Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Cake

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 (18 ounce) package small chocolate chip cookies
• 1/4 cup margarine, melted
• 1 cup hot fudge topping
• 2 quarts vanilla ice cream
• 1 cup whipped cream
• 12 cherries (optional)

Recipe

• 1 crush half the cookies (about 20) to make crumbs.
• 2 combine crumbs with melted margarine and press into the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan or pie plate.
• 3 stand remaining cookies around edge of pan.
• 4 spread 3/4 cup fudge topping over crust.
• 5 freeze 15 minutes.
• 6 meanwhile, soften 1 quart of ice cream in microwave or on counter top.
• 7 after crust has chilled, spread softened ice cream over fudge layer.
• 8 freeze 30 minutes.
• 9 scoop remaining quart of ice cream into balls and arrange over spread ice cream layer.
• 10 freeze until firm, 4 hours or overnight.
• 11 to serve, garnish with remainder of fudge topping, whipped cream and cherries.
• 12 **i put cooking time of 30 minutes--which is actually the freeze time on the first layer of ice cream.
• 13 ***cook time does not include the additional 4 hours of freeze time or freezing overnight.