Sweet Ice Cream Surprise (Quick And Easy) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 gallon vanilla ice cream (softened)
1/2 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
4 cups crushed corn flakes
1 cup crushed peanuts
chocolate syrup (for drizzling) (optional)

Preparation

Make sure ice cream is soft and spreadable.
Crush corn flakes and peanuts with food processor, or whack at them with a spoon, or smash them with your bare hands like my husband does! :).
Melt butter and brown sugar over medium heat until combined and smooth - no need to boil.
Stir in corn flakes and peanuts.
Spread half of mixture in bottom of 13x9 pan.
Spread ice cream over mixture with a metal spoon. (It can be a little tricky).
Pour rest of mixture over ice cream.
Let freeze for about 3 hours.
Serve with chocolate syrup if desired.