Pumpkin Patch Ice Cream Dessert

Ingredients

• 32 halloween Oreo cookies, divided
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 quart vanilla ice cream, softened
• 1 1/2 cups thawed Cool Whip
• assorted halloween candy, colored sprinkles and cake decorator gel for decorating
• 1 quart chocolate ice cream, softened

Directions

1. 1

   Split 15 cookies, leaviing filling on 1 side of each cookie.

2. 2

   Finely crush plain split cookies and 5 whole cookies.

3. 3

   Mix crushed cookies, butter and sugar in small bowl.

4. 4

   Sprinkle on bottom of 9-inch springform pan, pressing gently to form crust.

5. 5

   Stand remaining 15 split cookies on edge around side of pan.

6. 6

   Spread chocolate ice cream evenly on prepared crust.

7. 7

   Coarsely chop remaining 12 cookies; stir into vanilla ice cream and spread over chocolate later.

8. 8

   Cover and freeze for 3 hours or until firm.

9. 9

   Remove side of pan.

10. 10

    Pipe or spread whipped topping on top of dessert.

11. 11

    Decorate with Halloween candies and colored sprinkles to form pumpkin patch.

12. 12

    Using decorator gel, make pumpkin faces on the orange filling on split cookies around edge and, if desired, on additional split cookies.

13. 13

    Stand the additional cookies on edge on top of dessert.

14. 14

    Serve immediately.