Brownie Ice Cream Pizza

 After Hurricane Sandy, I know many of us are just trying to put the pieces back together. Everyone is trying to get back to normal, which is why I waited a little while to post. I hope speedy recovery to everyone who was affected by the storm.

So here is a dish that takes only a few minutes to make and brings smiles to everyone's faces. One of my friends described it as a Disney dessert. I made it after Halloween was cancelled because i cannot be trusted with all that candy. This dish is perfect for kids,parties, pizza, parties, or an excuse to break into your kids trick goodie bags. Get them involved and have them pick out the flavors they want on the pizza.

I was walking in the grocery store and saw a brownie pizza in the freezer section for $20. Seriously. I made two for around $7. This can be made with any combination of candies, any flavor of ice cream, and you can add or subtract any ingredients to suit your families tastes. Since I was making two anyway, I made 2 different kinds. One with all nut candies Snickers, peanut M&M, Twix, and one with out any nut products Junior Mints, Crunch Bars, and plain M&Ms. My cousin has a nut allergy so i try to make a nut free version of things for him, but my husband is a slight nut-ohalic  so i put nuts in for him. make the nut free one completely first. Then make the one with nuts to avoid any cross contamination.

 Brownie Ice Cream Pizza 
1 box brownie mix. (Family Size if you want more crust)
1/2 c oil
1/4 c water
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 c chopped walnuts (opitional)
1/2 gallon vanilla ice cream
1/2 c milk
1/2 c rainbow sprinkles
assorted candy ( 3-4 fun size of 3 or 4 different candies)
Chocolate syrup

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and grease the sides and bottom of 2 cake pans*. Mix together the brownie mix, oil, eggs vanilla, and chopped walnuts. Divide in half between the two cake pans. It is going to be a thin layer of brownie, this is what you want. It will only take 15-20 minutes to cook because it's so thin. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely.

While this is cooling, in a stand mixer, whisk together the 1/2 gallon of ice cream** with the 1/2 cup of milk. Whisk until it has the consistency of a butter cream frosting. it will be fluffy and form little peaks when you pick it up with a spoon. use a rubber spatula and divide the ice cream among the 2 completely cooled brownies. Spread the ice cream and pour sprinkles on top. Next spread the rest of the candy on top, chopping any bars (snickers, twix, etc.) up into bite size chunks. Drizzle the top with chocolate syrup. Cover the top with plastic wrap and then with aluminum foil. Be sure to freeze completely flat. if you don'e everything will drift to one side and you'll ahve a very lopsided pizza. When your ready to serve, remove from the freezer 5 minutes before so that the brownie has a few minutes to thaw out so you can cut through it.

*i use spring form pans so that its easier to serve when frozen, but if you don't have a spring form pan, cover the bottom and sides of your cake pan with parchment paper.

**take your ice cream out of the freezer 5 minutes before you want to whisk it so that is softens slightly but isn't melting. This will make sure you don't break your stand mixer by trying to whisk hard ice cream.