Individual custom Mini Ice Cream Cakes using a cookie crust, your favorite ice cream, chocolate fudge, caramel, cool whip, and your favorite chocolate candy bar!
6Fun Sized Candy BarsButterfinger® , Baby Ruth® or Crunch®
Instructions
To start, remove your ice cream from the freezer, so it can begin softening. You need it soft enough to smooth out in your individual containers.
Take the mini candy bars of your choice, and chop them up with a knife into little pieces. Set aside. You'll be using the chopped candy bars as a layer in your ice cream cake, as well as a sprinkled topping.
Place your cookies in a large ziplock bag and use a rolling pin to crush them to make your crust mixture. For the crust, I like to use either chocolate cookies or vanilla wafer cookies.
Melt ¼ cup butter in the microwave. Then coat your crushed cookie with the melted butter.
Press ¼ cup of the crust mixture into the bottom of each of the bowls.
Measure approx 2 large scoops of soft/semi-melted ice cream on top of the crust and press it down using a spoon.
Spread the hot fudge and caramel on top of the ice cream (to preference).
Sprinkle the chopped Butterfinger, Baby Ruth and/or Crunch over the hot fudge and caramel layer and then put the bowls into the freezer to harden the current ice cream cake layers. The time will depend on how soft your ice cream was when you added it to your bowl. Even 10-15 will probably be long enough. You need it just firm enough to be able to spread the whipped topping, without the icecream mixing into it.
After the current ice cream cake has solidified, add a layer of whipped topping and then sprinkle the top with your chopped candy of choice!
Freezer for another hour and serve!
Notes
PRO TIPS:
Feel free to customize your mini ice cream cakes to whatever the 'cake consumer' loves!You can use both the hot fudge and caramel, or just one, or neither!
CRUST OPTIONS:
Another fun crust option is to use about 25 Vanilla Wafer Cookies and follow the same crust directions. I love pairing the vanilla wafer cookies with a chocolate ice cream cake!