12 Favorite Frozen Chocolate Desserts Your Summer Crowd Will Love

Ice Cream Lasagna

Recipe creator Frauline warns that this "chocolatey, peanut buttery, frozen layer ice cream treat" is addictive. Reviewer Vicki McKeen agrees, saying, "This is wonderful. Had friends over for supper and fixed this for dessert and it was the best part of the meal."

Very Chocolate Ice Cream

This chocolate ice cream is silky smooth and decadent. It is a custard-style preparation but there are no raw eggs in it (which can be great for those who choose to avoid raw eggs in general). Feel free to jazz it up with toppings like nuts, Oreo bites, whipped cream, chocolate fudge drizzle, and fresh fruit, for example.

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Mom's Ice Cream Dessert

This sweet dessert is a fun take on a cold summertime favorite, the mudpie, with a nice addition of peanuts to give it some nutty texture and a bit of salt to balance out the rich chocolate notes.

Frozen Peanut Butter Pudding Squares

These PB squares are similar to your classic ice cream sandwich, but they have a nice chocolate cookie exterior as well as a chocolate pudding mix to complement the peanut butter filling. The recipe developer calls them 'Puddingwiches'. Catchy, right?

Frozen Banana Bites

Bananas are high in potassium and magnesium, two nutrients that are great to keep in abundance during the summer when you sweat more and deplete electrolytes. Plus, they are frozen bite-sized chocolate treats, so you can satisfy your sweet craving without overdoing it on the sugar and calories.

Chocolate Frozen Yogurt

Frozen yogurt is a good swap for traditional ice cream because it has more protein and calcium, and less saturated fat and sugar. However, swap vanilla yogurt for plain or low-sugar Greek yogurt to get a dose of probiotics to improve gut health, immunity, and digestion, as well as more protein. With the addition of protein, you'll feel less tempted to reach for another scoop!

Banana-Nut Chocolate Ice Pops

These ice pops are easy to make in molds and low in added sugar, since they're just sweetened naturally with a bit of honey and fresh banana. Plus, there are good fats from cashews and almond milk. If you want, swap almond milk for coconut milk, but be aware that it'll then increase saturated fat content.

S'more Ice Cream Pie

"Very tasty," says Kathy. "I recommend putting the marshmallows on the pie and freezing until very firm. When you're ready to serve it, toast with your kitchen torch and serve immediately rather than returning to the freezer. The contrast between the warm and gooey marshmallows and the cold ice cream is incredible."

Ice Cream Sandwich Cake Pops

You can make these adorable, party-ready, mini ice cream sandwiches with just three store-bought ingredients (and some popsicle sticks). So clever!

Chocolate Gelato

"This is a super-chocolaty Italian-style ice cream - gelato; use the best ingredients possible, because it really makes a difference. I use 70% chocolate for it," says recipe creator Ivy.

Magical Chocolate Bars

Here's proof that you don't need a long list of ingredients to make scrumptious desserts. For these chocolate ice cream bars, you need three ingredients, some popsicle sticks, and optional chopped nuts or shredded coconut to top them off.

Hot Fudge Ice Cream Bar Dessert

You need only five easy ingredients to make this easy, crowd-pleasing dessert. "Quick, easy, and yummy," says RONAMAY. It looks and tastes like you slaved over this dessert. My ice cream sandwiches must have been the perfect size, because I used 19, just as the recipe called for. I used (Dove) milk chocolate topping and crunchy peanut butter. As suggested by another reviewer, I put the syrup/peanut butter mixture on the ice cream sandwiches first, (plus I drizzled some caramel topping onto that) and then spread the Cool Whip. It was easier to spread, and no one would be the wiser, because when sliced, it had nice layers."

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