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Oreo Ice Cream Cake makes for the perfect no-bake dessert during warm summer months. Best of all, it only takes 5 simple ingredients!
Oreo Ice Cream Cake is a go-to for summertime, especially if you love cookies and cream! For more Oreo goodness, you may also love our Dirt Cake and Oreo Pudding Cake.
the perfect summer treat
Born and raised in Arizona, we are used to VERY hot summers. But even though we have become accustomed to them, we still like to have plenty of cool desserts to help us survive them!
One of our favorites is cookies and cream Ice Cream Cake.
Oreo Ice Cream Cake is delicious and super easy to make. If you’ve tried our Dirt Cake and love Oreos, then I think you’ll love this one too.
This cake can be changed up with your favorite ice cream flavors. I think we will try Mint Chocolate Chip next time, or maybe Bluebell’s Cookie Two Step which is half cookies and cream and half chocolate chip cookie dough – my fave!
We hope you enjoy this easy ice cream cake!
How to Make Ice Cream Cake
A lot of people are hesitant to make ice cream cakes because it seems difficult, but it’s actually really simple! It does take time since you have to freeze it after you add each layer (totaling 5 hours of freezer time), but believe me, it is SO worth it because you end up with these 5 delicious layers:
- Buttery Oreo Crust
- Oreo Ice Cream – you can change this to be any ice cream that tastes good with Oreos
- Chocolate Fudge Sauce
- Whipped Cream
- Crushed Oreo Topping
COOKIE CRUST. Add the crushed cookie crumbs to a bowl, reserving about ½ cup for the topping. Add the melted butter to the crushed Oreos, mix it up, then press it into the bottom of a greased 9×13 pan.
ICE CREAM. Spread the softened Cookies and Cream ice cream over the crust and freeze for 2 hours.
FUDGE SAUCE. Take it out, drizzle Chocolate Fudge Sauce over the ice cream and freeze for another hour. Make sure the sauce is cold because hot fudge sauce can cause the ice cream to melt.
FREEZE + ENJOY! Finally, add Whipped Cream and sprinkle with the remaining Oreos, then freeze for 2 more hours. Simple!
Variations
Layered cake. Use 2 round cake pans lined with plastic. Complete steps 1-3 dividing the ingredients evenly in each pan. Freeze.
Once frozen, lift both rounds out of the pan and stack them. You can add Oreos and whipped cream to the bottom ice cream layer, stack the second layer, and decorate the top.
Frosting the cake. You can use whipping cream to spread on top or a more traditional frosting.
Celebrations. Decorate this cookies and cream Ice Cream Cake according to whatever party you’re having.
- Summer birthdays – add sprinkles and candles for an ice cream birthday cake.
- Memorial day and 4th of July parties – use red, white, and blue colored sprinkles and candy.
- Baby and bridal showers – decorate with frosting flowers.
Recipe Tips
Soften ice cream. When making your cake, soften the ice cream to about 15°F so that it’s easy to spread. Be sure that it doesn’t have a chance to melt.
Slicing the cake. Use a long serrated knife. Warm the knife in hot water, dry the excess water, and cut. The warm knife should slice right through the ice cream cake and create clean even slices.
Serving tip. Prior to serving, thaw the cake for 30 minutes in the refrigerator, or 15 minutes on the counter. This will ensure the cake is at just the right temperature and consistency.
Line the pan with plastic wrap or parchment paper to make it easier to lift the cake out, cut, and serve.
Crushed Oreos. To crush the Oreos, place them in a food processor, or fill a Ziploc and use a rolling pin to break them up. Choose fine crumbs or more chunky pieces – your choice!
STORING + TRANSPORTING
STORE. As a general rule, ice cream cake can last in the freezer for 5-7 days and keep its flavor and texture. When storing, wrap in plastic wrap and store in an airtight container.
If your cake does not contain cream cheese, whipped cream, eggs, or buttercream then it can last for up to two months.
Transport an ice cream cake without melting. Use an insulated ice chest to transport your ice cream cake along with some ice to keep it cold. You have a few ice options:
- Regular ice will work for a short travel time. Avoid opening the cooler until you’re ready to remove the cake.
