Ice-Cream Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 box chocolate cake mix
30 chocolate sandwich cookies, divided
1/8 cup + 1 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted
1/4 gallon vanilla ice-cream
1/4 cup salted peanuts, chopped
16 chocolate covered caramels, chopped into small pieces
Chocolate syrup, optional

Preparation

Prepare cake mix as directed on package.
Bake in a 13x9x2 dish for the amount of time instructed.
When thoroughly cooled, cut cake vertically in half (down the 9-inch side).
Now cut each half horizontally through the middle.
Layer all four pieces of cake on a cookie sheet and freeze until ready to use.