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Nutter Butter Icebox Cake

Nutter Butter Icebox Cake in a dessert glass with Nutter Butter cookies scattered around

My husband’s favorite dessert is icebox cake.

If you are unfamiliar, it’s basically a chocolate pudding and graham cracker lasagna.

I, however, am not a fan.

Not sure why…maybe the soggy-ish graham crackers, maybe it’s because I hate making pudding…ALL THE STIRRING!  Seriously it takes milk 14 hours to start boiling.

Maybe it’s because his mother makes it.

I’m kidding, geez.

Ok, back to icebox cake.

Again, not sure why it’s not my thing…but I will tell you that the mystery has plagued me for 14 years…that’s when I met the husband and he introduced the soggy graham cracker dessert into my life.

So, I decided to take matters into my own hands.

Make an icebox cake I can get behind.

I will say that there is no boiling milk, which is awesome, but there is stirring involved.  I couldn’t figure out a way around that.

Annnd it’s chocolate and peanut butter.

Really…using Nutter Butters instead of graham crackers is like the best idea I’ve had all day.  All week even!

And the pudding is less pudding-like and more mousse-like.

So it doesn’t seem as soggy-ish.

Ok, short story long.

Nutter Butter Icebox Cake.

Nutter butter cookie being spread with frosting
Crumbled Nutter Butter cookies in a casserole dish
A collage of two photos of chocolate mixture being whisked in a bowl
Whipped cream being added to a bowl of liquid chocolate mixture
A collage of two photos of thickened chocolate mixture in a mixing bowl
Crushed nutter butter cookies over chocolate pudding mixture in a casserole dish
Chocolate pudding in an oval casserole dish
Chocolate nutter butter icebox cake topped with whipped cream in a dessert dish

Chop up some peanut butter cookies…
Making the “pudding”…mix sweetened condensed milk, water and instant chocolate pudding together for like 5 minutes.
This is the exercise portion of the recipe…
Plop your whipped cream into the thickened mixture…
Then gently fold in your whipped cream until the colors aren’t swirly…

Then layer your pudding and cookies, starting with pudding…
Start and end with pudding…
That’s it!
Let the whole concoction set up in the fridge at least 4 hours…you could easily make it the night before.
Then dig in!

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Nutter Butter Icebox Cake

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Description

serves 8


Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 cup ice-cold water
  • 1 pkg (3.4 oz) instant chocolate pudding
  • 2 cups heavy whipping cream
  • 3 cups coarsely chopped Peanut Butter sandwich cookies (such as Nutter Butter)
  • extra cookies and whipped cream for garnish

Instructions

  1. Whip your heavy cream on medium high until soft peaks form, about 1 1/2 minutes. Set aside.
  2. In a medium bowl whisk together sweetened condensed milk and water until combined. Add in chocolate pudding and whisk vigorously for 5-6 minutes until mixture becomes thick.
  3. Fold in your whipped cream into the pudding mixture and stir until completely incorporated.
  4. In a 2.8 qt casserole dish spread 1/3 of the pudding mixture on the bottom. Top with 1 1/2 cups chopped cookies. Repeat this process again and finish with pudding mixture.
  5. Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
  6. Garnish with whipped cream and more cookies.

Notes

store in an airtight container for up to 2 days.

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50 comments on “Nutter Butter Icebox Cake”

  1. This was amazing! I made it last weekend for a family dinner and the whole thing was gobbled up. I loved the creamy filling so much that this weekend I used the same formula to make an Oreo ice box cake for a grad party. I used white chocolate pudding and folded in some finely crushed Oreos. So delicious! Looking forward to more experimentation. Thanks for this recipe!






  2. I find it interesting that this is ice box cake…. for me (and perhaps it’s a canadian thing?!) the Ice Box cake I make includes whipping cream/cool whip and thing chocolate wafers, alternating layers, usually in the shape of a log…. seriously delish!

  3. Can you use cool whip instead of the heavy cream? I don’t do so well with the heavy cream. Probably because I have no metal bowl. 🙁

    1. I imagine you could use Cool Whip! I haven’t ever tried it in this recipe, but I bet it will work perfectly

  4. Thanks Shelly. My Moms group at church is making this with Peanut Butter Oreos. Those dang Nutter Butters were $5. I figure it is a combo of your two icebox cakes. And NO OVEN!!! And as you know that is crucial in Texas!

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