Food and Recipes Desserts Ice Cream 10 Tasty Desserts That Start with Store-Bought Ice Cream By Jenna Sims Jenna Sims Jenna is a Digital Editor for Southern Living and joined the team in 2014. She writes, produces, and assigns content with a focus on email growth and commerce content. She covers a range of topics in the lifestyle space from holiday gift guides to new product launches to tips for cooking with your air fryer. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Published on July 28, 2022 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: Joy Howard Ice cream desserts make great treats on hot summer days. While ice cream is a great dessert on its own, it can also add a refreshing layer of flavor to cakes, pies, cookies, and floats. These recipes will help you turn store-bought ice cream into showstopping desserts. Of course, you can use homemade ice cream when making these recipes if you prefer, but the pre-packaged version can help save you some time when pulling these ice cream desserts together. Desserts made with ice cream also make great make-ahead options for summer parties because they need to be frozen and can be stored in the freezer until it's time to serve dessert. Plus, many of these desserts can be made without having to turn on the oven. Read on to find our best desserts that are made with ice cream to try now. 01 of 10 Brownie Ice Cream Sandwiches Photographer Victor Protasio, Food Stylist Ali Ramee, Prop Stylist Heather Chadduck Recipe: Brownie Ice Cream Sandwiches Boxed brownie mix and a store-bought ice cream help this homemade dessert come together easily. Once made, have fun rolling the edges in colorful sprinkles. 02 of 10 Strawberry Crunch Ice Cream Cake Joy Howard Recipe: Strawberry Crunch Ice Cream Cake Instead of baking, this pretty layer cake just requires freezing to take shape. The secret crunch? Crispy rice cereal and freeze-dried strawberries. 03 of 10 Blackberry Floats Greg Dupree; Food Styling: Rishon Hanners; Prop Styling: Kathleen Varner Recipe: Blackberry Floats This refreshing dessert drink comes together in just 5 minutes. 04 of 10 Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream Bars Photographer: Jennifer Causey; Food Stylist: Chelsea Zimmer Recipe: Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream Bars You'll need just five ingredients to pull together these ice cream bars. 05 of 10 Red Velvet Ice-Cream Cake Greg DuPree; Prop Styling: Heather Chadduck Hillegas; Food Styling: Torie Cox Recipe: Red Velvet Ice-Cream Cake Red Velvet Cake is given a summer makeover with the addition of ice cream and fresh berries. 06 of 10 No-Bake Peanut Butter-Fudge Ice-Cream Pie Victor Protasio; Food Styling: Tina Bell Stamos; Prop Styling: Christine Keely Recipe: No-Bake Peanut Butter-Fudge Ice-Cream Pie Not only does this pie not require any baking, it is also a great make-ahead option since it has to be frozen for at least 8 hours and up to 24 before serving. 07 of 10 Frozen Lemonade Caitlin Bensel; Food Styling: Melissa Gray; Prop Styling: Missie Neville Crawford Recipe: Frozen Lemonade We made lemonade even more refreshing with the addition of vanilla ice cream. 08 of 10 Mint Chocolate Chip Ice-Cream Cake Recipe: Mint Chocolate Chip Ice-Cream Cake Mint chocolate chip ice cream, Devil's food cake, and chocolate mints come together create a colorful dessert that mint chocolate fans will love. 09 of 10 Buckeye Ice Cream Sandwich Southern Living Recipe: Buckeye Ice Cream Sandwich Peanut butter and chocolate are always a decadent duo. The convenience of store-bought ingredients help this dessert come together easily. 10 of 10 Bourbon Ice Cream Float Caitlin Bensel; Food Styling: Karen Rankin; Prop Styling: Audrey Davis Recipe: Bourbon Ice Cream Float Let guests choose the carbonated beverage of their choice to make these boozy floats. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit