No Bake But Loads of Taste: 7 Twists on the Classic Icebox Cake

Swap out the traditional chocolate wafers for chocolate chip cookies that you build into a tall confection with a mixture of mascarpone and cream. If you're feeling extra daring, add a tablespoon of whiskey to the cream mixture to put this cake over the top.

Enhancing the original, this four-ingredient recipe adds peanut butter to the chocolate wafer mix. The hardest part: Waiting while it sets up in the refrigerator.

Sweet roasted chestnuts pull double duty here: they're teamed with whipped cream for one layer of the cake, and stirred into melted bittersweet chocolate for another.

Not free-form like most icebox cakes, this decadent chocolate creation is molded in a springform pan. Mixing the cream with ricotta and melted chocolate makes an extra-luscious filling.

Not only are icebox cakes no-bake, but they need to be made ahead, leaving you plenty of time for last-minute salads and grilling. The twist to this recipe: Mint extract is added to heavy cream and gives this dessert a refreshing finish.