winger's concrete pie

so i have this friend. she's pretty awesome. we went to snow college at the same time and worked together at the best pizza place ephraim has to offer. she taught me about eating saltine crackers with vanilla ice cream. you haven't tried it? i know. it sounds terrible. but it's not. then she moved away. and i never talked to her again. until! a few years ago, i discovered her on facebook and then discovered that she had a blog! it's here. she is an awesome mom and photographer and i laugh at every single post she writes. check it out if you'd like. anyway, one day i found this recipe on her blog. and i was in heaven. because who doesn't like concrete pie? (not to be confused with asphalt pie which is made of mint chocolate chip ice cream.) my husband's least favorite food combination in the world is mint and chocolate, so when we discovered winger's had ventured to the concrete side of things, we were stoked. then we were even more stoked when i learned how to make it. so here ya go:

 

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i didn't take a picture because we were too busy devouring it, but we substitute caramel for the chocolate :)

ingredients:

1 pkg double-stuffed oreos

1/4-1/2 bottle caramel topping

1 carton cookie dough ice cream, softened (breyer's mrs. fields or dryer's nestle tollhouse are the best)

whipped cream

you can make your own oreo crust by putting 12 oreos in the food processor and then pressing them into a pie tin, or you can be classy (like me) and buy a pre-made oreo crust. 

once you have your crust, fill it half way with ice cream. then, pour caramel topping over the ice cream until it is completely covered. finally, cover the topping with more ice cream until the crust is completely filled. freeze over night. before serving, crumble oreos on top of the entire pie, top each piece with more caramel and whipped cream, and then die and go to heaven (after you take a bite, of course :)

ice cream crunch

i was just sure that this beauty had been posted on the blog before, but it has come to my attention that it has not. honestly. i don't even know who we are anymore.

this recipe reminds me of our aunt di. di is the sweetest, most awesome person you will ever meet! i don't know why this recipe reminds me of her...i think she may have been the first person to make it (not, like, invented it. just made it for me). plus, she is cool so i like to think of her. plus, i am 99% sure that we had this at one of my baby showers, but i had pregnant brain and all, so i can't say for sure. either way, it is delish and easy and affordable and those are 3 things that we find necessary in our recipes. 

anyway, here ya go:

1/2 C butter

1/2 C brown sugar

3 C rice krispies

1 C coconut

1/2 gallon vanilla ice cream

in a sauce pan, melt butter and brown sugar. while those are bubbling, mix coconut and krispies together in a bowl. when butter/brown sugar mixture is blended, pour over krispie/coconut mixture and stir together. press half of the mixture into a pammed 9X13 pan. then cut your ice cream in 1-2 inch slices (we do slices because it's easiest. you can just scoop it out if you want) and cover the mixture. smooth the ice cream together with a spatula, and cover with remaining krispie/coconut mixture. freeze over night. when we serve it, we top it with hot fudge, caramel, berries, or whatever else. i actually like it plain...but it's up to you :)

aaand BAM! that's it!