Easy Celebration Ice Cream Cake

Total Time: 4 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• 24 oreo cookies, divided
• 1 pint strawberry ice cream, softened
• 2 cups thawed cool whip topping, divided
• 1 pint chocolate ice cream, softened
• 2 tablespoons chocolate fudge topping

Recipe

• 1 line 9-inch round cake pan with plastic wrap, with ends of plastic wrap extending over side of pan. stand 14 of the cookies around edge of pan. crush remaining 10 cookies. reserve 1/2 cup of the cookie crumbs for later use; sprinkle remaining crumbs bottom of pan. spread strawberry ice cream over crumbs; top with 1 cup of the whipped topping and the reserved 1/2 cup crumbs. cover with chocolate ice cream.
• 2 freeze 4 hours or overnight.
• 3 remove dessert from pan just before serving, using the plastic wrap handles to lift dessert from pan. carefully peel off plastic wrap; place dessert on serving plate. let stand 10 minute at room temperature to soften slightly. top evenly with the remaining 1 cup whipped topping; drizzle with fudge topping. cut into 14 wedges to serve. store leftover dessert in freezer.
• 4 variation: prepare as directed, using reduced fat oreo chocolate sandwich cookies, frozen yogurt and cool whip lite whipped topping.
• 5 variation: omit fudge topping. prepare as directed, using cool whip strawberry whipped topping. top with 14 fresh strawberries just before serving.