Fried Ice Cream Bars

Valentine's Day Romantic Dessert #1: 

MEXICAN

Fried Ice Cream can be so much fun to eat in a restaurant, but it's even better when you make it fairly quickly at home, minus the frying! This recipe is fun, fast, creative and will please most palates, it's a great twist on the concept of fried ice cream and tastes really similar to the real thing!

Fried Ice Cream Bars

1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1-1/2 cups coconut
1 cups finely chopped pecans (almost crumb-like)
3-1/2 cups Rice Krispies
1/2 gallon vanilla ice cream

- Leave ice cream at room temperature while following the remaining steps:
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees.  In a 9x9 pan (or 9x13 for a thinner bar) melt butter in oven.
-While butter is melting, mix together sugar, cinnamon, coconut, pecans and Rice Krispies in a separate bowl (keep this bowl for mixture after toasting for less dishes.) Once butter is melted, stir the ingredients in pan with butter until evenly coated.
-Return to oven and bake about 25 minutes, or until ingredients browns slightly, stirring half way through.
- Let mixture cool about 5 minutes.  Leave enough mixture in the pan to lightly cover bottom, transfer remaining mixture to a bowl.
- Scoop out ice cream into several scoops, coating the entire pan, spread and flatten evenly with a wooden spoon.
-Top with remaining mixture and return to freezer until ready to serve.
-Cut into bars and serve with whipping cream and drizzled caramel sauce.