No-Bake Orange Creamsicle Bars

These No-Bake Orange Creamsicle Bars are filled with fresh squeezed orange juice, orange zest and homemade whipped cream. This refreshing frozen treat is perfect for summer!

When I was a kid, my mom used to buy my brothers and me orange popsicles filled with vanilla ice cream. It’s been way too many years to remember the brand name and exactly what they were called. However, these No-Bake Orange Creamsicle bars remind me of them. After hours of playing outside in the summer heat, we’d come home begging for a popsicle. One bite and you’d get that orange popsicle coating followed by creamy vanilla ice cream. So delicious! Within a few minutes, it was gone!

The other day my daughter was begging me to make something with the fresh oranges I had bought at the store and immediately these bars came to mind. A great, easy, no bake, frozen treat!

What’s the Difference between the Creamsicle and the Dreamsicle?

The two terms are often used interchangeably because there is a very slight difference between the two. The Creamsicle is made with ice cream and the Dreamsicle is made with ice milk.

History of the Creamsicle

According to the History Channel’s, “The Food that Built America” season 2, episode 11, “Ice Cream Empires”, the “Eppsicle” was accidentally invented by Frank Epperson when he was 11 years old in 1905. As the story goes, after being called in for dinner, Frank leaves his juice on his front step. The next day, he finds that it had frozen with the straw in the center. Curious, he pulls out the frozen juice and takes a lick. Thus, the beginning of the frozen ice cream on a stick that would eventually become a 4.6 billion dollar industry.

Are you ready to make a version of this delicious treat? Grab your ingredients and let’s get started…

No-Bake Orange Creamsicle Bars-Ingredients

Vanilla wafers, confectioners sugar, granulated sugar, orange juice, sweetened condensed milk, heavy whipping cream, butter, cream cheese and oranges.

No-Bake Orange Creamsicle Bars-Instructions

• Line a 9×13 inch pan with non-stick aluminum foil. Place foil over the edges of the pan for easy removal.
• Use a microplane or zester and zest 4-5 oranges. Set aside. Cut the oranges in half and squeeze out 1 cup of juice. Set aside.
• Using a small stove top pan, melt the butter.
• In a mini-food processor, grind vanilla wafers until fine.
• Mix the butter, crushed vanilla wafers and sugar together. Press onto the bottom of the pan. Pack in tightly.
• Place pan in the freezer.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar. Pour in sweetened condensed milk and beat until creamy.
• Add fresh squeezed orange juice and zest and beat until combined.
• In a separate mixing bowl, preferably cold, beat heavy whipping cream with a hand mixer. Once stiff peaks form, add confectioners’ sugar and beat until combined.
• Using a spatula, fold the whipped cream into the orange mixture until no lumps are visable.
• Remove crust from freezer and pour mixture over the crust.
• Return to the freezer and freeze for at least 3-4 hours.
• Once your are ready to serve, carefully grip the outer edges of the foil and pull the bars out of the pan. Fold down the foil edges.
• Use a warm knife to cut into bars. Wash with warm water between cuts.
• Top with whipped cream and serve.
• Enjoy!

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