Rice Crispy cereal and coconut coated with melted butter and sugar. Layer half the cereal mixture in a 13 x 9 pan, then scoop in high quality ice cream. Top with the other half of the crust mixture. Serve with fresh fruit. — Lake Powell Ice Cream

Lake Powell Ice Cream is a dessert made with Rice Crispy cereal coated with butter and sugar and then filled with premium ice cream. It is one of those desserts that no matter how much I make, it’s not enough! My adult children come to dinner each Sunday, then they show up later in the week. Every time someone walks in the house they say,

“Is there any Lake Powell Ice Cream left?”

After making this on our yearly trips to Lake Powell, the name Lake Powell Ice Cream stuck. The crispy cereal coating can be made ahead. When we arrive in Page, we go shopping for fresh produce and frozen goods. I buy the best Vanilla Ice Cream possible and then assemble everything in a 9 x 13 pan and freeze.

This is one of those desserts that no matter how much I make, it's not enough! My adult children come to dinner each Sunday, then they show up later in the week. Every time one of them walks in the house they say, "Is there any Lake Powell Ice Cream left?"

After making this on our yearly trips to Lake Powell, the name Lake Powell Ice Cream stuck. The crispy cereal coating can be made ahead. When we arrive in Page, we go shopping for fresh produce and frozen goods. I buy the best Vanilla Ice Cream possible and then assemble everything in a 9 x 13 pan and freeze.

How to Make Lake Powell Ice Cream

1. Melt the butter and add the sugar. You can do this in the microwave. I like cooking this on the stove because it dissolves the sugar better.

Preheat oven to 350°

2. Coat the rice crispy cereal and coconut with the butter mixture. Pour onto a large cookie sheet with a lip to contain all the goodness.

3. Bake for 30 minutes, stirring the cereal every 10 minutes. Set your timer, you do not want to burn it.

4. Each time you take the cereal out of the oven to stir it, it may looked burned. Don’t worry! When you mix everything together, the color evens out and the topping is golden brown.

5. Cool the cereal/butter mixture for 10 – 20 minutes. Get the ice cream out of the freezer at this point to soften.

6. Pour half the cereal mixture into a 13 x 9 pan. Use an ice cream scoop and place balls of ice cream over the crust.

Rice Crispy Cereal Crust with Premium Ice Cream Scoops.

7. Keep scooping the ice cream until the 1/2 gallon of ice cream has been used.

Ice cream is being sold in smaller containers these days. Make sure you purchase enough ice cream.

8. Once all the ice cream has been placed onto the crust, place a piece of plastic wrap over the ice cream and use your hands to mash everything together.

Rice Crispy Crust with premium ice cream scoops covered in plastic wrap to smooth out ice cream.

9. Once you have achieved an even surface, pour the other half of the cereal mixture on top. Use your hands to push the cereal mixture into the ice cream then cover the dish with plastic wrap and put it in the freezer for at least 2 hours. Making this the night before and leaving it in the freezer over night is the best.

10. When you are ready to serve, smash the raspberries and add the sugar. Fold in the sugar and let it do its magic for 10 minutes. The sugar breaks down the raspberries and makes the most delicious syrup.

Don’t like raspberries, use blueberries or strawberries. Mix the fruit with a little sugar to create a delicious fruit syrup.

Don’t like fruit, drizzle chocolate syrup or hot fudge and caramel over the top.

Rice Crispy cereal and coconut coated in butter and sugar and then baked to a golden brown. Layer this on the bottom of a 13 X 9 pan and then fill with premium ice cream. Cover with the cereal mixture and freeze. Serve with fresh fruit.

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