Get ready for the easiest cake of the summer - Chocolate Icebox Cake with caramel and chocolate drizzle!! OMG.

Chocolate Icebox Cake from www.whatsgabycooking.com (@whatsgabycookin)

Having a summer birthday while we were growing up was ROUGH! You missed out on all the in-school celebrations. You didn't get your locker decorated with wrapping paper and balloons. Your friends couldn't bring you flowers to school. And half of your friends were out of town for your party. Can you tell I haven't really recovered? Yes - these are for sure first world problems and honestly I couldn't care less about any of them now... but back in the day they seemed like a big deal. Luckily for me, and now you guys, one of my very best friends Emily, was always there for my birthday. Her mom would make the most incredible Chocolate Icebox Cake for birthday celebrations and I would GO TO TOWN. It's light and airy and I am obsessed, so I'm bringing it back.

So if you need a fun cake this summer, and you don't want to actually BAKE a cake... this one is for you! You can make it without the drizzle - but more is more. Grab your favorite (salted or regular) caramel sauce (if you want to make your own- check out the recipe in my caramel drenched flourless chocolate cake) and some chocolate sauce and give it a good drizzle on top. It adds that extra pizzazz that everyone wants for their birthday!

Chocolate Icebox Cake

Author: Gaby Dalkin

5 from 8 votes

If you've never made a Chocolate Icebox Cake, this is your moment! No baking, uber delicious and perfect for summer parties.

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Prep Time 15

Cook Time 0

Total Time 15

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings people

Ingredients

▢ 3 cups heavy cream
▢ 3 tablespoons powdered sugar
▢ 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
▢ 2 packages Nabisco chocolate wafers 9 ounces

For Garnish:

▢ Store bought caramel sauce
▢ Store bought chocolate sauce
▢ Cocoa Powder

Instructions

In a large stand mixer, beat the heavy cream, powdered sugar and vanilla on high until soft peaks form.
On a flat serving plate, spread a thin layer of whipped cream to hold the bottom layer of cookies in place. Arrange 7 cookies side by side in a circle, keeping 1 cookie in the center.
Spread about ⅔ cup whipped cream on top of the bottom cookie layer, making a 7-inch circle. Repeat with remaining cookies and cream, making 11 or 12 layers of cookies and ending with a layer of cream (there will be a few cookies left over - you should just eat them). Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
Drizzle with chocolate sauce, caramel sauce, and / or cocoa powder before serving.

Notes

These cookies are often found in the ice cream topping aisle rather than the cookie aisle. They are very thin wafers that will soften up beautifully when layered in this cake.

Nutrition Information

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28 Comments

My mother used to make this when I was little. I just opened a box of Kroger chocolate cookie crumb ice cream that we bought at Smiths. And oh my it took me right back to these cakes that my mother made. You can just eat the ice cream a not bother to make the cake! Kroger ice cream flavors are kind of hit or miss so if you find it buy a couple for later. Enjoy!

Nabisco has indeed stopped making the chocolate wafers....sad....cry.....
BUT....you can get Oreo cookies without the filling online and also there is a Dewey's Bakery Brownie Crisp that might work???

My mother used to make the Nabisco wafer dessert all the time! It is so good and probably like this dessert.

I have looked in stores the last 2 years trying to find the Nabisco chocolate wafers for my recipes. They have disappeared. I checked online and apparently Nabisco stopped making them.