- Ice packs/blue ice last longer than regular ice and don’t leave water when they’ve melted. This is a good option for longer travel, or if your destination, such as a park, will not have a freezer to store the cake until it’s time to eat.
- Dry ice is the third option. This will keep your cake frozen for quite some time. Be aware that you will need extra time to thaw the cake before serving or it will be too frozen/hard to cut.
For more cookies and cream treats, check out:
- Frozen Oreo Pudding Cake
- Oreo Peanut Butter Delight
- Cookies N Cream Cookies
- No Bake Oreo Cheesecake
- Mint Milkshake
- Oreo Truffles
- Oreo Shake
Oreo Ice Cream Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 pkg Oreos crushed (see notes)
- 1/4 c butter melted
- 1/2 Gallon cookies and cream ice cream softened
- 16 oz jar hot fudge warmed
- 8 oz carton whipped topping thawed
Instructions
- Add crushed cookie crumbs to a bowl reserving ½ cup for the top. Add butter and mix well. Press into a greased 9×13 pan.
- Spread softened ice cream over crust and freeze for 2 hours.
- Drizzle warm fudge over ice cream and freeze for 1 hour.
- Add whipped topping, sprinkle with reserved Oreos, and freeze for 2 hours. Remove from the freezer and let it set out for 15 minutes before serving. ENJOY!
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Super easy and delicious. I’ve been using this recipe for years and figured my five star rating is long overdue. My kids request this again and again!
This ice cream cake is fantastic. I’ve been making it for 9 years and am finally writing a comment! My husband and son don’t like regular cake and they request this every year for their birthdays! It is a HUGE hit when I bring it to parties etc. it’s also really easy. Thanks for the great recipe!
For the whipped topping can I put real whipped cream vs that fake topping?
I’ve made this many times and everyone asks for the recipe. It’s a keeper!
Do you typically use homemade whipped cream or a carton of Cool Whip on this? If you use a homemade version, do you have a recipe I can look at?
Thanks!
Today I made the Oreo Icecream Cake for our bbq. Everyone LOVED it! It was a great hit! You can never go wrong with Oreos and Icecream. ☺️
Easy and very good flavor!
How do you get the ice cream cake out of the baking pan?
When I made one before using someone else’recipe, she suggested a spring form pan. I totally forgot about it. Your instructions didn’t mention spring form, what have you done to make this work?
Thanks in advance!
I typically line the pan with plastic wrap or parchment paper to make it easier to lift the cake out, cut, and serve. If you leave enough extra parchment paper on the sides, you can grab on to that and lift the cake out of the pan. Hope that helps!
How far in advance can you make this cake? Is a week prior too long?
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You should be good making it a week prior! I wouldn’t go much longer than two weeks.
A coworker brought this to a potluck years ago. She gave me the recipe and I’ve been making variations of it ever since! It’s great with the mint Oreos and mint chocolate chip ice cream, I’ve made chocolate peanut butter versions using Nutter Butters for the crust and Reese’s peanut butter cup ice cream or peanut butter sauce (instead of hot fudge), pretzel crusts are good too (if you like the sweet and salty mix). You can also skip the Cool Whip and use Magic Shell for the top (it makes it more like a candy bar). There are so many ways to customize this recipe!!!
I love all the variations that you’ve tried!! How fun! It definitely is a versatile recipe. Thanks for sharing and I’m so glad that you enjoy the recipe!
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Do you ever make your own hot fudge or is the store bought fine?
This recipe looks as easy & fun as it looks yummy & delicious! I’m so looking forward to trying it, however, I am unsure which type of butter to use. Salted or Unsalted? Thanks!
I typically use unsalted butter when baking. Then I can control the amount of salt added to the recipes.
Thanks for posting this. My mom made this for years and never wrote it down. It’s nice to have an actual recipe. We add 1/2 cup of roasted pecans with the Oreo crumble on the top.
Ooh the pecans sound amazing on top. So glad you found the recipe to have written down now! 🙂
Do you use the entire Oreo including filling?
Yes!
Great recipe!!! This came out absolutely delicious. We did two 9 inch rounds with two cartons (3 qts) of ice cream. Approximately 12 large servings.
