Ice cream Sandwich... Cake?!

There's no denying it... I ADORE Pinterest! It has everything I could possibly want to do in just one small website!! Friday, at work(pretending to work), I stumbled across a recipe for an ice cream sandwich cake. It looked easy & appealing enough to try. So I printed it. Despite what the original blog said about making a reason to make it, I really didn't have any intentions of making it immediately. That was until BFB & his brother saw the recipe. Yesterday, Saturday, fake BIL went & bought all the ingredients that weren't already in the pantry....

Here's the guidelines::

24 ice cream sandwiches
16ozs (large tub) cool whip
1 jar caramel (if you want to drizzle the top layer with caramel you'll need either a piping bag or a small zip lock bag)
Your favorite chocolate roughly chopped. (I used half Reese's & half snickers)

The hardest part of this recipe is unwrapping all the candy & ice cream sandwiches.
Line a 13x9 with foil.
Next you lay a layer of ice cream sandwiches(you'll want to lay them vertically if your 13x9 is length wise in front of you). You'll probably have to cut down some of the sandwiches. It's tragic I know, having to consume some of the sandwiches, but you'll survive. (0; back to the recipe... The bottom layer will get 12 ice cream sandwiches.

Next you put about half the container of cool whip. I did a little less than half & saved the outside edges for when I finished the cake.

Now half the bottle of caramel. You want this room temperature. Cold won't pour & hot will melt the previous ingredients. This layer doesn't have to be pretty. I spread mine with a plastic spatula to make it even.

It's time for a candy sprinkle. You can choose how much you put on but do remember you'll be putting a candy layer on top as well. I was liberal but like I said earlier... I used two candies.

The rest of the steps are pretty much repeating. You put the ice cream sandwiches down, you cool whip it(this is where I cool whipped the outside edges)...

Now pause!! This is where I deviated from the plan. The original recipe said to just repeat all layers & call it done. I personally like my cakes a we bit more visually appealing.

SO, I layer out my candy next. Same as before, liberally. Half Reese's. Half snickers. I grabbed a piping bag(if you don't have these on hand its not a crisis. A sandwich bag will work just as well. I recommend ziplock because they tend to be of a more durable quality), pour the remaining caramel in the bag, cut the tip off(or tip off of the corner of the ziplock bag) & pipe your little heart out.

It's difficult but you'll have to let it set a bit before you tear into it. Otherwise it'll fall to pieces.

This truly is such a simple recipe for how delicious it is! I hope you enjoy it!