Mud Pie

SERVES 8
1 (14 ounce) can condensed milk
16 ounces Hersheys Chocolate Syrup
1/2 cup butter
1/2 gallon vanilla ice cream (or your favorite!)
1 teaspoon vanilla
26 Oreo cookies
1/4 cup melted butter
1 (16 ounce) carton Cool Whip

Take the ice cream out to soften.
Bring the condensed milk, the chocolate syrup, the 1/2 cup butter to boil.
Simmer a few minutes. Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla and set aside to cool.
Crush Oreo cookies; add melted butter. Press into a 9x13x2 inch pan.
Place in the freezer 30 minutes.
Arrange softened ice cream over crust. Place in freezer 30 minutes.
Pour cooled fudge sauce over ice cream layer and place in the freezer 30 minutes.
Spread Cool Whip on top. Place in freezer 24 hours before serving.

Good Lord, Janie! YUM!

In the early 80's I worked at a restaurant in St. Charles, IL. called "The Galleon", which was a Red Lobster-like joint.

We had a Baskin-Robbins Mud Pie on our dessert menu and of course kept our inventory of them in the kitchen's huge walk-in freezer. During the hot-sticky summer-time staff would find ANY excuse to go into the freezer for a spell, and it wasn't long before we all (2 dozen of us!) discovered that wedges of Mud Pie could be easily slipped from the cartons and eaten pretty much mess-free while standing in the freezer cooling-off! Needless to say, when the chef found out, not only did the Mud Pie come OFF the menu, but many of us really caught HELL!