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S'mores Ice Cream Cake

This delicious S'mores Ice Cream Cake is layered with a graham cracker crust, creamy ice cream {of your choice}, rich chocolate ganache, and gooey marshmallows! It's a decadent dessert perfect for any celebration!
Servings: 10
Author: Simply Happenstance

Ingredients

Ingredients for Crust

  • 16 whole graham crackers
  • 1 cup whole roasted almonds {optional; lightly salted is fine}
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 1/2 cup 1 stick unsalted butter, melted

Chocolate Ganache

  • 2 cups of semi-sweet chocolate chips {I used Ghirardelli}
  • I cup of heavy cream

Other Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 quarts *ice cream softened until spreadable {I used Dreyer's S'mores flavor}
  • 2 cups miniature marshmallows
  • *Coffee Vanilla, Chocolate, or Rocky Road ice cream would also make for a good substitute!

Instructions

To Prepare the Crust

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Finely grind graham crackers, almonds, and 3 tablespoons sugar in food processor. Add 1/2 cup melted butter; process mixture until moist crumbs form. Press the graham cracker mixture onto bottom and up sides of a 9-inch-diameter springform pan with 2 3/4-inch-high sides. Bake crust until edges are golden, about 12 minutes. Cool graham cracker crust completely.

To Prepare the Chocolate Ganache

  • Cook the chocolate chips and heavy cream, in the top of a double boiler over simmering water until smooth and warm, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.

To Assemble the Cake

  • Spread 1 to 1 1/2 quarts of softened ice cream onto cooled crust. Spoon 1 1/2 cups of cooled Chocolate Ganache sauce over the ice cream layer. Cover and freeze cake for approximately 5-6 hours or overnight.

Just Before Serving

  • Preheat oven broiler {on high}. Pull the ice cream cake out of the freezer and let sit for about 10 minutes to soften slightly. Then, place cake on baking sheet and cover the top of the Chocolate Ganache layer with the miniature marshmallows. Place in the oven and broil just until marshmallows are lightly browned {watching closely to avoid burning, about 1 minute}. Run knife between pan sides and cake to loosen. Remove pan sides. Cut cake into wedges. Serve cake immediately.

Notes

Enjoy!
Adapted from Epicurious