S’mores Ice Cream Pie – an easy summer dessert

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There truly is a national day for everything, and today happens to be National Ice Cream Pie Day.  (Yes, that’s a thing.)  It’s been incredibly hot here in Southern California and an easy ice cream pie is a great dessert for hot weather.  Sweet and refreshing, you can make this yummy s’mores ice cream pie ahead of time and just “toast” the marshmallows right before serving.

While you absolutely, positively can use a store bought crust and store bought ice cream for this pie, I think it’s almost as easy to just make it yourself.  The best part?  You don’t need an ice cream maker to make this from scratch, as this is a no-churn ice cream recipe!

S’mores Ice Cream Pie Recipe
GRAHAM CRACKER CRUST
1 1/2 cup fine graham cracker crumbs
1/3 cup sugar
6 Tbsp melted butter
ICE CREAM PIE FILLING
2 cups heavy whipping cream
1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
2/3 cup chocolate syrup

To make the graham cracker crust:

Pulse graham crackers in blender or food processor until fine.  Add cracker crumbs to a bowl along with the melted butter and sugar and mix well.  Press crumb mixture into a pie pan to form a crust.  Bake at 375 for 7 minutes.

To make the ice cream:

Combine heavy cream and powdered sugar in an electric mixer. Mix on high until soft peaks begin to form.  Divide the mixture.

Spread half of the cream mixture into the prepared pie crust and put in freezer to set for about 10 minutes.

Mix chocolate syrup and cocoa powder into remaining cream mixture, then spread chocolate layer onto the pie.
Allow to set in freezer for 2 hours.

Just before serving, pile mini marshmallows on top of the pie, lightly pressing into the surface.  Take a Culinary Torch  and “toast” the marshmallows.  Note: I don’t have a culinary torch, so I used my husband’s cigar lighter.  This particular lighter can be used for both cigars and for culinary purposes. (Disclosure: these are affiliate links.)

Work quickly and don’t stay in one area too long.   Cut into slices and drizzle with chocolate syrup.

Yummy!

Enjoy!  (And be sure to enter the giveaway at the bottom of this post!)