Oreo and Ice Cream Sandwich Cake

Ingredients:

1/2 cup  hot fudge ice cream topping, warmed

1 tub  (8 oz.) cool whip, thawed, divided

1 small pkg.  (3.9 oz.) chocolate instant pudding

16 oreo cookies, chopped (about 2 cups)

12 vanilla ice cream sandwiches

 

Pour fudge topping into medium bowl. Whisk in 1 cup cool whip. Add dry pudding mix; stir 2 min. Stir in half of the chopped cookies. 
 
Arrange 4 ice cream sandwiches, side-by-side, on 24-inch-long sheet of foil; top with half the cool whip mixture. Repeat layers. Top with remaining sandwiches. Frost top and sides with remaining cool whip. Press in the last cup of chopped oreos.  Bring up foil sides; double fold top and ends to loosely seal packet. 
 
Freeze 4 hours or until firm. 

* This is from Kraftrecipes.com and has been Breanna's birthday dessert choice for years.