This cake was delicious! A great hit for our son’s birthday party. He is looking forward to getting to finish it off NY himself!
Please clarify how much ice cream to use. The recipe says 1/2 gallon but in the comments a whole gallon is mentioned several times.
I would follow the recipe and go with the half gallon.
I see in the recipe it says hot fudge sauce, warmed. Yet in your tips above it says make sure the fudge sauce is cold so it doesn’t melt the ice cream. I am not sure what you really mean.
Great question! So I’d say if it is too thick to drizzle well, you may want to warm it a bit. But yes, obviously not too hot so it won’t melt the ice cream.
Love this recipe. Every time I make it I use a different flavor ice cream. It’s easy and the time needed to make it is so worth it!
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Recipe is good, but the ads and extra talk make it chaotic to follow
I do agree with the earlier post. The ads made me crazy! Just wayyyy to many. I’m just now making this so I will come out with a review once complete. But, PLEASE NOT SO MANY Ads!
My son is a huge Oreo fan & I’m definitely going to make this for his Birthday! I love that it makes enough for a 9X13 size pan! This will be perfect!
This is a family favorite in our house! It disappears in no time. We love all of the layers, especially the hot fudge. Such a great dessert on a hot day!
This is one of my kids favorite desserts! With the addition of an oreo crust and warm hot fudge it compliments the cookies and cream ice cream perfectly.
Yum. That’s really all there is to say. You NEED to make this asap!!
Ice cream cake is hands down my favorite and this recipe was super easy with minimal steps. I had my teenage son complete each step with just a bit of coaching. We did switch out the ice cream flavor to cookie dough and it was amazing. Totally hit the spot for a hot summer day.
Ooh I bet it is delicious with cookie dough. So fun to swap out flavors! I’m glad the cake was a hit!
Made this for a granddaughter’s birthday, now her sister wants it too! We made it with 1/3 Mint Oreos and placed some on the top also for color. It was a hit!
Ooh I bet the mint Oreos were yummy!! So glad you all enjoy the recipe!
Easy & delicious! Great for birthday.
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This Oreo ice cream cake has become a staple. It’s easy and better yet delicious. Use any ice cream…I love to mix it up.
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This was amazing! Thanks for sharing!
You’re welcome! I’m so glad you enjoyed the cake!
First try thanks for recipe
You’re welcome!!
Hi! I’m planning on making this cake for my boyfriend’s birthday on Monday. Would it be okay to leave in the freezer overnight Sunday night after doing the last layer of whipped topping and crumble? Or should I do the last layer on monday morning?
Hi Natalia! Hope his birthday went well. Either option would have worked just fine… the cake will last in the freezer fully done for 5-7 days. You’ll have to let us know how it turned out!
This was such a hit!! Worth the time of waiting for layers to freeze. I used just plain vanilla ice cream. I bought an extra carton of whipped topping so I could pipe borders on the cake. I used rainbow sprinkles for decorating … the little ones ( and big ones) loved it!! Thanks for a great recipe!!
Sounds like the cake turned out amazing and was decorated just perfect too. So glad you enjoyed the cake recipe!
I love this Oreo cake it is so amazing and easy to make
My nine year old requested this delicious ice cream cake for her birthday. We all loved it. Even made the whip cream and chocolate sauce. Easy to follow and tasted amazing!
Was a huge hit for my 10 year olds birthday! Better than DQ ice cream cake
Yay!! So so happy to hear that! Happy birthday to your 10 year old too! 🙂
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Thank you!!
Thanks. This is the best. This is a family favorite for birthdays old and young! love the cookie crumb bottom with butter!! Love to make it with chocolate chip ice cream, especially for summer 7 early fll!!
Mmm I bet it is delicious with chocolate chip ice cream! So fun to switch up the flavors on this one. I’m happy to hear you love the cake!
So good and so easy too! My husband and dad love to have this cake for their birthdays. It’s amazing!
Thanks so much!! That is so fun to hear that this is a “birthday cake” for your family members. So glad it’s a hit!
I made this for my grandson’s birthday and it was a huge hit. The only change I made was to use real whipped cream because my daughter doesn’t like to feed the kids artificial ingredients. It was really, really delicious! My grandson announced that he wants this cake every year for his birthday.
