Dulce de Leche Icebox Cake

I would not use Oreos in this. Way too sweet. Famous chocolate wafers. Near the ice cream cones in the grocery store.

Search for “chocolinas” cookies on Amazon or your local latin store. They’re the Argentinian cookies used in the original dulce de leche icebox cake, chocotorta. Basic recipe is dip chocolinas in coffee and alternate layers of cookies filling (dulce de leche mixed with cream cheese).

Agreed! Oreos are too sweet to begin with. I had to brush my teeth after reading the recipe.

I would not use Oreos. Trader Joe’s has chocolate sandwich cookies (Joe Joe’s) that are better tasting and have few if any artificial ingredients. They also make a thin version and a vanilla cookie with real vanilla filling. I’m tempted to come up with a variation using them. But I’m going to wait until mid November to make this. By then, Trader Joe’s should have their seasonal peppermint Joe Joe’s in stock, with crushed candy canes in the filling. They are my favorite flavor.

Many years ago I was planning a Mexican themed dinner, courtesy of the Food Network's Too Hot Tamales and they had the same directions, which i followed, except I was enjoying some margaritas and passed out, I mean, I fell asleep. I was awoken by the sound of a shotgun going off in my apartment. Except it wasn't a shotgun, it was the dulce de leche....all over my kitchen. I did wipe some off with a finger and tasted it. It was the most delicious thing I will never make again.

Agree. Nabisco Famous wafers the best way to go.

Dulce de leche is a type of milk caramel sauce, not an ice cream, although there are ice cream flavors that incorporate it, just like you might have a caramel ice cream. You can buy cans of dulce de leche (they look similar to sweetened condensed milk and you can usually find them near that product in the bakery aisle of grocery stores) or it can easily be made at home.

Famous Chocolate Wafers are the best cookie to use with this classic. The cream in oreos is a weird texture and way too sweet.

I've made this with ginger cookies and whipped cream with vanilla.

In a pinch you can make dulce de leche from condensed milk. Follow this method, open the can and Voila! a creamy treat to eat right out of the can. Bring a large pan of water to a rolling boil. Remove the label from a can of sweetened, condensed milk and submerge completely in the boiling water (using a pair of tongs or a big spoon). High simmer for 3 hours, checking periodically to ensure that the can remains completely covered with water at all times.

Just made this, in the freezer now. Used famous chocolate wafer thins because Oreos would be too sweet for me. My initial thought is the whip mixture is way too salty, for me at least. Next time I would add half and go up from there.

If you can't find chocolinas, the next best option, in my mind, is oreos or Newman-Os untwisted and the filling removed. Use just the wafers, not the cookie filling; the filling is WAY too sweet!

I shape my Ice Box Chocolate Wafer cake into a letter of the alphabet to celebrate a birthday! You don't use a loaf pan. Just put the wafers and filling together on a sheet pan or cake plate and cover with the cream then freeze. The kids love it!

I followed another reviewer’s advice and used Oreo thins. This was fun and easy to make, tasty and great for a cake on a hot day! I can imagine all different kinds of ways to mix it up-with more of a coffee flavor, or vanilla. Will definitely make this one again!

I usually cut back on the sugar, but I made this per the recipe. I did not find it too sweet, there is not that much sugar in the cream, but I agree that I would increase the whipped cream amount. Some of the cookies did not absorb enough moisture to become cake like in texture . To fill the 9 by 5 loaf it took almost all of the Oreo package, so if you substitute with thinner cookies make sure the space they take up is comparable.