Chocolate Cherry Ice Cream Cake

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 16 cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
• 1 quart cherry ice cream or 1 quart vanilla ice cream, softened
• 8 cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies, coarsely chopped
• 1 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 quart vanilla ice cream, softened
• 1/2 cup fudge sauce
• sweetened whipped cream, if desired
• 12 fresh cherries, with stems

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350ºf. place 16 cookies in food processor. cover and process until finely ground. add butter; cover and process until mixed. press in springform pan, 9x3 inches. bake 8 to 10 minutes or until firm. cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• 2 wrap outside of springform pan with foil. spread cherry ice cream over cooled crust. freeze 30 minutes.
• 3 sprinkle chopped cookies and 1/2 cup of the chocolate chips over cherry ice cream; press slightly. spread vanilla ice cream over top. drop fudge sauce over ice cream in small spoonfuls; swirl slightly into ice cream. sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup chocolate chips; press slightly. freeze about 8 hours until firm.
• 4 to serve, let stand at room temperature 5 to 10 minutes. carefully remove side of pan. cut dessert into wedges. top each wedge with whipped cream and cherry.