Hooray!! I’m so glad to hear the cake was a hit. And I bet the real whipped cream made it that much more delicious too!
Half gallon ice cream. Is this referring to the current “size” of half gallon ice cream or should we actually be using 64 oz? Most are 48 oz currently. Or kinda however big you want the ice cream layer?
Yes, it’s referring to a half gallon carton of ice cream, whichever brand you prefer. You could certainly use more if you want a thicker ice cream layer in the cake though.
What about using double stuff chocolate Oreos? I’m making this for a birthday this Sunday. Looking forward to giving this to the birthday girl!
You could use double stuff! I prefer just the regular Oreo’s (don’t necessarily care for the extra cream) but you could definitely still use the double stuffs! Happy Birthday!
Love this recipe. Made it as stated the first time. Then changed ice cream, used caramel sauce.
Everyone loves it any way I made it.
Ooh I bet it’s delicious with caramel sauce too. So glad you enjoyed the cake!!
Made this last year for my daughter’s 5th birthday and it was such a hit with everyone. I now have to make this for everybody’s birthdays since then so I’ve now made this cake 8 times. My daughter’s birthday is tomorrow and it will be the 1 year anniversary of the first time I’ve made this. Guess what cake she’s asked for 🤣! I’m so happy I found this recipe.
Aw!! That makes me so happy to hear! Glad the cake is a hit with everyone in the fam. 🙂
This was delicious!!! I decided to use Neapolitan ice cream but any flavor would be great!
Ooh I bet it was tasty with the Neapolitan ice cream! So glad you enjoyed the dessert!
This recipe is amazing! It may take a while to do, but so worth it. I didn’t have the hot fudge one time and used Carmel sauce in its place. Loved it. One of my go to recipes.
Yum! Carmel sauce sounds like a great substitution. I’m so glad you loved it! Thanks for sharing!
I’ve made this probably 8 times now. Some I added caramel. Others fav ice cream of the celebrant. Superior. Thank you many times over.
I’m so glad you like it! What a great idea to switch up the ice cream flavors. Thanks for the tip!
Absolutely delicious recipe that was a huge hit with my Oreo loving kids. While this is delicious as is, there are so many ice cream/cookie combos I want to try using this recipe! Vanilla Oreos with strawberry ice cream, vanilla Oreos with birthday cake ice cream, peanut butter or mocha ice cream would taste amazing with the chocolate Oreos too. Thank you for such an easy family friendly dessert!
Ooh those flavor combinations all sound amazing! So many fun ways to switch up this recipe. I’m so glad to hear the cake was a hit with your kiddos. Thanks for giving it a try!
OOOOOH my gosh I can’t wait to make this! My kids love Oreos and I don’t buy them unless it’s a special occasion — I think this recipe — IS that special occasion!
Yes!! Definitely a great reason to buy some Oreos! Hope you and your kiddos enjoy the cake. 🙂
OMG! Super easy & soooooo delish!!! New fav! Thank you for sharing!
You’re welcome! I’m so glad to hear you enjoyed the cake! It’s a great one for the summertime.
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Fantastic easy recipe
Thanks so much for trying it out! 🙂
I was surprised HOW GOOD this was! I mean, I knew an Oreo/ice cream combo would be good, but this recipe was a huge hit at our Super Bowl party! I’m sending it to all my friends!
Yay!! Love hearing this!! Thank you so much for sharing the recipe!
I have been making this recipe for my son’s birthday for the last four years. He requests it every year and doesn’t want anything different. Thanks for sharing this delicious and easy desert!
You are very welcome! I am so glad he likes it that much! Thank you for letting me know 🙂
Can i use fresh whipping cream Instead of cool whIp?
Yes, for sure 🙂 Enjoy!!
Hi! I am wondering if you ever tried this with chocolate suace instead OF THE HOT FUDGE, or if you think that will work OK? MY DAUGHTER HAS ALLERGIES SO I CAN’T DO THE HOT FUDGE. Thanks so Much!
-KRIS
It definitely doesn’t have to be the fudge. I’ve only used the fudge, because we love it, but you could for sure use sauce.
