It was my son's birthday celebration and he (and we) love ice cream cake but the nearest Dairy Queen is 80 miles away so I had to improvise. This was a bit cheaper and much tastier, I think it is the best dessert I have ever made! I just used whatever I had in the house, it can easily be altered to suit your own taste/handy ingredients. I used my trifle bowl (which was a pain to freeze, but pretty!), I would recommend a large plastic container with a lid (an ice cream pail would be great).
You will need:
Ice cream (I used a quart each of chocolate and vanilla), softened (leave at room temp for 30 minutes)
Cake or brownies (I used 1/2 of a leftover chocolate cake with chocolate frosting) crumbled up
Hot fudge (I made my own, but you can use store bought), 1-2 cups
Toffee baking bits (find them in the chocolate chip section at the grocery store)
1 8 oz tub whipped topping, thawed
Peanut butter pie filling (mix 1 cup peanut butter with 1 cup milk and a small box of instant vanilla pudding until smooth, stir in 1/2 of the whipped topping above)
12 Peanut butter cup candies, halved, for garnish
Put 1/2 of the cake in the bottom of the container, top with 1/2 each of the peanut butter, the ice cream, the hot fudge, the toffee bits, and then repeat, saving a bit of the toffee for garnish. Top with the remaining whipped topping and the toffee. Freeze for at least 12 hours. Before serving, remove from freezer 30-60 minutes before serving and top with peanut butter cups.
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