Category: Dessert

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Tasty Treat Thursday: Frozen Peppermint Cheesecake

Posted on by Northerly Nosh

Frozen Peppermint Cheesecake

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2 cups chocolate wafer cookie or sandwich cookie crumbs
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese, softened
1 (14 oz.) can Sweetened Condensed Milk
2 teaspoons peppermint extract
2 cups heavy cream, whipped
Chocolate Fudge Topping
Crust peppermint candies

Prep Day: 9-inch round cake or springform pan with foil. Combine cookie crumbs and sugar in medium bowl. Add butter; mix well. Press 2 cups crumbs firmly onto bottom and partway up sides of prepared pan. Chill. Beat cream cheese until fluffy in large bowl. Gradually add sweetened condensed milk until smooth. Stir in peppermint extract, if desired; mix well. Fold in whipped cream. Pour filling into pan. Cover; freeze 6 hours or until firm. Garnish with fudge topping, if desired.

Serve Day: Set out for 5 minutes and cut into slices.

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Tasty Treat Thursdays: Cherry Ice Cream Cake

Posted on by Northerly Nosh

Cherry Ice Cream Cake

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Serves 12

1 quart chocolate ice cream, slightly softened
1 1/4 cups crushed chocolate wafer cookies (about 24 cookies), divided
1 (17-ounce) can dark pitted cherries, drained and patted dry
1 quart strawberry ice cream, slightly softened
1 quart vanilla ice cream, slightly softened

Spread chocolate ice cream to completely cover the bottom of a 10-inch springform pan. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup crushed cookies. Place cherries evenly over the cookies then cover completely with strawberry ice cream.

Sprinkle 1/2 cup crushed cookies over strawberry ice cream then top with vanilla ice cream, covering completely. Sprinkle remaining crushed cookies over the top, cover, and freeze for 3 to 4 hours, or overnight.

When ready to serve, remove springform and allow cake to stand for 10 minutes before slicing into wedges. Freeze leftovers if any.

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Tasty Treat Thursdays: Strawberry Pretzel Ice Cream Pie

Posted on by Northerly Nosh

Strawberry Pretzel Ice Cream Pie

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1 (9-oz.) package chocolate wafer cookies
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 (11.75-oz.) jar hot fudge topping
Strawberry Ice Cream
1/2 cup chopped pretzels
Sweetened whipped cream, strawberry slices, pretzel sticks, shaved chocolate

Prep Day:

THE CRUST: Process chocolate wafer cookies in a food processor until finely ground. Stir together cookie crumbs and melted butter. Press mixture on bottom and up sides of a lightly greased 9-inch pie plate. Freeze 30 minutes or until set.

THE FILLING: Spread half of hot fudge topping on bottom of crust; freeze 10 minutes. Spread half of Strawberry Ice Cream over fudge topping; freeze 15 minutes. Spread remaining fudge topping over pie, and sprinkle with chopped pretzels; freeze 10 minutes. Spread with remaining ice cream, and freeze 15 minutes or more.

Serve Day:

THE TOPPING: Top with sweetened whipped cream, strawberry slices, pretzel sticks, and shaved chocolate.