The Perfect Ice-cream Dessert

The Perfect Ice-cream dessert is the perfect frozen dessert with fudge, caramel and salty pretzels!

Prep Time:30 min

Total Time:07 hrs 15 min

Servings:16

Ingredients:

CRUST

• 2 cups (about 16) finely crushed shortbread cookies

• 1/4 cup cashews, finely chopped

• 1/3 cup Butter, melted

ICE CREAM

• 1 half-gallon vanilla ice cream, softened

FUDGE LAYER

• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

• 1/2 cup Land o lakes

• 2 (5-ounce) cans evaporated milk

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

TOPPING

• 1 cup pretzel sticks, coarsely crushed

• 1/2 cup cashews, coarsely chopped

• 1 (12-ounce) jar caramel ice cream topping, warmed

Instructions:

1. Combine all crust ingredients in bowl; mix well. Press onto bottom of ungreased 13×9-inch baking pan. Freeze 10 minutes.

2. Spread ice cream over crust. Cover; freeze 1-2 hours or until set.

3. Meanwhile, combine all fudge layer ingredients except vanilla in 2-quart saucepan.

4. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, 7-9 minutes or until mixture comes to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low.

5. Cook, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes or until slightly thickened. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla. Cool completely.

6. Pour cooled fudge layer mixture over frozen ice cream. Freeze 4 hours or overnight until set.

7. Combine pretzel sticks and cashews in bowl; set aside.

8. Let dessert stand at room temperature 10-15 minutes before serving.

9. Cut into servings; top each serving with about 1 tablespoon pretzel mixture. Drizzle each with about 1 tablespoon caramel topping.

Tips:

• To soften ice cream, scoop large pieces of ice cream onto 15x10x1-inch baking pan. Place in refrigerator 10-15 minutes or until softened.

• To crush pretzels, put into resealable plastic food bag; crush with rolling pin.

Nutritional Info:

(1 serving) 490Calories 27Fat (g)70Cholesterol (mg)350Sodium (mg)59Carbohydrates (g)2Dietary Fiber|6Protein (g)