This Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream Bar Dessert is layers of ice cream sandwiches, peanut butter and chocolate sauce, topped with Reese's Peanut Butter Cups! EASY and impressive ice cream dessert!
This, my friends, is one of our favorite desserts. It's a favorite for Ben, because he is in love with anything that has to do with chocolate and peanut butter. It's a favorite for me, because I also share a love for the chocolate and peanut butter combo, but more importantly, this is one heck-uhva easy, yet impressive, dessert!
Living in a community with many young families, TONS of children and even single men and women who live on the seminary campus, we often entertain or are invited for dinner. Typically, I like to be in charge of dessert. Being in the south now, I feel I need to have a dessert ready that grabs at anyone's sweet tooth. With our busy schedule, I do not always have time to spend an hour or two in the kitchen, baking up a treat, so it's nice to have quick and easy recipes like this on hand. But, the thing about this one is that everyone is super impressed! I sometimes don't want to tell them how easy it is!
You can go all-the-way homemade with this, but then that takes away from what I love most about it. With the use of ice cream sandwiches, chocolate syrup, peanut butter and COOL WHIP whipped topping, this dessert fixes up in a jiffy! Just two layers of these ingredients, placed into an 8x8 pan and then frozen for 1 hour, will provide you with a spectacular chocolaty treat and gain back minutes for you to spend with your family.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream Bar Dessert
Ingredients
- 8- ounces chocolate syrup
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- 12 - 18 store-bought (rectangle) ice cream sandwiches
- 8- ounces frozen COOL WHIP whipped topping , thawed
- ½ cup chopped peanut butter cups
Instructions
- Heat the chocolate syrup in a microwave-safe bowl for about 1 minute. Stir in the peanut butter until smooth; set aside.
- Layer half of the ice cream sandwiches on the bottom of an 8x8 square baking dish. Evenly pour half of the chocolate-peanut butter sauce over the top. Spread with an even layer of half of the COOL WHIP, then sprinkle with half of the peanut butter cups. Repeat the layers (sandwiches, chocolate sauce, COOL WHIP) ending with another sprinkle of peanut butter cups. Cover loosely with foil and freeze for at least 1 hour. To serve, cut into squares.
- *Note: This recipe can be doubled, using a 9x13-inch pan.
- Source: Recipe inspired from AllRecipes
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What you add makes it. #coolwhipmoms
Jenny says
Can it be kept frozen more than an hr??
Nikki Gladd says
Hi Jenny! Yes, this can be kept frozen for a long time, like ice cream. 🙂
Anonymous says
Thanks again. Making dinner and this for dessert Saturday for moms birthday.
Sara says
Wow this a month ago and it was great. Kids and grand kids loved it! Even sent some to the Student Life office and they polished it off and want more! Thanks for the recipe, Nikki it was a success! This one is a keeper!
Nikki Gladd says
Awesome!! Thanks, Sara!
Linda Reinert says
I make this for grandkids birthday. They don't care for cool whip so I whip heavy cream, and dollop it on top, then drizzle chocolate syrup ,and carmel syrup on top of whip cream. Delish. .
Anonymous says
Tried it and everyone loved it . The best
part was how easy it was .
Jmo says
Did you use the long sandwiches or square. I bought fat boy square ones but may get box of long and decide. I'm making this the 23rd for moms bday. Cant wait.
Nikki Gladd says
I use the long ones, but I'm sure it will work just fine with the square ones, too!
Jmo says
Thanks, how many long sandwiches do you end up using in the 8x8 pan o each layer? Thanks
Nikki Gladd says
12 to 18 rectangle ice cream sandwiches total, so 6 to 9 in each layer. Hope this helps!
J DeJonge says
why do people even comment if they have not tried the recipe?????? "YUM"...............PLZ!!!!
Nikki says
Hi J DeJonge,
I don't understand the purpose for your comment. Did you try the recipe?
amanda says
Wow! That looks incredible!
Anne @ Have a Cookie! says
Wow! Yummy and easy, my kind of dessert recipe!
Laura says
I'm usually a "Cool Whip hata", but this looks incredible good. I know Andrew would help enjoying make it too! PS- was Judah stoked about his new kitchen? So adorably cute!
tina @ mylifeasamrs says
looks SO good! :)PS - LOVE the pics of you and Judah! too cute!!!
Blog is the New Black says
YUM! 🙂
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar says
I love this! I make a similar recipe with scor and caramel sauce. Ice cream sandwiches are the best!
Gerry @ Foodness Gracious says
Oooo yah! This sounds and looks fantastic...A perfect combo 🙂
Thanks and take care..