I finally made this after seeing it for a while, and it was well worth the time and effort. Actually, very little effort. My family liked it very much. I only had 12 sandwiches (2 boxes of 6 each) so I only did 3 layers. It still looked amazing and tasted great! My very picky husband declared this a do over. A cool and refreshing dessert for these hot weather days.
Ireland doesn’t have ice cream sandwiches? I’m sad for them!Island doesn’t have ice cream sandwiches? I’m sad for them!
OK, I’ve been intrigued by this recipe since it kept popping up on my feed over the last couple of years, so I had to try it. (Ice cream sanwiches were on a hugesale at Kroger). Mint didn’t seem appropriate for summer, so I changed the flavors to mocha-toffee. Heated up the whipped cream and dissolved instant espresso in it, then chilled it and proceeded as the original recipe. Instead of mint cookies, I sprinkled Heath toffee chips between the layers. It was an easy and yummy dessert.
Oh the haters are going to love this question 🙂 I’m in a rental house without a mixer. Do you think I could use Cool Whip in place of the whipped cream?
Awesome, easy summertime cake!
I made this for my daughter’s 16th birthday. Everyone loved it. I will certainly be making this again. It is so easy!! My husband said it was the best ice cream cake he has ever had.
Pwurple, since Epicurious is a US site, it is fitting that it would have ingredients that are available to people in the US. I don’t complain about being able to find ingredients in British, Thai, Chinese, Russian recipes. Do you really think Epicurious should only post recipes that everyone in the entire world has access to? And to top it all off, you are a snob.
This is fantastic! Made this for a casual dinner party – everyone raved, saying this is perhaps the best ever all time dessert. Flavorful, refreshing and easy to assemble.
Amazing!
I made this for a family Christmas party. Who doesn’t love mint chocolate and ice cream. I got thumbs up from everyone – even those I don’t hear from very often. I didn’t change a thing – maybe added a few extra cookies.
I would recommend your ice cream sandwiches be very cold before starting this as they melt if you don’t work quickly. In the end we had to clean up the cake a bit.
To the naysayer in the reviews that bashed the processed food – you can make your own ice cream sandwiches. That would be laborious and quite honestly the ice cream sandwiches brings a nostalgic taste into this dish. I will definitely make this again.
This is a fantastic dessert!! Its taste is beyond delicious, it looks elegant on the plate, and is easy to assemble. My guests went crazy for it. I modified the recipe into a black forest version by adding cherry extract to the whipped cream and adding a layer of cherry preserves on each layer of ice cream sandwich (below the crumbled cookies). This is a stunning creation! Your guests will gasp in awe!
There’s no reason to bash this recipe because all the ingredients aren’t available or because it is an assembly. It’s still a recipe, and if you can’t find the prepackaged items, or recipes that include them, write your own recipe instead of being a stuck up foodie troll of a c#nt.
This is a table pleaser for small dinner parties with fun people, especially if you serve with a brandy alexander or cricket cocktail. It has also inspired a scratch dessert on a client’s dessert menu. Also, instead of a frosting base, I like to start with graham cracker crust mixed with the frosting because… I like graham cracker crust. I also like to bring some Andes mints to the party over the top before serving (so they don’t freeze and crack teeth).
This thing is a blank canvas for a fun dessert, and on its own is a great recipe for a fast and simple dessert that touches on nostalgic elements of a well-adjust human’s childhood with the capacity for light-heartedness and humour when it comes to their table.
This isn’t something to serve snobby d!ckheads.
As a professional chef, barkeep, and restaurant consultant, they have no room at my table. Instead, I charge them handsomely to feed their esoteric condescension and dust my hands of their toxicity when they pay their check.
Ugh… they’re the filth of the well-fed world.
While this is more of an assembly than a recipe, my guests loved it! Tastes like Girl Scout cookies. Very easy and looks beautiful.
Possibly the best dessert ever!!!!!!!!!!!
I know the recipe says easy, but it’s completely impossible if you don’t live where these “ingredients” are from.
Honestly, opening packets and assembling is not what I consider a recipe. Sorry. 🙁
Please, more recipies with ingredients that are made from food, not pre-processed junk.
