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Crunchy Freeze
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Crunchy Freeze

Sweetened pecans, coconut and cereal lend crunch to your favorite ice cream in this tasty dessert.

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PREP TIME (MIN): 20
TOTAL TIME (MIN): 170
SERVINGS 12

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup margarine or butter
  • 2 1/2 cups Kellogg's® Rice Krispies® cereal
  • OR
  • 2 1/2 cups Kellogg's® Cocoa Krispies® cereal
  • 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1 1/4 cups flaked coconut
  • 1 cup pecans, broken
  • 1/2 gallon vanilla ice cream or frozen yogurt, slightly softened
Nutrition Information

Directions

1. Melt margarine in 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan at 300° F about 10 minutes or until just melted. Add KELLOGG'S® RICE KRISPIES® cereal, sugar, coconut and nuts. Mix well. Return to oven for about 30 minutes, stirring frequently until evenly browned. Cool completely.

2. Remove half of mixture from baking pan. Spread remaining mixture evenly in pan. Place slices of ice cream on top of cereal mixture, smoothing top. Sprinkle remaining cereal mixture over ice cream, pressing lightly. Freeze about 2 hours or until hardened. Scoop Crunchy Freeze into dessert cups. Serve immediately.

This recipe uses:

Kellogg's® Rice Krispies® cereal

Kellogg's® Rice Krispies® cereal

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