool sauce completely, stirring occasionally.
• For Crust:
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter bottom of 9-inch-diameter springform pan. Using electric mixer, beat brown sugar, butter and vanilla extract in medium bowl until smooth. Add flour and 2/3 cup chopped pecans and stir until moist clumps form. Press dough onto bottom and 1/2 inch up sides of prepared pan. Bake until crust is set and beginning to brown, about 12 minutes. Cool crust completely.
• Spoon ice cream into crust, pressing to compact. pour 1/2 cup sauce over. Using tip of small knife, swirl sauce and top layer of ice cream, creating marbled pattern. Cover pie and freeze 12 hours. (Sauce and pie can be prepared 3 days ahead. Cover remaining sauce and refrigerate. Keep pie frozen.)
• Run small sharp knife around pan sides to loosen pie. release pan sides. Arrange toasted pecan halves decoratively around top edge of pie, if desired. Let pie stand 5 minutes to soften slightly.
• Rewarm remaining sauce. Cut pie into wedges and serve with sauce.

LAYERED ICE CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Combine the cookie crumbs and butter and mix well. Firmly and evenly press the mixture over the bottom of a 3-inch-deep 10-inch springform pan. Bake for 8 minutes, then cool on a wire rack for at least 30 minutes, until it's no longer warm to the touch.
• Spread the caramel sauce over the cooled crust, leaving a 1-inch border. Freeze for about 30 to 60 minutes, until set.
• Spread the chocolate ice cream over the caramel sauce in an even layer, then freeze for about for 30 to 60 minutes, until firm. (Freezing time depends on the quality of the ice cream and the freezer temperature.)
• Combine the vanilla ice cream and crushed candy bars. Spread over the chocolate ice cream in an even layer, then freeze for about 30 minutes, until firm.
• Spread a thin layer of chocolate sauce evenly over the vanilla ice cream, then freeze for about 30 minutes, until firm.
• Spread the coffee ice cream over the chocolate sauce in an even layer, then return to the freezer for about 30 to 60 minutes, until firm. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and freeze for at least 8 hours before slicing.
• Remove from the freezer about 10 minutes before serving. Remove the springform pan sides, and slice into 12 wedges. If you like, serve additional caramel and chocolate sauce on the side.
• Time Management Advice from Pie Tester Kate Antea
• This pie will take about 4 hours to make. While one layer is freezing, the next ice cream is out softening, and a sauce can be made and cooled. My suggestion is to start by making the caramel sauce (which can be done a day ahead). While the sauce cools, make the crust. While the caramel is freezing, take the chocolate ice cream out to soften. When the chocolate layer goes in to freeze, take out the vanilla ice cream to soften and chop the candy bars. When the vanilla layer goes in to freeze, make and cool the chocolate sauce. When the chocolate sauce layer goes in to freeze, take out the coffee ice cream to soften.