Oreo and Fudge Ice Cream Cake

A good friend of mine made this for my birthday.  Our families got together for a BBQ and she did this.  It is so so so yummy.  Talk about a crowd pleaser.  We all loved it!  She did a great job on it.

 

Oreo and Fudge Ice Cream Cake

1/2 cup hot fudge ice cream topping ~ warmed

1 tub  {8 oz.} Cool Whip ~ thawed and divided

1 pkg. {3.9 oz.} Jell-O Chocolate Instant Pudding

8   OREO Cookies ~ chopped {about 1 cup}

12 vanilla ice cream sandwiches {she used cookies & cream}

 

Pour fudge topping into medium bowl. Whisk in 1 cup COOL WHIP. Add dry pudding mix; stir 2 min. Stir in chopped cookies. 

 

Arrange 4 ice cream sandwiches, side-by-side, on 24-inch-long sheet of foil; top with half the cool whip mixture. Repeat layers. Top with remaining sandwiches. Frost top and sides with remaining cool whip. Bring up foil sides; double fold top and ends to loosely seal packet. 

 

Freeze 4 hours or until firm.