Ice Cream Dessert with Peanut Butter Crust

By srumbel

Our whole family LOVES this dessert, which I've been making since 1982. It's a request for many birthdays. I do hope you try our family favorite!
from kittyskozykitchen.blogspot.com

Ingredients

• hot fudge sauce:
• 1/2 gallon of vanilla ice cream, softened in the fridge for 30 minutes.
• 1/2 c. peanut butter
• 1/2 c. light corn syrup
• 2 1/4 c. oven-toasted rice cereal
• 3/4 c. sugar
• 1/2 c. cocoa
• 1/2 c. heavy whipping cream
• 1/4 c. butter
• 1 t. vanilla

Preparation

Step 1

Mix the peanut butter, and the corn syrup together in a bowl. Add the crisp rice cereal and mix well. Pat into the bottom of a 9 x 13" pan. Add 1/2 of the ice cream & smooth out on top of the crust. Put in the freezer for 1 hour. Put the rest of the ice cream in the fridge to use later.

hot fudge sauce
In a 2 qt. saucepan over medium heat, cook sugar, cocoa, heavy whipping cream & butter until mixture is smooth & boils, stirring constantly. Remove from heat & stir in vanilla. Cool fudge sauce slightly.

Pour 1 1/4 cups fudge sauce over the ice cream. Return to freezer & freeze about 20 minutes.

Take dessert out of freezer & spread the remainder of the ice cream on top. Drizzle remainder of fudge sauce over the top. Sometimes I need to re-heat the sauce a little in order to drizzle it.

Cover dessert & return to freezer. Freeze until firm, at least 3 hours.

When ready to serve, let stand at room temperature for 15 minutes.

Makes 12-15 servings, depending on size of slice