Chocolate Chip Ice Box Cake!

*Please note that this blog post was posted before my journey into Intuitive Eating. Please enjoy all foods guilt free*

I still follow a mainly vegetarian, plant based "diet", but every so often I step out to try old favorites and for my son to experience them as well. This recipe is not like any of the ones I have posted in the past. This has a ton of sugar and dairy, and not a norm in our home. The last time I made this recipe, was at least six years ago. Well, the summer heat got to me (yes it's still hot hot hot here), and I wanted a cold slice of cake to satisfy my palate. Well, like I always do, I wait for the craving to pass. This time, it didn't, so I decided to go ahead and make it!

Again, this is not a normal for this blog, so it may not be for all my readers. But if you have a sweet tooth and want to make something different this upcoming Holiday season, this is definitely a party favorite!

Chocolate Chip Ice Box Cake.

Ingredients
About 30 Cookies (I bought two containers of Publix Chocolate chip cookies from the bakery)
1 Heavy Whipping Cream
2 Tablespoons of sugar (or more depending to your taste)

Directions
1. Place the whipping cream and the mixing bowl into the freezer. You can also add the whisk from your mixing machine. Leave in the freezer for half an hour.
2. Pour half of the whipping cream into the bowl, and add the sugar. Start your mixer on slow and bring it to high. Mix for about 5 - 10 minutes. The cream should reach hard peaks. Stop every ouple minutes to fold the bottom and sides into the middle to make sure you get all of the whipping cream to the same consistency.
3. Place a small amount of the whipped cream you just whipped up onto a plate, or cake stand. Layer the top with the cookies. Repeat with most of the cookies and whipped cream. Make sure to leave a couple out for decoration.
4. If you need more whipped cream, use the rest of the heavy whipping container to make more whipped cream. At the end I usually make some more to cover the entire cake. I crumble two cookies into the whipped cream and fold it in before adorning the cake with it.
5. Top the cake with 1 or two crumbled cookies. (Optional.)
6. Place the cake in the fridge overnight. Make sure it sits for at least 12 hours!

Tips : 
Some like the cookies a bit softer. It's been suggested to dunk the cookies in milk for a few seconds before layering them.
Try using different cookies. Oreos, wafers, you name it.
Experiment : Add fruit! How about vanilla wafers and banana? Yum!


***Please excuse my pictures this time. I was not planning on making this recipe into a blog post. Usually I try to take pictures throughout the process of making the recipe and nice pictures afterwards. These were just for my personal Facebook!***