5 chocolate wafer dessert recipes

Chocolate wafer crust is the two-ingredient no-fuss foundation for cream pies, cheesecakes, and icebox desserts. Crushed chocolate wafers bound with melted butter and briefly baked for crisp hold.

Chocolate peppermint ice cream dessert with a chocolate wafer crumb crust, peppermint ice cream layer, and chocolate fudge topping. Four ingredients, no baking, freezer-set.

Oreo mud pie with layered chocolate and coffee ice cream on a chocolate wafer crust, topped with whipped cream, fudge, and toasted walnuts. The 1970s diner classic frozen dessert.

No-bake coffee almond ice cream cake with a chocolate wafer crust, whipped cream, and crushed amaretti cookies. A stunning frozen dessert served with dark chocolate sauce.

Nondairy chocolate rum mousse melts chocolate chips with water and rum, then folds in beaten egg whites for an airy four-ingredient dairy-free dessert. Keeps a week in the fridge.