Making dessert does not have to be time consuming. This Mud Pie recipe is the perfect, sweet ending to your next meal.
Mud Pie Recipe
Sometimes we put so much time and effort into the main meal, we don’t often have enough time to prepare a proper dessert. However, that’s not the case with this Mud Pie. It is simplicity from start to finish and it’s something you can make a day or two (even three) ahead!
Making any type of ice cream cakes are one of my favorite things to throw together for a get-together. They are literally so simple, especially if you don’t make the ice cream yourself. Have you ever made my Whoppers-Malted Milk Ice Cream Cake or my Strawberry-Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Cake? They are both requested often by family and friends and couldn’t be simpler to put together.
This Mud Pie has something amazing going for it. It combines coffee flavored ice cream and chocolate together to make every bite a delicious one. I like crushing up chocolate covered espresso beans for the top, adding another layer of flavor and texture.
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You’ll want to use a simple 9-inch pie plate to make this Mud Pie. When you press in the cookie crust, you’ll want to build up the edges so you can fit as much ice cream in there as possible. Your crust edges will seem high, but trust me, this is what you want.
When it’s finished, you will have a perfectly beautiful dessert to share and enjoy with friends.
This pie is not hard to cut through at all.
Make you have enough friends over to finish this one off, otherwise you’ll find yourself with a fork at the freezer door in the middle of the night!
I would call this perfection.
Look at that coffee ice cream and topping!
If I had to choose a dessert for my next gathering of friends, this would definitely be on the top of my list.
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Mud Pie
Ingredients
Crust:
- 1 (9 oz) package chocolate wafer cookies
- 6 tbsps unsalted butter, melted
- 2 tbsps granulated sugar
Filling:
- 3 pints coffee ice cream, softened
Topping:
- 2 tbsps heavy whipping cream
- 2 oz semisweet chocolate chips
- 2 tbsps chocolate covered espresso beans, crushed
- 2 tbsps mini semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a food processor, process the chocolate wafer cookies until crumbs form. Add the butter and sugar and continue to pulse until moistened.
- Press the chocolate cookie mixture into the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch pie plate (you really want to build up the sides so they become a well when you pour the ice cream into the crust). A straight-sided dry measuring cup to help you get the inside edges smooth. Bake until dry, about 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool completely.
- Spread the ice cream mixture evenly over the cooled crust, making the top smooth. Freeze for one hour. Make sure pie plate is on a completely flat surface in the freezer.
- To make the topping, place heavy cream in a small saucepan over medium-high heat and heat to very warm (buubly), about 1 minute. Add 2 oz of chocolate chips and stir until mixture is very smooth. Drizzle over the partially frozen ice cream cake. Sprinkle with crushed espresso beans and mini chocolate chips. Cover and freeze until firm another 6 hours or overnight.
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