Title: *** SHE ASKED FOR A CAKE, INSTEAD I BROUGHT HOME SOME QUALITY TIME WITH DAD! ***
We’ve made this 3 times since the recipe was published. The finished product was amazing. Last time was even better because we used mint chocolate chip ice cream.
But here’s the real win: The first time we made it, my 11 year-old daughter had asked me to buy an ice cream cake when I went to the store. Instead, I came home with the ingredients to make this. We spent several times during the day working on this together. And, she basked in the compliments for days.
Note. Make sure not to use double-stuff Oreos. The cookie is more important than the cream filling here.
That is so awesome! Thank you so much for sharing that!
I made this for a birthday
Party and it was delicious and so pretty!
So, glad it was! Thank you for letting me know!
DElicious
Happy you think so 🙂 Thank you!
Oh, my, this is dangerously addicting! I love cookies and cream ice cream, so to make it into a cake, is the best thing ever!!
This is the perfect Summer dessert. We have made this for a birthday cake/dessert too. So quick to put together and it looks like you spent hours making it!
Made this for my daughter bday! It was amazing!! Thank you so much for sharing!! Better than store bought!
You are so welcome! Glad you tried it 🙂 Thank you for sharing that!
My son loves allllll things Oreo. This is so easy and betteR then store bought.
Oh, I am so glad you think so 🙂 We are oreo lovers over here, too! Thank you!
I can’t wait to try this with turkey hill mint chocolate chip ice cream! ?
Mmm..love mint chocolate chip ice cream! It will be so good!
Sooo good!! Oreos are my absolute favorite!!
Hope you try it & like it as much as we do! Thanks!
Oh man, this was so good! I actually made 2 in 9″ pie pans, one for my family and one to give away for someone’s birthday. We also substituted with mint chocolate chip ice cream. I love that the recipe is so versatile and adaptable! We didn’t have fudge sauce on hand, so I was so glad there was also a recipe to make that! My kids and husband keep asking when we’re making this again!!! So easy to make with a little planning for freezing time, and so worth it!
So happy you think that! Yes, it is very versatile! Mint chip is great with this recipe! Thank you for sharing that!
Huge hit with the kids!!!!! I followed the recipe, but I added mini m&Ms on top of the fudge, and I put the fudge over the oreo crust – was delicious with the rudge over the oreo cookie crust. I then put the ice cream over it and then the cool whip with more mini m&Ms and candy sprinkles
Sounds delicious! Glad it was a hit! Thank you for sharing that!
ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS!!! MY DAUGHTERS BIRTHDAY WAS LAST WEEK AND SHE HATES CAKE/FROSTING. I CAME ACROSS THIS RECIPE AND ALL THE KIDS LOVED IT!!! I DID USE FAMILY PACK DOUBLE STUFFED OREOS, 1.12GALLON ICE CREAM AND I COULDNT FIND A 16OZ JAR OF FUDGE SAUCE SO I USED 2-12OZ JARS AND LARGE CONTAINER OF COOLWHIP. I PUT IT ALL IN AN 11X17 PAN BECAUSE I WAS FEEDING 12 KIDS AND A FEW ADULTS. MADE IT THE DAY BEFORE AND IT WAS SUPER EASY AND WAY DELICIOUS!!! WILL MAKE AGAIN AND MAYBE EVEN TRY DIFFERENT FLAVORS
This is the perfect birthday cake! Everyone always loves it. I am glad it was a hit! Thank you for trying it!
Ahhhh, okay. That’s not clear.
So the “divided” part of the recipe isn’t the cookie itself, but divided into two measurements to be used at different points in the process.
Thank you!
mix ice cream and oreos and you’ve got me swooning! cant wait to give this a try!
Super easy and tasty — my kids were big fans!
This is THE cake to make this summer!
The recipe calls for “whipped topping, thawed.” Whipped topping doesn’t need to be thawed. Is it supposed to say cool whip?
Yes I use cool whip for this recipe.
This is so indulgent yet so easy! I cannot wait to make this again, so good!
So easy, and the flavor is just as good as a one you get from an ice cream shop!
