Caramel Topped Ice Cream Dessert

Total Time: 42 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 2 cups finely crushed sugar cookies
• 1/4 cup cashews, finely chopped
• 1/3 cup butter, melted
• 1/2 gallon vanilla ice cream, softened
• 1 cup real semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 (5 ounce) cans evaporated milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup pretzel stick, coarsely crushed
• 1/2 cup cashews, coarsely chopped
• 1 (12 ounce) jar caramel ice cream topping

Recipe

• 1 combine all crust ingredients in medium bowl; mix well. press onto bottom of ungreased 13x9 inch baking pan. freezer 10 minutes.
• 2 spread ice cream over crust. cover; freeze until set (1 to 2 hours).
• 3 meanwhile, combine all fudge layer ingredients in 2 quart saucepan. cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil (7 to 9 minutes). reduce heat to medium-low. cook, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes or until slightly thickened. remove from heat; stir in vanilla. cool completely (about 1 1/2 hours).
• 4 pour cooled chocolate mixture over frozen ice cream. freeze until set (4 hours or overnight).
• 5 meanwhile, combine pretzel sticks and cashews in small bowl; set aside.
• 6 before serving, let dessert stand at room temperature 10 to 15 minutes. cut into servings; top each serving with about 1 tablespoon pretzel mixture. drizzle each with about 1 tablespoon caramel topping.