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This Blue Bunny Ultimate Ice Cream Pie will sweeten your holidays and bring smiles all around! Delicious layers of chocolate cookie crust, fudge sauce, Blue Bunny Vanilla Ice Cream studded with marshmallows and chocolate chips, then a drizzling of caramel all over make this pie so decadent and completely irresistible!
Christmas time at our house is marked by festive flavors and scents like peppermint, cranberries, orange, cinnamon sticks and gingerbread. I love walking in the door and immediately being bombarded by the smell of a fresh batch of cookies in the oven or wassail simmering on the stove top. When we go grocery shopping at Walmart, my kids always beg to select special seasonal treats like Blue Bunny Peppermint Stick Ice Cream. We like to enjoy it in a big Christmas mug or incorporate it into dessert recipes. The momentous flavors of the season make it so much more magical and memorable! Don’t you agree?
We were so excited to find out that Walmart has a Holiday Recipe Guide this holiday season! Make sure to check it out here for holiday recipe inspiration. They have a number of different holiday recipes, including this Blue Bunny Ultimate Ice Cream Pie, so you can feel inspired while you’re in the kitchen this holiday season! I love that they also have appetizer and mocktail recipes to keep me inspired. Plus, shopping at Walmart is so easy. Either pick up everything on your next Walmart trip or use Walmart Online Grocery Pickup.
Sometimes you’re just in the mood for the classics, like Blue Bunny Vanilla Ice Cream, am I right? We love how easy and versatile Blue Bunny Vanilla Ice Cream is in our dessert recipes. It’s certainly the highlight and all-star ingredient in today’s pie. Simply allow it to soften, then stir in mini white marshmallows and chocolate chips. Pour it over a chocolate cookie crust that’s been topped with an incredible homemade fudge sauce. Then add caramel sauce for the perfect finishing touch.
My family looks forward to this season all year long. It really is the most wonderful time of the year. We have lots of exciting traditions that happen during the month of December. In fact, we have quite the bucket list to accomplish over the coming days. We deck our halls with garlands and Christmas villages while the Christmas carols play, then watch a holiday movie together. We decorate gingerbread houses. We love to drive around and look at Christmas lights after dark. We love to make sweet treats and share them with neighbors and friends. We enjoy reading Christmas books by the glow of the tree each evening. If we’re lucky, Mother Nature will bless us with some snow, and we can build a snowman! These are just a few of the activities that dot our December. We try to do something holiday-related each day to celebrate the Christmas season. We also really like to focus on giving. The kids look forward to selecting a few names from the giving tree and purchasing gifts for those in need. I feel like this really brings the holiday spirit and helps us to have a greater love for those around us.
One of the things that we most enjoy about this magical time of year is spending time together in the kitchen, cooking, baking and enjoying delicious food together while having happy conversations. The kitchen truly is the heart of the home and where warm memories are made. There are certain cherished recipes that we make every December. They typically have fond stories associated with them or have been handed down through the generations. We also love to try new recipes and make them a part of our holiday traditions. This Blue Bunny Ultimate Ice Cream Pie will be making an appearance every holiday season and in between, for sure! We all agreed that it was absolutely phenomenal! The recipe comes from the Holiday Recipe Guide at Walmart, which is filled with lots of holiday inspiration! From appetizers to beverages and confections, this guide is a go-to for a holiday season full of yummies!
If you’re having a family Christmas movie night, this pie is the perfect addition! Or maybe you’re looking for the perfect treat to gift to neighbors. They’ll sing praises if you show up with this pie! I hope your holiday season is full of delicious things to eat and wonderful memories!
Blue Bunny Ultimate Ice Cream Pie
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ c. Oreo cookie crumbs
- Fudge Sauce:
- 2 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chopped
- ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 2 tablespoons corn syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ½ tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons water
- Filling:
- 1 cup mini marshmallows
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 3 cups Blue Bunny Vanilla ice cream softened
- 3 tablespoons caramel ice cream topping
Instructions
- Fudge Sauce:
- In a small saucepan, melt the chocolate and butter over low heat and stir until smooth.
- Add the sugar, cocoa, corn syrup and water. Cook until the sugar dissolves.
- Bring the mixture to a boil and cook on low heat, without stirring, until the mixture thickens, about 15 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla. Set this aside to cool.
- Oreo Crust:
- Press the Oreo cookies into the bottom and up the sides of a 9" pie pan. Set aside.
- Pie:
- In a medium-size bowl, mix together the marshmallows, chocolate chips and softened ice cream until completely combined.
- Once the fudge sauce is lukewarm, pour this over the cookie crust. Then spoon the ice cream mixture over the fudge and smooth the top with a spoon.
- Drizzle the top of the pie with caramel.
- Cover the pie and freeze it for at least 2 hours.