Frozen Mud Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pkg. chocolate wafers
1/2 c. melted butter
2 pints mocha ice cream
1/3 c. cocoa
2/3 c. sugar, plus 2 tablespoons, divided
1 1/3 c. whipping cream, divided
3 Tbsp. butter
2 tsp. vanilla extract, divided
2 1 oz. squares unsweetened chocolate
bitter chocolate shavings for garnish

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Crush wafers.
Add melted butter.
Mix well with a fork and press into a 9 inch pie plate. Bake 10 minutes.
Cool completely.
Spread ice cream carefully onto crust.
Freeze 1 1/2 hours or until solid.
In a saucepan, cook cocoa, 2/3 cup sugar, 1/3 cup cream and butter until mixture is smooth and boils.
Stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla.
Cool, but do not let mixture get too hard to pour.
Pour sauce over frozen ice cream base.
Freeze at least 1 1/2 hours.
Before serving, whip remaining 1 cup cream with remaining 2 tablespoons sugar until soft peaks form.
Add remaining 1 teaspoon vanilla and spread over pie.
Garnish with chocolate shavings.
Makes 10 servings.