This icebox cake is the no-bake stack: chocolate wafers, lightly sweetened cream, overnight in the fridge. It is not the no-bake Oreo pie already on this site (that is a cream-cheese pie in a crust). Use this URL for classic icebox cake.
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Icebox Cake
- Total Time: 8 hours 20 minutes
- Yield: 10 slices 1x
Description
Classic chocolate wafer icebox cake with whipped cream. From Alissa at Yummy Dishes.
Ingredients
- 3 cups (720ml) cold heavy cream
- 1/3 cup (40g) powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
- 1 package (9 ounces / 255g) chocolate wafer cookies (about 40 cookies)
- Chocolate shavings, optional
Instructions
- Beat cream, powdered sugar, vanilla, and salt to medium-stiff peaks.
- On a platter or in a loaf pan lined with plastic wrap, spread a thin smear of cream. Stand wafers in a row, sandwiching cream between each cookie, to make a log. Cover the outside with the remaining cream. Or layer wafers flat in a 9×5 loaf, cream between layers.
- Cover and refrigerate at least 8 hours, preferably overnight, until the cookies are cake-soft.
- Slice on a slight diagonal. Add shavings if you want.
Notes
Nabisco Famous Chocolate Wafers are the classic. If you cannot find them, thin chocolate cookies work; Oreo pie is a different URL. Do not skip the long chill.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No-bake
- Cuisine: American
Icebox cake, not Oreo pie
Oreo pie is a cream-cheese filling in a crust. This is stacked wafers. Keep them separate.
Substitutions
A splash of coffee in the cream is fine. Graham crackers make a different cake; stay on chocolate wafers here.
Mistakes to avoid
Do not underwhip the cream or the log slumps. Do not serve the same day — the cookies need the night.
Storage
Refrigerate up to 3 days. Do not freeze; the cream weeps.
Nutrition (estimated)
About 320 calories per slice if cut into 10. Estimate only, not a lab test.
FAQ
Can I use Cool Whip?
Real whipped cream is the classic. Cool Whip works if that is what you have.
My cookies are still crunchy.
It needed more time in the fridge. Give it a full night.
Is this the same as Oreo pie?
No. Oreo pie is a different filling and a crust.
Can I make a 9×13?
Yes: more wafers and cream, layered flat. Chill overnight.