Healthified Turtle Ice Cream Cake

70% less sat fat • 62% less fat • 45% fewer calories than the original recipe. Still great tasting with fewer calories and less fat, this turtle won’t take a bite out of your diet!

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The Quick Take: Healthified

Calories Reduced By 200
Fat Reduced By 15g
Sodium Reduced By 125mg

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Nutrition Information:

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 240
Calories from Fat: 80),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 9g; 9%
(Saturated Fat 3g, 3% Trans Fat 0g 0% ),
Cholesterol: 15mg; 15%;
Sodium: 125mg; 125%;
Total Carbohydrate: 34g; 34%
(Dietary Fiber 1g 1% Sugars 25g 25% ),
Protein: 4g; 4%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 6%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 10%;
Iron: 4%;

Exchanges:

1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Prep Time 30 min
Total Time 11 hr 0 min
Servings 12

Ingredients

10: chocolate wafer cookies, finely crushed (1/2 cup)

1: tablespoon no-trans-fat 68% vegetable oil spread stick, melted

3: cups reduced-fat chocolate ice cream, slightly softened

1/2: cup fat-free hot fudge topping

2/3: cup chopped pecans

3: cups vanilla reduced-fat ice cream, slightly softened

1/4: cup fat-free caramel topping

Directions

1 In small bowl, mix wafer cookie crumbs and melted vegetable oil spread until crumbly. Press gently and evenly in bottom of ungreased 9-inch springform pan. Freeze 30 minutes.
2 Drop chocolate ice cream by small spoonfuls over crust; carefully spread until smooth. Freeze 1 hour or until firm.
3 Spoon and carefully spread fudge topping over ice cream. Sprinkle with 1/3 cup of the pecans; press lightly. Freeze 1 hour or until firm.
4 Drop vanilla ice cream by small spoonfuls over pecan layer; carefully spread until smooth. Sprinkle with remaining 1/3 cup pecans. Cover; freeze at least 8 hours or overnight.
5 To serve, let stand at room temperature 5 to 10 minutes to soften. Carefully remove side of pan. Cut into 12 wedges. Place each wedge on individual dessert plate; drizzle each with 1 teaspoon of the caramel topping. Store remaining ice cream cake covered in freezer.

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Live Better America lets you enjoy your favorite dishes without worry or guilt. Our nutritionists switch ingredients, reduce amounts and use other kitchen tricks to turn the original recipes into Healthified recipes that are good and good for you.

Before	After
16 creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookies	10 chocolate wafer cookies, finely crushed (1/2 cup)
1/4 cup butter	1 tablespoon no-trans-fat 68% vegetable oil spread stick, melted
4 cups chocolate ice cream, slightly softened	3 cups reduced-fat chocolate ice cream, slightly softened
1/2 cup hot fudge topping	1/2 cup fat-free hot fudge topping
1 cup chopped pecans	2/3 cup chopped pecans
4 cups vanilla ice cream, slightly softened	3 cups vanilla reduced-fat ice cream, slightly softened
1/2 cup caramel topping	1/4 cup fat-free caramel topping

Nutritional Highlights

Calories		440 (before) 240 (after)
Sodium		250 mg (before) 125 mg (after)
Total Fat		24 g (before) 9 g (after)

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Expert Tips

We've replaced ingredients with great-tasting alternatives to create better-for-you recipes that are just as yummy as the originals.

Be sure to drop the ice cream by small spoonfuls so that spreading it is minimal and you don't disturb the preceding layers.

Pecans are traditional for turtle desserts, but walnuts or cashews are just as delicious.

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Posted 12/11/2012 8:01:40 AM REPORT ABUSE joel23 said:

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Very nice easy to make and tasty recipe

Posted 11/23/2011 12:33:29 PM REPORT ABUSE csanicole@aol.com said:

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I made this for the first time and it was soo good! I did make a few substitutions. I used sugar free chocolate wafers and sugar free hot fudge and sugar free caramel. My family loved it and I will definetly make it again. It is a do it ahead kind of desert, but so worth it.

Posted 7/16/2010 10:45:59 AM REPORT ABUSE edna mae said:

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This was delicious. The only difference was, I added cookie crumbs to the middle layer. This was a great combo, and I am thinking of some new versions. Will make again for sure.

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We calculated the nutrition of this recipe at the time it was created on 07/19/2012. NOTE: We do not include optional ingredients in our calculations.