Halloween Candy Ice Cream Pie
If you're looking for something to do with all that leftover Halloween candy, it doesn't get easier or more impressive than my Halloween candy ice cream pie! All of your favorite candy is chopped up, mixed into vanilla ice cream and then frozen into a buttery Oreo cookie crust. It only takes 4 ingredients and 30 minutes of active prep time. Halloween just got even sweeter!
Servings: 11 servings
Calories: 623kcal
Ingredients
- 25 Oreo cookies 1½ cups cookie crumbs
- 5 tablespoons salted butter melted (add ½ teaspoon Kosher salt if using unsalted butter)
- ½ gallon vanilla ice cream softened but not melted
- 2 -3 cups assorted chocolate candy roughly chopped (see note)
Instructions
- Add Oreo cookies to the bowl of a food processor and pulse until broken up into fine crumbs. If you don't have a food processor, you can use a blender or alternatively place the cookies in a zip-top bag and use a rolling pin to break them up into finely crushed crumbs. You need 1½ cups of crumbs.
- Add melted butter and pulse until evenly coated (or add cookie crumbs to a bowl and mix with a rubber spatula).
- Press buttered cookie crumbs into the bottom and up the sides of a pie plate or spring form pan. Use a flat-bottomed measuring cup or drinking glass to help press the crumbs in so that they're in a compact, even layer. Freeze until ready to fill.
- Add the softened vanilla ice cream to a large bowl along with the chopped candy, then mix until evenly distributed. Transfer to the frozen pie crust, smooth out the top, then immediately place into the freezer (unwrapped).
- Freeze for several hours (or overnight) until firm. Once the ice cream filling is frozen solid, you can wrap it tightly with plastic wrap. If you wrap it before the filling has frozen, the plastic wrap will stick to the filling.
- To serve, run a sharp knife under hot water, then cut into thin slices. Run the knife under hot water before every slice to ensure it can cut through the frozen solid ice cream.
Notes
- Choose candy varieties that compliment one another - my favorites are peanut butter cups, Butterfinger, Kit-Kat, Twix, Heath Bar and Snickers. Avoid fruity and sour candies or best results.
- Be sure to chop the candy into small bits - it will get quite hard once frozen, so the smaller the pieces the easier they'll be to chew.
- Use more or less candy to suit your taste - there's no such thing as too much!
- Allow the pie plenty of time to get solid in the freezer - overnight is best, but 6 hours should do the trick.
- Remove the pie from the freezer about 10 minutes prior to cutting to make it a little easier.
- Run your knife under hot water before each slice to ensure it cuts through the frozen center.
Nutrition
Calories: 623kcal | Carbohydrates: 73g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 34g | Saturated Fat: 19g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 92mg | Sodium: 297mg | Potassium: 408mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 59g | Vitamin A: 926IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 249mg | Iron: 4mg
