A super easy and crowd-pleasing dessert, ice cream pie with rice krispie crust is light, takes minutes to make, and is a perfect treat for entertaining guests or celebrating something special.

A slice of ice cream pie with a bite taken out

A Moment of Chocolate Inspiration

This recipe is basically ice cream in a pie crust. There are lots of variations out there and certainly you can customize this based on your tastes and preferences. You can use whatever ice cream you want, substitute a different crust, or add some sort of fancy toppings.

This version with the Rice Krispie crust was introduced to me by my mother in law. It's a personal favorite of my husband's and it has served as his dessert of choice for many birthday celebrations.

She traditionally makes it with mint chocolate chip ice cream and regular Rice Krispies, but in a moment of inspiration I though, "why not just make it extra chocolatey with Cocoa Krispies?" Extra chocolate always wins.

ingredients for ice cream pie include chocolate krispies, chocolate, butter and ice cream — Four simple ingredients: Chocolate Crispies, Dark Chocolate, Butter and Ice Cream

How to Make Ice Cream Pie

I love to make this recipe when having guests join us for dinner. It takes fifteen minutes to make and hangs out in the freezer until it's time to serve. First, prepare the crust, freeze it for a few minutes, add the ice cream and then freeze the whole pie.

There are just three important steps to be mindful of to ensure ice cream pie success and they have to do with the crust.

First, make sure to grease the pie plate. You can use cooking spray or butter. You need to have something to prevent the crust from sticking otherwise you'll massacre your slices when trying to pry them out of the plate.

Second, make sure to take the time to evenly press the edges up along the pie plate so that you get an even thickness of the crust throughout. There were a few times I made this recipe and the crust was too thick in spots. This makes it a lot harder to eat because the chocolate does get pretty firm. A big ol' hunk of frozen chocolate crust is awkward to eat so keep things nice and even, especially the inside bottom edges of the pie.

A chocolate rice Krispie crust being pressed into a pie plate with the back of a measuring cup

Third, give the crust a chance to set in the freezer before adding your ice cream so it holds in place when you add your scoops. I find that five or ten minutes in the freezer is plenty of time for the chocolate to firm up.

overhead view of scoops of mint chocolate chip ice cream being put into a chocolate Krispie crust

Once you've added your ice cream, spread it evenly, add any other toppings you like to the top, and then pop it back in the freezer until it's time to serve.

spreading the ice cream into the crust — Use a knife or offset spatula to smooth the ice cream

Slicing Ice Cream Desserts

I find that some ice cream desserts need to be set out at room temperature for a few minutes to soften up a bit before slicing. This particular pie isn't super thick, so I always slice it straight from the freezer without issue.

The only caveat to that is if you run your freezer super cold, then perhaps it might need a minute or two.

One thing that makes slicing easier is to use a serrated knife and have a cup of water and a dish towel handy. After each cut, rinse the knife and clean it before taking another cut. This helps to ensure each cut is clean and slices are easy to remove.

And that's it! We hope you love this one as much as our family does.

ice cream pie in a pie dish with a slice removed

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