Mint Ice Cream Dessert

Food snobs laugh at this dessert, and choose the tiramisu, but then end up sampling this and loving it.
Helping to demonstrate the creation of this delicious summer dessert (perfect for your weekend barbecue) is Daniel, from Holland. He can't wait to try it when he gets home. Unfortunately they do not have Oreos in Holland. And they do not have mint chip ice cream.

Ingredients:
1 package of Oreo Cookies
1 cube butter or margarine
1 carton of Mint-chocolate chip ice cream (the inexpensive kind that comes in a box)
Hershey’s syrup

First make sure the large rectangular glass pan will not be needed for marinating chicken or roasting potatoes.

1. In a large bowl crush the Oreo cookies until they are small crumbs. This is harder and messier than you would think.

2. Meanwhile melt the butter. Use the wrapper to grease the bottom of the pan.

3. Add the melted margarine to the cookie crumbs and mix well.
At this point the sous-chef should open the carton of ice cream and start making rough calculations as to how many slices will be needed to fill the pan.

4. Set aside about one half cup of crumb mixture and press the rest evenly in the pan.

5. If the ice cream layer does not come out perfectly, simply shift some ice cream around and smooth it over with a spatula.
6. Sprinkle the remaining crumbs on top of the ice cream. Drizzle with a pattern of Hershey's syrup.

6.5 Daniel added a Dutch-touch to this dessert by adding those famous Dutch sprinkles.


7. Cover with foil and put in the freezer. (Realizing there is not enough room in the freezer will encourage a quick clean out.)
8. Let it thaw for a few minutes before cutting and serving.

Enjoy!