Pick-your-flavor Ice Cream Cake

Total Time: 6 hrs Preparation Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 (18 ounce) package small chocolate chip cookies, divided (must be store-bought not soft cookies)
• 1/4 cup melted butter or 1/4 cup margarine
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 1/2 cups hershey's hot fudge topping, divided (or use favorite brand)
• 2 quarts ice cream, divided (slightly softened but not melted, use any flavor desired)
• whipped cream (use any amount desired to garnish)
• maraschino cherry (use any amount to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 prepare a 9-inch springform pan.
• 2 finely crush only half of the small cookies to make the crumbs.
• 3 place in a bowl with melted butter or margarine and 2 tablespoons sugar; mix to combine.
• 4 press into the bottom of the springform pan.
• 5 stand the remaining cookies around the edge of the pan.
• 6 spread 1 cup hot fudge sauce over the crust.
• 7 freeze for about 30-40 minutes.
• 8 spread 1-quart of the slightly softened ice cream over the chocolate sauce; freeze for about 20-30 minutes.
• 9 using an ice cream scooper scoop the remaining quart of ice cream into balls and arrange over the spreaded ice cream.
• 10 freeze for about 4 hours or until completely firm.
• 11 to serve, garnish with remainder of fudge topping, whipped cream and cherries.