Meet your new favorite dessert! Fried Ice Cream Casserole is stacked tall with layers of creamy, crunchy, and completely irresistible flavor.

This is the perfect Frozen Treat, all made in one pan, easy to scoop up and serve onto plates for everybody. Try out my Ice Cream Sandwich Cake or Ice Cream Bonbons at your next summer get-together.

Sabrina’s Fried Ice Cream Dessert Casserole Recipe

This easy recipe is the perfect hassle-free dish to enjoy during the summer. It’s a simple treat that can keep you cool during the hot months. Making it in a casserole dish is perfect for a party, where you have a lot of people to serve. Another great thing about this recipe is that you don’t have to turn the oven on, which is always great during the summer when you don’t want your house heated up. Other than a quick cook time for the corn flake mixture on the stovetop, it’s an easy no-bake dessert.

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Instructions

To a small saucepan, add butter, corn flakes, and cinnamon.
Stir often, for 6-8 minutes or until Corn Flakes brown.
Remove from heat and stir in the sugar.
Add half the cornflakes to the 9×13 baking dish in an even layer.
Scoop the vanilla ice cream over the cornflake mixture.
Using a knife or offset spatula, spread the ice cream evenly.
Top with the remaining corn flake mixture.
Cover and freeze for minimum 4 hours.
Serve slices topped with whipped cream, honey, and a maraschino cherry.

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Chef’s Note

If you have fewer guests to serve, you can cut the ingredients in half and make it in an 8×8 square baking pan. That way you won’t have leftovers. Another option is keeping the amount the same and splitting it into two pans. That way you can enjoy one right away and store the other for later!

Sabrina’s Fried Ice Cream Dessert Casserole Recipe
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About this Recipe

Fried Ice Cream Cake is made with easy and delicious ingredients. The buttery cereal layer adds some crunch and replaces the deep-frying batter that you’d usually have with fried ice cream. Creamy Vanilla Ice Cream goes between the two crunchy layers. Then that’s topped off with Whip Cream, a drizzle of honey, and maraschino cherries for the ultimate ice cream dessert!

How to Store

Serve: You have to let the casserole fully set in the freezer for at least 4 hours before you take it out to serve. Don’t leave it at room temperature for more than an hour.
Store: If you have any leftovers, cover the dish with foil or transfer them to an airtight container to store in the freezer for up to 1 week.

Variations

Crust: Instead of using cereal, you can try different kinds of crumbs for the Fried Ice Cream coating. Try broken pretzels, breadcrumbs, or potato chips to replace the cornflakes in the recipe.
Add-ins: There are lots of delicious add-ins you can sprinkle in with the ice cream in the recipe. After you scoop the ice cream in the pan, try sprinkling in some chocolate chips, sliced strawberries, blueberries, chopped nuts, coconut flakes, toffee bits, or M&Ms. Then top it off with the rest of the cornflakes cereal.
Toppings: There are lots of different sauces and toppings you can add to this dessert. Along with the traditional honey, try adding a drizzle of Caramel Sauce, Hot Fudge Sauce, or melted peanut butter. You could also add chocolate flakes, sprinkles, and fresh berries.
Ice Cream flavors: You could also change up the recipe by using different flavors of ice cream. Chocolate, strawberry, caramel, Chocolate Chip, or coffee-flavored ice cream would all taste amazing with the crunchy, buttery coating.