An easy homemade ice cream pie recipe made with a chocolate crust, vanilla ice cream, chunks of cake, chocolate syrup, toasted almonds, and lots of sprinkles.

This also makes great birthday party cake, especially for summer. Nothing beats ice cream cake on a hot summer day!

A slice of vanilla ice cream pie with chocolate crust topped with chocolate sauce, rainbow sprinkles, and sliced almonds. Chunks of rainbow cake and sprinkles can be seen inside the vanilla ice cream pie.

Plus, I love that there is no baking required for this tasty ice cream pie!

Ice cream cake in a glass pie plate. Vanilla ice cream pie is in chocolate cookie crust and topped with sprinkles and chocolate sauce

Ingredients

chocolate graham cracker crumbs – we used the kind that comes pre-crushed in a box but you use also use full graham crackers and break them up using a food processer.
butter – for holding the graham cracker crumbs together to form the crust
vanilla ice cream – I like to use vanilla bean ice cream, yum!
cake – make use of leftover cake of if you don’t have any cake on hand, you can buy two or three cupcakes
sundae toppings: sprinkles, chocolate syrup, and toasted sliced almonds

Slice of ice cream pie drizzled with chocolate sauce and topped with sprinkles and sliced almonds

Instructions

Step 1: Make crust – Combine chocolate graham crumbs with melted butter then press into the bottom and sides of a 9-inch pie plate. Place in the freezer to harden for at least 15 minutes.

chocolate graham cracker crust pressed into glass pie plate

Step 2: Prepare the filling –Gently stir together ice cream, cake chunks, and sprinkles. Spread onto crumb crust. Freeze until firm, about 4 hours.

Mining bowl filled with vanilla ice cream, rainbow sprinkles, and chunks of cake

Top down view of ice cream pie with chocolate crust

Step 3: Add toppings – Top with drizzles of chocolate sauce, sliced almonds, and more sprinkles just before serving.

sliced almonds being sprinkled onto top of ice cream pie

Pie topped with ice cream sundae toppings: sprinkles, chocolate sauce, and sliced almonds

Storage

Store pie covered in the freezer.

Recipe Tips & Variations

OREO crust – Swap graham cracker crumbs for 30 crushed OREO cookies to make a delicious chocolate cookie crust.

Pre-made crust – In a hurry? Use a pre-made graham cracker crust to save time.

A slice o ice cream pie with chocolate crust and rainbow sprinkles. Pie is topped with drizzle of chocolate syrup and sliced almonds. Another slice and the remainder of the pie can be seen in the background.

Switch up the flavor – Experiment by making the ice cream pie with your favorite ice cream flavors and toppings. Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream with chocolate sprinkles and chocolate syrup is amazing. Or try strawberry ice cream with a graham cracker crust and chopped strawberries. Triple chocolate ice cream pie with homemade no-churn chocolate ice cream, chocolate crust, and chocolate topping. The sky is the limit!

The perfect slice – Remove ice cream pie from the freezer 10 minutes before serving and warm your knife under hot water to make slicing the pie easier.

Pie server pulling a slice of ice cream pie out of pie dish

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Recipe

5 from 10 votes

Ice Cream Pie

Author: Jaclyn

Prep: 20

Set Time 4

Total: 4 20

An easy ice cream pie recipe made with a chocolate crust, vanilla ice cream, chunks of cake, chocolate syrup, toasted almonds, and lots of sprinkles!

Ingredients

▢ 1 1/2 cups chocolate graham cracker crumbs
▢ 1/4 cup butter melted
▢ 1 pint vanilla ice cream softened
▢ 1 1/2 cups cake cut into chunks
▢ 1/3 cup sprinkles
▢ 1/4 cup chocolate syrup
▢ 1/4 cup toasted sliced almonds

Instructions

In a medium mixing bowl, mix chocolate graham crumbs with melted butter until well combined. Press into the bottom and sides of a 9 inch pie plate. Place in the freezer to harden for at least 15 minutes.
In a large bowl, stir together ice cream, cake chunks, and sprinkles. Spread onto chocolate crumb crust. Return to the freezer to chill for at least four hours.
Top with drizzles of chocolate sauce and almonds just before serving.