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By: Rachel GurkPosted: 07/18/2016
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This whimsical ice cream pie recipe is perfect for any summer party – kids will love the sprinkles and adults will love the vanilla beans and white chocolate ganache.
Ever since I shared mycoffee ice cream pie with whiskey ganachewith you guys, I’ve been a little smitten with ice cream pies. They are a fairly impressive dessert with really minimal hands-on effort. Those are my favorite kind of recipes. Easy but looks complicated. Fools everyone and paints the picture that you’re a total champ. Which you are, of course.
And can I tell you how my kids’ eyes lit up when I told them they could eat some of this pie? They were on cloud 9…and rightfully so! Sprinkles, ice cream, and rice krispies? Oh yeah, kid heaven here.
So, as I was saying, ice cream pie is really simple to make. You start with a crust of your choice – this one has rice krispie cereal (or crispy rice cereal if you go with an off-brand) and white chocolate as the crust. And sprinkles!
Then, of course, the ice cream, because without ice cream, it isn’t an ice cream pie recipe. I keep things simple and classy with vanilla bean ice cream.
To top off the pie, I would highly recommend some toppings. For this recipe, we use white chocolate ganache and sprinkles. If you’re in a rush and want to keep things simple, you could easily just toss some sprinkles on top and call it a day, but the mixture of heavy cream and chocolate (white, in this case) is always going to kick things up a notch. I love that when you slice this pie, the white chocolate kind of runs down the sides of the slice. I use a super hot knife to slice the pie so it melts right through that ganache and ice cream.
Happy summer! Celebrate these warm days with ice cream pie.
Looking for more frozen treats? You can search through my entire ice cream archivesor try one of my favorites: Nerds milkshake, coconut hot fudge ice cream, or homemade cookies and cream ice cream.
Have you tried making an ice cream terrine yet? Terrines are impressive looking and easy to make. I just love this ice cream terrine with roasted strawberries. This sweet and salty ice cream terrine by Cookies & Cups looks so good, too.
Did you make this? Be sure to leave a review below and tag me @rachelcooksblog on Facebook, Instagram, or Pinterest!
Recipe
Get the Recipe: Sprinkle Ice Cream Pie Recipe with Rice Krispie Crust
4.50 from 2 votesPrep Time: 30 minutes mins
Cook Time: 5 minutes mins
Additional Time: 2 hours hrs
Total Time: 2 hours hrs 35 minutes mins
8 servings
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This whimsical ice cream pie recipe is perfect for any summer party – kids will love the sprinkles and adults will love the vanilla beans and white chocolate ganache.
Ingredients
Crust:
- 8 ounces white chocolate
- 4 cups Rice Krispie cereal
- 1/4 cup sprinkles
Filling:
- 3 cups vanilla bean ice cream
Ganache:
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 3/4 cup white chocolate chips or chunks
Topping:
- 1 tablespoon sprinkles
Instructions
Melt 8 ounces of the white chocolate for the crust in a large heat safe bowl placed over a pan filled with shallow boiling water (double boiler). Melt until smooth, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat and stir in rice krispie cereal and sprinkles until everything is all coated with white chocolate.
Spray a 9- or 10-inch deep dish pie pan with nonstick cooking spray and press the rice krispie mixture into the bottom and up the sides of the pan evenly. Don’t press too hard or your crust will become very hard.
Freeze crust for 15 minutes. At the same time, take ice cream out of the freezer, and set on counter to soften.
Fill crust with softened ice cream – it should be roughly even with the top of the crust. Smooth out so it is flat. Place in freezer and freeze until nearly solid, 1-2 hours.
Meanwhile, heat heavy cream in microwave or on stove until bubbling but not boiling. Pour cream over remaining 3/4 cup of white chocolate and let set for 1 minute before stirring until chocolate is completely melted. Set aside to cool slightly.
When ice cream has hardened and ganache has cooled to room temperature, pour the ganache over the ice cream and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon sprinkles. Freeze again until about 15-20 minutes prior to serving. At that time, remove from freezer to let soften slightly for 5-10 minutes before slicing with a very hot knife.
Notes
- As a host/hostess, you usually serve yourself last but the first slice of this pie doesn’t always come out the greatest, so go ahead and put yourself to the front of the line and save the pretty slices for your guests.
- Dip your knife in very hot water to help make slicing this pie easier.
Nutrition Information
Serving: 1slice, Calories: 611kcal, Carbohydrates: 56g, Protein: 5g, Fat: 24g, Saturated Fat: 13g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 9g, Cholesterol: 33mg, Sodium: 136mg, Sugar: 44g
This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.
© Author: Rachel Gurk
Disclosure: Ihave been compensated byMilk Means More for my time to develop this recipe and write this post. All opinions are as always, my own. Find out more about why Milk Means More onTwitter,Facebook,YouTube,InstagramandPinterest.
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mj says
This was pretty good!! I was worried it would be too sweet but it was just right. I did use chocolate ice cream instead though, because that’s what I had. Also my pie plates were too small so I ended up using a spring form pan. Are pie plates supposed to be deeper?
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Rachel Gurk says
A deep dish pie plate will probably work best for this – I’m sorry you had issues, hopefully the springform pan worked well!
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RACHEL. You’ve somehow combined my 3 favorite splurges into one!! Sprinkles, Rice Krispy Treats (I can hardly have these in my house) and ice cream. I could probably put down my chef’s knife and retire from cooking forever after making and eating this pie. This looks just beyond heavenly!
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Rachel Gurk says
Woohoo! Mission complete. :)
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Medha says
That rice krispie crust looks awesome and I love the sprinkles :)
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this is AMAZING!!!! who wouldn’t want to dig into this, I’m dying for a slice :) pinned doll xo
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