Ingredients
Brownie layer:
- Vegetable oil cooking spray
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 large egg, at room temperature
- 1 3/4 cups brownie mix (recommended: Duncan Hines Dark Chocolate Fudge)
- 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 2 (1.4-ounce) milk chocolate-toffee candy bars, coarsely chopped (recommended: Heath or Skor)
Ice cream layer:
- 1 pint dulche de leche or caramel ice cream (recommended: Haagen-Dazs), softened
Chocolate layer:
- 1/3 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 3/4 cups milk chocolate chips
Sauce:
- 1 (12-ounce) bag frozen strawberries, thawed
- 1/3 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
Directions
Brownie layer: Put an oven rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray an 8 by 8-inch glass baking pan with vegetable oil cooking spray. Line the pan with parchment paper, allowing 2 inches of paper to overhang the sides. Set aside. Spray the parchment paper with vegetable oil cooking spray.
In a large bowl mix together the water, oil and egg. Add the brownie mix and stir until blended. Stir in the chocolate chips and candy bar pieces. Transfer the batter to the prepared baking pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the brownies comes out with a few moist crumbs attached, about 20 to 25 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven and cool the brownie layer completely in the pan, about 1 1/2 hours.
Ice cream layer: Using a spatula, spread the softened ice cream on top of the brownie layer and freeze until firm, about 4 hours or overnight.
Chocolate layer: In a small saucepan, heat the cream over medium-low heat until hot but not boiling. Remove the pan from the heat and add the chocolate chips. Stir until the chocolate has melted and the mixture is smooth. Using a spatula, spread the chocolate mixture over the ice cream layer. Freeze for at least 1 hour or until ready to serve.
Sauce: Put the strawberries, sugar and lemon juice in a blender and blend until smooth.
To serve: Remove the layers from the pan and peel away the parchment paper. Cut the layers into squares and drizzle with the strawberry sauce.
Notes
For a smoother sauce, strain the sauce through a sieve and discard the seeds.
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By klast1967
Houston, TX
on February 11, 2012
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Definitely a rich & decadent dessert. A hit with the entire family.
By jiggly_puff
on January 29, 2012
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I've read every single review on this dessert before attempting to make it myself. Based on other reviews, I cooked the brownie portion longer as instructed by packaging (Ghiradelli Fudge, added more ice cream to the ice cream layer (dulce de leche and used 2/3 of the milk chocolate chips recommended for the fudge layer. The dessert came out beautifully. Thawing it in the fridge for 10 minutes was enough for the brownie and ice cream layer to soften up just enough to be cut into slices. If you wait too long, the ice cream layer becomes too gooey and difficult to cut. The fudge layer did not crack, probably due to the higher heavy cream to chocolate chips ratio. I made the sauce with rasberries instead, skipped the lemon juice because it was already tart, and I loved it! As other reviewers mentioned, the dessert can be "over the top," so I served it as small slices (5 bites and everyone enjoyed the smaller, but very rich and satisfying portion.
By blondiehlv1210_...
Coulee City, WA
on January 26, 2012
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Love Giada! Yes this in some peoples opinions may be to simple for her and yea so she might be able to make cooler Italian desserts, but i loved it! Its refreshing to have a chef be able to make good desserts with some already store bought ingredients! I love to cook and have made really complex desserts but at the end of the day its nice to have something easy to fall back on to fix my sweet tooth!
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