Treatzza Pizza - Almost.

Ice Cream Cakes have always been my favourite type of cake. These cakes would of course come from Dairy Queen which also sells Treatzza Pizza's - a delicious dessert-take on pizza. Between this idea and an episode of Paula Dean, I created the Graham Cracker Cinnamon Pecan Caramel Vanilla Ice Cream Pizza!

It was toooo easy to make which may become a problem in our house because I may decide to whip one up whenever I feel like it.

What you need:

1 store bought graham cracker pie shell (or you can make your own if you want)
1 litre vanilla ice cream
1 tbsp cinnamon
3/4 cup caramel sauce (I made this but you could also buy store bought if you want)
1/2 cup halved pecans

The pizza needs to be done in steps so that each step has time to set by being in the freezer.

Start the first layer of the pizza. Spread a thin layer of cinnamon onto the crust of the pie shell. On top of that, scoop ice cream to almost fill the shell. You will have to use your hands to spread and flatten the ice cream. Be careful not to crack the graham cracker shell and work quickly. Sprinkle with another layer of cinnamon. Place into the freezer to help reset and harder the newly softened ice cream.


While the ice cream is hardening, begin the caramel sauce.

Caramel Sauce:

1 cup sugar
1 cup whipped cream
1/4 cup + 2 tbsp corn syrup
1/4 cup butter

Over medium heat, combine all ingredients for caramel sauce. Stir constantly. Bring to a boil and continue boiling until temperature gets to 220 F. Stir frequently. Remove from heat and pour into a heat safe jar. Be careful - this mixture if very hot.


Let cool. You don't want to pour hot sauce over ice cream. In this case anyways.

Sprinkle the pecan pieces over the ice cream and cinnamon.

Once the caramel is cool, slowly drip the sauce evenly over the top and sprinkle the remaining cinnamon.

Place back in the freezer for 30 minutes or more until the caramel is set.

And there you go! A DQ-like Treatzza Pizza.

Use a pizza cutter to slice. This made for an easy and mess-free cut.

I'm definitely going to try this with different varieties of toppings. I see a chocolate themed one in my future...I think I'm going to use an Oreo crust pie shell next time to enhance the chocolate theme.