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Buster Bar Ice Cream Cake is a great recipe to have as a summer treat or serve for summer parties. We love all of the rich fudge sauce layered over the layer of vanilla ice cream and salty peanuts.
Our family loves to have this great dessert recipe on a hot summer day to cool off. It has the texture of soft serve ice cream mixed with all the delicious mix-ins of your favorite Dairy Queen Buster bars ice cream, but at home!
Between the fudge layer, creamy ice cream layer, and salty peanut layer, this peanut Buster parfait ice cream cake will be your go-to no-bake dessert.
It truly is the perfect dessert to serve for any holiday or family gathering this summer.
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Why you’ll love this family favorite recipe!
Make the best ice cream cake with the perfect balance of sweet and savory flavors. Not to mention that this recipe is simple to make and will be perfect for summer.
Ingredients for Buster Bar Ice Cream Cake:
- Cookies: I love this recipe best with using crushed up Oreo Cookies
- Melted butter: Use unsalted melted butter to make the cake crust
- Ice cream: To get the traditional flavors of the Buster bar I like to keep it simple by using softened creamy vanilla ice cream
- Chocolate: All you will need is simple semi-sweet chocolate chips to make the chocolate fudge sauce
- Butter: This butter will go in with the chocolate chips and will melt WITH the chocolate to make the chocolate coating
- Sugar: For the best results use powered sugar to get a similar effect to the chocolate magic shell topping or hot fudge sauce
- Milk: Evaporated Milk will help add to the creaminess of the topping for this ice cream bar dessert
- Peanut: Dry Roasted Peanuts will give the best flavor to add a little saltiness to this sweet Buster bar cake
How to Make Buster Bar Ice Cream Cake:
Make Oreo crust layer:
- Crush the Oreos up into fine pieces, then combine 1/4 cup of melted butter into the Oreos.
- Press the Oreo mixture onto the bottom of a 9-inch pie pan or a 8×8 baking dish.
Add soft ice cream:
- Carefully spread the ice cream all over the top of the Oreo layer (Works best when your ice cream is starting to get melty).
- Place into the freezer.
Create chocolate topping:
- For the chocolate sauce, in a small pot, add the chocolate chips, 1/4 cup of butter, powdered sugar, and evaporated milk together. Whisk frequently until the sauce is smooth.
- Remove the pot from the stove and let the sauce completely cool down (about 1 hour).
Layer Buster Bar dessert:
- Sprinkle the peanuts over the ice cream layer the drizzle the sauce on top.
- Freeze for at least 1 hour.
- Enjoy.
Buster Bar Ice Cream Cake
Equipment
- 8×8 bakng dish or pie pan
- Small pot
- Whisk
Ingredients
- 16 Oreo Cookies
- ¼ Cup Melted Butter
- 5 Cups Vanilla Ice Cream, Softened
- 6 oz Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
- ¼ Cup Butter
- 1 Cup Powered Sugar
- 6 oz Evaporated Milk
- 1 Cup Dry Roasted Peanuts
Instructions
Make Oreo crust layer:
- Crush the Oreos up into fine pieces, then combine 1/4 cup of melted butter into the Oreos.
- Press the Oreo mixture onto the bottom of a 9-inch pie pan or a 8×8 baking dish.
Add soft ice cream:
- Carefully spread the ice cream all over the top of the Oreo layer (Works best when your ice cream is starting to get melty).
- Place into the freezer.
Create Fudge chocolate topping:
- For the chocolate sauce, in a small pot, add the chocolate chips, 1/4 cup of butter, powdered sugar, and evaporated milk together. Whisk frequently until the sauce is smooth.
- Remove the pot from the stove and let the sauce completely cool down (about 1 hour).
Layer Buster Bar dessert:
- Sprinkle the peanuts over the ice cream layer the drizzle the sauce on top.
- Freeze for at least 1 hour.
- Enjoy.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
How to store this Buster Bar Ice Cream Cake Recipe:
Freezer: Store the 8×8 dish in the freezer with either the lid or plastic wrap and top it with aluminum foil for the best results. You can freeze this recipe for up to 2 months!
Tips and tricks for making this easy ice cream dessert:
Ice cream flavors:
I really enjoy using the traditional vanilla ice cream in this recipe, but you can always make it your own and use your family’s favorite ice cream flavor.
Peanut butter ice cream, cookie dough ice cream, or chocolate ice cream could be great options!
Add-ins for this ice cream dessert:
Add some sprinkles for birthday celebrations. I also love putting some of the leftover Oreo pieces in with the peanuts for a little added crunch.
My Pro Tip
Essential Recipe Tip
Make sure your ice cream is soft to ensure it is easy to spread the ice cream without breaking the tasty Oreo layer on the bottom.
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Cannot wait to try this! ?
That looks delicious. Yummo.