I have been wanting to make my own ice cream cake for a couple years now but I have not found the right recipe. After trying the Oreo ice cream cake, my whole family fell in love. Tomorrow is my daughter’s 14th Birthday and I made 3 of the ice cream cakes using the same Oreo recipe but used moose tracks and strawberry for 2 of the cakes . I also added a layer of of penut butter topping to two the them!. I’m super excited!
Sounds great!! Hope they are a hit! Glad you found this recipe!
that’s a perfect oreo ice cream cake this is so tempting. basically ice cream cakes are the best one they are preferable then baked ones. thanks for such great post 🙂
Glad to share! I agree..ice cream cakes are delicious!
tHANKS FOR SHARING!! i LOVE YOUR RECIPE AND WILL TRY SOON IN YOUR WAY <3
Glad to share 🙂 Thank you & hope you like it!
Yum! Sounds delicious! I like a good, quick dessert to throw together in the summer! MasterRusk
Me too!! Hope you try it! Thanks!
Hi there! Im trying this RECIPE out for my brother’s birthday today! I was wondering if you crush the oreos all the way, or just until it gets cracked up a bit?
Crush into small pieces 🙂 Hope he likes it!!
I love anything relates to ice cream 🙂 Can’t wait to try this recipe. Thank you for sharing!!
Me too!! Hope you like it!!
This was a fun recipe to make. I worked at cold stone creamery in high school (wow 18 years ago already!) but have never tried doing a cake here at home.
I like to use a food processor to crumble the Oreos. I like a more fine bottom layer and then a chunkier top layer. Thanks for sharing and inspiring me to polish my skills ;o)
All my favorite things…oreos, ice cream, & chocolate!! It was so heavenly!! My family devoured it within minutes! Thank you!
My husband requests this cake for his birthday every. single. year! Let’s be honest though, I love it just as much. If we’re not feeding a crowd, I’ll cut the recipe in half and put it in an 8×8 or 9×9 pan. It keeps perfectly in the freezer, so you can easily make it in advance. In fact, we found a piece of it that had been forgotten and left in the freezer for over a month, and it STILL tasted exactly the same (no shame in admitting I ate month old ice cream cake haha).
Thank you for sharing that!! I am so glad it was still good 🙂 Good to know!
This turned out fantastic, great crowd pleaser! Easy and delicious, I’ll definitely be making it again.
Love hearing that! And, I agree. Thank you for letting me know.
I made this cake using a half gallon ice cream and in a spring form pan . Makes a nice cake for a smaller group.
Thanks for sharing that!! That is good to know 🙂
Recipe looks yummy!!!
Thank you & it tastes delicious, too! Hope you try it!
Hi there! Can I make this in a spring foam pan?
Oops! Spring form!
I haven’t tried, but you should be able to 🙂 Enjoy!!
I love cakes.
Me too, then you need to give this a try!! It is so good 🙂
Just made this for my husband. I did it exactly how you said. And even let it freeze a little longer. But I definitely think I would make it a day a head of time. My cake was a little soft. But everyone still ate it and loved it.
I am so glad they did! You definitely could make it a day ahead 🙂
I make mine all at once. The layers will stay out with a little manipulation. It’s a great recipe & perfect for summer birthdays, when you don’t want to turn on the oven.
I agree!! Thank you so much!
Hi there! Silly question, but salted or unsalted butter?
Not silly at all! I typically use unsalted butter when baking, but either would work for this recipe.
I’m also confused about when you add in the cream center of the Oreos. It says crushed and divided, perhaps I wasn’t supposed to remove the filling? The 1/4 cup butter didn’t seem enough to make it pack well for a crust. As for the ice cream, no way will a gallon fit in my 9×13 pan, especially leaving enough room for remaining ingredients. Guess I’m winging it. I’ll add the Oreo filling back in somewhere, probably just to the top with the reserved crushed cookies.
You are supposed to leave the filling 🙂 Really, you need a 1/2 cup for the top, but everything left is for the bottom. The ice cream fits, it’s just very tall 🙂 I hope you like it!!
I am making this for my husband’s birthday. I am needing to make this in parts. Is it okay to be in the freezer longer than 2 hours for the crust/ice cream part? This will be my first ice cream cake but it looks super easy!
