Easy Peppermint Dessert

• 3 cups Oreo cookies (crushed)
• 12 cup butter or 12 cup margarine, melted
• 12 gallon peppermint ice cream or 12 gallon party mint chocolate chip ice cream or 12 gallon mint chocolate chip ice cream
• 1 (12 ounce) container Cool Whip, thawed
• 12 cup butter or 12 cup margarine
• 4 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate, chopped
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 13 cup crushed peppermint candies or 13 cup candy cane

1. Mix crushed cookies and melted butter.
2. Press mixture in bottom of ungreased rectangular pan, 13x9x2.
3. Stir together ice cream and 2 cups of the cool whip topping; spoon evenly onto chocolate cookie crust.
4. Freeze 3 hrs till firm.
5. Meanwhile; melt butter and chocolate in 2 qt saucepan over low heat, stir constantly.
6. Stir in sugar; gradually stir in milk.
7. Heat to boiling over medium high heat, stir constantly.
8. Cook and stir 5 minutes till slightly thick; stir in vanilla.
9. Cool completely, about 2 hours pour 2 cups of chocolate sauce evenly over ice cream.
10. freeze at least 8 hrs and no longer than 2 weeks.
11. Cover and refrigerate remaining sauce.
12. Reheat reserved sauce till warm.
13. to serve cut into 5 rows by 3 rows.
14. Top with sauce and remaining cool whip;
15. sprinkle with crushed candies.

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/easy-peppermint-dessert-128716 (may not work)