Oreo Ice Cream Cake

Recipe Cost $11.88

Recipe Serving Cost $0.75

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This Oreo Ice Cream Cake recipe is a no-bake layered dessert made with ice cream, Oreo cookies, hot fudge, and Cool Whip. This cake is one of Beth’s most requested recipes! 

This Oreo Ice Cream Cake serves 16 and costs $11.88 to make; that’s only $0.75 per serving! An Ice Cream Cake at Dairy Queen costs three times as much.

For more desserts that you can make for way less at home, check out our Chick-Fil-A Copycat Frosted Lemonade or our Copycat Olive Garden Lemon Cream Cake.

Oreo Ice Cream Cake Recipe

Last week we celebrated our first anniversary at Easy Budget Recipes! We are beyond excited at where this last year has taken us. We want to celebrate with each other and YOU! The best way we know how to celebrate is through food, but it is still hot. 

Living in the southwest, the only way to survive summer is through ice cream! We like to eat a lot of it (especially Jess!). For our kiddos who have a summer birthday, there is no way we are heating our kitchens to make a regular cake. That’s where this Oreo Ice Cream Cake recipe comes in.

This ice cream cake is the perfect solution for summer-time birthdays and celebrations. Or any time of the year if you ask Jess! This ice cream cake is a simple and cool dessert that the kids can help make basically on their own.

The layers of crushed Oreos, cookies and cream ice cream, hot fudge with a whipped topping take a boring bowl of ice cream to the next level! These simple four ingredients come together in a no-bake dessert that will leave your family and guests thinking you spent hours and hours making the cake. 

Your secret is safe with us. Now you can have your Oreo Cookie Ice Cream Cake in no time at all, without spending a fortune on it, and eat it too! 

How do you soften ice cream for a cake?

There are a few different options for softening your ice cream, depending on the amount of time you have available. You can place the ice cream directly from the freezer into the fridge and leave it for about 20-30 minutes before using it.

Or set it on your counter for about 10-15 minutes. Just do not forget about it, or you will be left with a liquid mess!

If you are short on time, you can set the ice cream container in the microwave and cook at 30% power for 30 seconds. 

How much will this Oreo Cookie Ice Cream Cake recipe cost to make: 

RECIPE COST: $11.88

PRICE PER SERVING: $0.75

• 2 (1.5 quarts) Cookies and Cream Ice Cream – $5.94
• 1 (12.8 oz) Hershey’s Hot Fudge Sauce – $1.98
• 30 Oreo Cookies – $2.12
• 8 oz tub Cool Whip – $1.84

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How to make Oreo Ice Cream Cake recipe: 

STEP ONE:  First, soften the ice cream enough so you can spread it. Then scoop all of the ice cream into a 9×13 dish, spreading it evenly in the pan. 

STEP TWO: Next, put 3/4 of Oreo cookie crumbs over the ice cream layer. After spreading the cookie crumbs, pour hot fudge over the cookies.

STEP THREE: Then spread the next container of ice cream over the cookie layer. Spread it carefully. 

STEP FOUR:  Spread the cool whip over the ice cream. 

STEP FIVE: Top with remaining Oreo cookie crumbs. Cover the dish with plastic wrap and foil and freeze for at least four hours. 

STEP SIX: Finally, slice and serve. Serve with more hot fudge and maraschino cherries. 

Cook’s Tools:

• ice cream scoop
• 9×13 pan
• rubber spatula

The Flavor and Recipe Variations

You can use any flavor of ice cream you would like for this cake. Our kids want to pick two different flavors for the layers when we make this for their birthday cake. Some of our favorites to use are mint chocolate chip, strawberry, and chocolate chip cookie dough. 

How long is it good for:

Serve: You’ll need to place the leftover cake in the freezer within 30 minutes of slicing and serving. 

Store and Freeze: This Oreo ice cream cake will keep in the freezer for up to one month, but we doubt it will last that long! 

How to get the kids involved with this recipe:

Ages 2-3: Your kiddo will love helping to spread the ice cream with a rubber spatula. They will get a kick out of doing this! 

Ages 4-5: Let your child help smash up the Oreos into pieces. Breaking something has never been so fun!

Ages 6-8: This is a great recipe to let your kiddo try on their own while you watch over their shoulder. It is just that easy!

Ages 9-11: Supervise them while they prepare the entire recipe. Remember to have them read it twice before beginning the recipe. 

Ages 12+: Let them prepare the entire recipe, unsupervised, while you do the happy dance in the corner!

Beth’s Pro Tip: Try different flavors of your favorite ice creams! Keep the hot fudge and crushed Oreo layers and tell us your favorite ice cream combos. Beth’s is Blue Bell Vanilla and Peanut Butter Moose tracks!

More dessert recipes:

• 4th of July Poke Cake
• Cake Mix Peach Cobbler
• Chick-Fil-A Copycat Frosted Lemonade
• Chocolate Dipped Sugar Cookies
• Mini Apple Pies
• Chocolate Glazed Biscuit Donuts
• Brownie Cookies
• Chocolate Peanut Butter Bon Bons
• Mom’s Lemon Lush
• Chocolate Wacky Cake
• Dark Chocolate Pecan Pie
• Cheesecake Fruit Salad
• Death by Chocolate Poke Cake
• Olive Garden Lemon Cream Cake
• Mini Apple Pies

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OREO Ice Cream Cake

Recipe Cost $11.88

Recipe Serving Cost $0.75

This Oreo Ice Cream Cake recipe is a no-bake layered dessert made with ice cream, Oreo cookies, hot fudge, and Cool Whip.

Prep Time30 mins

Freezing Time4 hrs

Total Time4 hrs 30 mins

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: chocolate, hot fudge, Oreo

Servings: 16 people

Calories: 573kcal

Equipment

• ice cream scoop
• 9x13 pan
• rubber spatula

Ingredients

FOR THE CAKE:

• 3 quarts Cookies and Cream ice cream
• 12.8 oz jar Hershey’s Hot Fudge Sauce
• 30 OREO Cookies crushed with a few big chunks
• 8 oz tub cool whip

GARNISHES:

• hot fudge
• Maraschino cherries
• chocolate sprinkles

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Instructions

SOFTEN ICE CREAM:

• Take the ice cream out to soften on the counter so that it’s soft enough to spread but not melted to a liquid.

ASSEMBLE:

• Use a 9x13 dish and scoop the entire contents of one of the ½ gallon containers in the dish. Try to spread ice cream so that it is spread somewhat evenly in the pan.
• Put ¾ of OREO cookie crumbs over ice cream.
• Pour entire contents of warm Hot fudge over the cookie layer.
• Spread the next container of ice cream over the cookie layer. Try to spread this layer somewhat smoothly, too.
• Spread the cool whip over the ice cream.
• Top with remaining OREO cookie crumbs.

FREEZE:

• Cover the dish with plastic wrap and aluminum foil and freeze for 4 hours or up to overnight.

SERVE:

• Garnish with more hot fudge, Maraschino cherries, and sprinkles (all optional). Slice and serve.

Nutrition

Serving: 1slice | Calories: 573kcal | Carbohydrates: 76g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Cholesterol: 81mg | Sodium: 334mg | Potassium: 481mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 57g | Vitamin A: 772IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 258mg | Iron: 2mg

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