Should be just fine 😉 I hope he loves it!! Good luck!
Thank you! He and everyone else loved it!!
Wowww! Looks easy i want to try to make this ice cream cake oreo for my mother’s birthday. But it seems to be often frozen in the freezer. I love this recipe! Thank you.
You can do it 🙂 She’ll love it!
Hi. Do you by any chance have a more precise measurement for the amount of Oreos used (like approximately how many cookies, or ounces)? It says one package…but it seems like the package sizes keep shrinking lately. There are definitely fewer cookies than there used to be (which is probably good because now if I eat an entire package in one sitting, I can feel slightly less guilty :)! But I’m worried that if, for example, you made it last year when a package of Oreos contained 45 cookies…and I make it today with a package that now only contains 39 cookies…that the crust won’t work out right. I could always use a Family Size package (but that may be too many cookies). Not the biggest problem to have, but just wondering if you could clarify. Thanks!
The regular size package will work just fine 🙂 Even, if you did the family size, the more oreos, the better 🙂 It won’t ruin the recipe, if there is too much or not enough.
I made this last year for my moms birthday and she loved it!! We’re making it again this year. Super easy super yummy super fun to make!
It is super easy!! Thanks so much for sharing!
This ice cream cake looks delicious. Thanks for sharing
Oh, it’s so good!! I’d love to know what you think 🙂
hey girl- this looks oh so good!
Thanks a bunch!!
This looks so good! I’d like to make it for my daughter’s birthday, but I wasn’t sure if a full gallon was exactly what you meant for the ice cream or if it was one of the quart size ones. I feel like one of those big tubs of ice cream would be too much. I just want to make sure that it’s not a typo before I go out and buy all of that ice cream for it. 🙂
Just attempted this recipie and can definitely say that one gallon must be a typo because one carton was plenty. I am left with 2.5 cartons of ice cream that I don’t have any purpose for.
Yes, I realized that too when I made it. Thank you so much for the response though. ????
Do you use only the cookie part of the Oreos, or the cream as well?
I can’t wait to try this!!
The whole thing!! 🙂 It’s delish!! Let me know what you think!!
If we’re meant to use the cream of the oreo, why bother separating them? If we crush the wafer part fo the cookie, when/how is cream part added?
Hi, Excited to try this recipe for my boyfriend’s birthday! How far in advance can it be made? (Can I make it on Thursday if I plan to serve it on Sunday?)
I haven’t made it that far in advance, but since it’s in the freezer already, I’m sure it’d be ok. Cover well 🙂 Have fun and hope he likes it!
This was an instant hit with everyone I’ve served it to. made the first one for my son’s birthday. the second one I changed up a bit and served for my daughter’s birthday. the third was one I changed up again for a customized order for a paying customer whom I was referred to by my amazing mother. I chose to make my crust thicker and add way more butter so to get a nice solid crust that allowed for easier removal from a pan or whatever container you assemble it in. I also found that if you place your fudge layer to the bottom between the cookie crust and ice cream that it is by far more visually appealing and far less messy to serve once it starts to warm and loose it’s solidity. im still pretty new to this ice cream cake making game but I don’t see myself disembarking anytime soon. thank you for the recipe!! happy exploring fellow experimenting kitchen EXTRAORDINAIREs! oh yeah and btw… ive premade one of these a full week in advance and as long as you cover with parchment paper while your fudge or ice cream (which ever is directly under the cool whip layer) is still liquidy and cover with foil, plastic wrap or containers tight fitting lid and postpone adding the final cool whip layer until a couple hours before serving it holds up quite well. however if you add the whip or don’t seal in air TIGHT container the whip turns rubbery and absorbs the flavor of whatever your freezer smells like which is unsavory in comparison to what the cake is supposed to taste like. hope that helps those who like to plan and prep way beforehand. enjoy your creations all!!
<3 Leilei G
Thank you for sharing that! I am so happy to hear you’ve made it a few times 🙂 That’s awesome to have a paying customer!
Wow, this cake looks scrumptious. To bad my birthday was last week. I guess we will have to have it for my brother’s birthday.
You don’t need a birthday to eat this:) It is for sure scrumptious!! Hope you give it a try and like it!!