Ritz Cracker Caramel Icebox Dessert
A delicious cool refreshing "no bake" Icebox Dessert.
Equipment
- 8 x 8 baking dish
Ingredients
- 2 (8oz) pkgs cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup granulated white sugar
- 48 Ritz Crackers (Original Size)
- 1 (8oz) jar caramel sauce
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
- optional cool whip topping or whipped topping
- optional salt
Instructions
- Place a sheet of plastic wrap in an 8 x 8 baking dish. Lay 16 Ritz Crackers on top of plastic wrap to cover bottom of baking dish.
- In a large bowl blend together using an electric hand mixer cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Add in heavy whipping cream and vanilla. Blend again until thickened and fluffy about 3 minutes.
- Dollop 1/3 of cream cheese mixture onto Ritz Crackers in baking dish and smooth evenly. Drizzle with 1/3 of the caramel sauce from jar.
- Layer again with another 16 Ritz Crackers. Dollop 1/2 of the remainder of cream cheese mixture onto Ritz Crackers and smooth out. Drizzle with 1/2 of the remainder caramel sauce in jar.
- Layer again with remainder 16 Ritz Crackers. Dollop remainder cream cheese mixture onto Ritz Crackers and smooth out. (DO NOT drizzle with Caramel at this time.)
- Cover baking dish and place in refrigerator for 12 hours to fully set up.
- Remove from refrigerator and take cover off. Place a serving plate upside down over dessert and invert dessert onto plate. Using the plastic wrap inside of baking dish to help drop dessert onto plate. Remove plastic wrap.
- Optional: Top and decorate with homemade whipped topping or cool whip and drizzle with remaining caramel sauce.
- This is an ICEBOX cake so make sure to refrigerate leftovers. Enjoy.