S'Mores Ice Box Cake

For my brother-in-law's birthday this past June, I made him a s'mores ice cream cake.  While that was pretttty good, I wanted to revamp the recipe a bit.  I decided to swap out a few elements, while still maintaining the three main s'mores flavors - marshmallow, chocolate, and graham crackers.

I came up with this recipe based on the ice cream cake and a few other ideas I've seen around, and it is killer good.  It only took about 20 minutes to make and everyone really loved it.  This easy to make, cold, sweet treat is perfect for your Labor Day BBQ!

S'Mores Ice Box Cake

Ingredients:

• 1 (5.9 oz) box chocolate pudding mix
• 2.5 cups milk
• 1 (8 oz) container of cool whip
• 3.5 oz of marshmallow creme/fluff
• Approximately 2 sleeves of graham crackers
• 1 (10 oz) bag of mini marshmallows

Directions:

• Line 9x5 inch bread pan with plastic wrap.
• Make the pudding as directed using only 2.5 cups of milk (the box will suggest 3 cups).  Refrigerate until ready to assemble.
• In a large bowl, combine cool whip and marshmallow cream (if you purchase the 7 oz. jar of marshmallow creme, you will only need 1/2).  Beat on low speed or whisk until throughly combined.  Refrigerate until ready to assemble.  Set aside about a quarter of the mixture for later use.
• Start with a layer of graham crackers.  You will need to break them apart to fit into the pan.  I found 3x3 worked for the first two layers, and 4x3 for the final layer.
• Alternate layering graham crackers with the cool whip mixture, mini marshmallows, and pudding, ending with graham crackers. You should end up with 4 layers of graham crackers and 3 layers of filling total.
• Refrigerate for at least 6 hours (I let mine set overnight).
• Once completely set, flip the ice box cake onto your serving dish and slowly pull the bread pan off.  The pan should slide off easily because of the plastic wrap.  Carefully remove the plastic wrap from the cake.
• Use the cool whip mixture you set aside earlier to cover the ice box cake, and top with remaining mini marshmallows.
• Keep refrigerated until ready to serve.  Toast mini marshmallows with a kitchen torch for the perfect final touch!

Mmmmmm.... this is really a great recipe!  It was so quick to put together and served beautifully.  An ice box cake is know for layering easy, and usually "pre made", ingredients to create a delicious dessert - and this one is definitely a winner!  Add it to your list of things to try, and let me know how it comes out :)