icebox peanut butter cup and icebox cherry amaretti

Upon my return home I plowed through a couple more icebox dessert recipes. Both are so incredibly delicious in very different ways. Icebox Peanut Butter Cup is sweet and decadent. It's perfect for a sweet tooth. The Cherry Amaretti is way more sophisticated and seasonal.

Icebox Peanut Butter Cup
(makes 2)

Blend 3 tbsp creamy peanut butter with 1 vanilla pudding cup until fully incorporated
1 Kraft Peanut Butter Thinsations
2 Nabisco Famous Chocolate Wafers (one crushed)

Layer Cool Whip
Layer Famous Wafer (whole)
Layer Chocolate Pudding
Layer Cool Whip
Layer approx 4 Kraft Peanut Butter Thinsations Cookies
Layer Vanilla & Peanut Butter Pudding
Layer Crushed Famous Wafer and rest of Kraft Peanut Butter Thinsations, mixed
Layer Cool Whip
Top with Crushed Peanuts


Cherries are in season and I bought a huge basket this weekend from Quiet Acres Fruit Stand. (located at Lakeshore Rd. & East West Line N.O.T.L.). Aren't they gorgeous? They almost glow from within.

I happened to also purchase a box of amaretti biscuits while grocery shopping this week, so I put them together to make this delicious and classic combination of Cherry & Almond!

Icebox Cherry Amaretti

Small handful of cherries, pitted
1/2 tsp sugar
1 tbsp amaretto
Steep cherries in sugar & amaretto for 5 minutes
Blend one vanilla pudding cup with a few drops of almond extract

Any layering option is great here. Here's what I did for this dessert,
Layer Crumbled Ameretti
Layer Vanilla Pudding
Layer Steeped Cherries
Layer Cool Whip
Layer Crumbled Amaretti
Layer Vanilla Pudding
Layer Steeped Cherries
Layer Cool Whip
Layer Crumbled Amaretti
Layer Vanilla Pudding
Layer Steeped Cherries
Top with sprinkle of Amaretti and Sliced Almonds