Cookies and Cream Ice Cream Bars

5 from 2 votes

Cookies and Cream Ice Cream Bars are a cool and creamy way to celebrate summer and are super easy to make. A thick Oreo crust on the bottom is covered with a layer of cookies and cream ice cream with extra cookies added to up the cookie to ice cream ratio.

Prep Time1 15

Cook Time12

Total Time1 15

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: ice cream, summer

Servings:

Author: Christin Mahrlig

Equipment

Ingredients

28 chocolate sandwich cookies finely crushed (Oreos)
5 tablespoons butter melted
4 to 5 cups cookies and cream ice cream softened
12 chocolate sandwich cookies broken into chunks
2 cups heavy cream
1/3 cup sugar
extra Oreos for garnish

Instructions

Line a 9-inch square pan with aluminum foil or parchment paper and preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
In a medium bowl, stir together melted butter and the 28 finely crushed cookies. Pour into prepared pan and use a spatula to press the crumbs down flat. Bake for 12 minutes and let cool completely.
In a medium bowl, mix together softened ice cream and 12 broken cookies. Spread over cooled crust. Freeze until firm.
Use an electric mixer to beat cream and sugar until stiff peaks form. Spread over ice cream. Garnish with cookies.
Freeze until firm.

Notes

You can easily change up the flavor of these ice cream bars by using chocolate ice cream and using a flavored oreo. Mint Oreo Cookies would work really well.

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