Ice Cream Turtle Pie

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup crushed graham cracker (about 12 squares)
• 1 cup crushed cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies (about 10 cookies)
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1 quart butter pecan ice cream, softened
• 4 ounces milk chocolate or 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted
• 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans
• 8 tablespoons butterscotch topping or 8 tablespoons caramel topping, divided
• about 1 cup sweetened whipped cream
• 8 maraschino cherries

Recipe

• 1 to prepare the crust: stir crushed graham crackers and cookie crumbs together; mix with melted butter. pat mixture evenly onto the sides and bottom of a 10-inch pie pan. for a crispier crust, bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for 8 minutes. let crust cool completely before filling.
• 2 fill cooled crust with softened ice cream. quickly spread melted chocolate over ice cream. immediately sprinkle pecans over chocolate.
• 3 cover with plastic wrap. freeze until firm, at least 2 hour.
• 4 to serve, drizzle 1 tablespoon topping over each slice of pie; top each with a dollop of whipped cream and a cherry.