Chocolate-Cherry Ice Cream Cake

• 1-1/2 cups Oreo cookie crumbs (about 15 cookies)
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 4 cups cherry ice cream, softened if necessary
• 8 Oreo cookies, coarsely chopped
• 1 cup (6 ounces) miniature semisweet chocolate chips, divided
• 4 cups fudge ripple ice cream, softened if necessary
• Sweetened whipped cream, optional
• 12 fresh sweet cherries

1. Preheat oven to 350u0b0. In a small bowl, mix cookie crumbs and butter. Press onto bottom and 1 in. up sides of a greased 9-in. springform pan. Bake 8-10 minutes or until firm. Cool on a wire rack.
2. Spread cherry ice cream into crust; freeze, covered, until firm. Layer with chopped cookies and 1/2 cup chocolate chips. Spread fudge ripple ice cream over chocolate chips. Sprinkle with remaining chocolate chips. Freeze, covered, 8 hours or until firm.
3. Remove cake from freezer 10 minutes before serving; carefully loosen sides from pan with a knife. Remove rim from pan. If desired, serve with whipped cream. Top with cherries.

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Taken from www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/chocolate-cherry-ice-cream-cake/ (may not work)