Easy Peppermint Dessert

Total Time: 10 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 15
• 3 cups oreo cookies (crushed)
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, melted
• 1/2 gallon peppermint ice cream or 1/2 gallon party mint chocolate chip ice cream or 1/2 gallon mint chocolate chip ice cream
• 1 (12 ounce) container cool whip, thawed
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 4 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate, chopped
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/3 cup crushed peppermint candies or 1/3 cup candy cane

Recipe

• 1 mix crushed cookies and melted butter.
• 2 press mixture in bottom of ungreased rectangular pan, 13x9x2.
• 3 stir together ice cream and 2 cups of the cool whip topping; spoon evenly onto chocolate cookie crust.
• 4 freeze 3 hrs till firm.
• 5 meanwhile; melt butter and chocolate in 2 qt saucepan over low heat, stir constantly.
• 6 stir in sugar; gradually stir in milk.
• 7 heat to boiling over medium high heat, stir constantly.
• 8 cook and stir 5 minutes till slightly thick; stir in vanilla.
• 9 cool completely, about 2 hours pour 2 cups of chocolate sauce evenly over ice cream.
• 10 freeze at least 8 hrs and no longer than 2 weeks.
• 11 cover and refrigerate remaining sauce.
• 12 reheat reserved sauce till warm.
• 13 to serve cut into 5 rows by 3 rows.
• 14 top with sauce and remaining cool whip;
• 15 sprinkle with crushed candies.