Cool Creamy Light Chocolate Dessert
From pat2me 15 years ago
- 20 minutes to make
- Serves 15
I found this recipe and photo in Cooking Light recently....great low fat way to enjoy a cream chocolate dessert 268 calories Prep time does not include cooling and chilling time
Ingredients
- Crust shopping list
- 1 ¼ C all purpose flour shopping list
- ¼ c confectioners sugar shopping list
- 6 Tbl chilled butter, cut into small pieces shopping list
- ¼ finely chopped pecans, toasted shopping list
- cooking spray shopping list
- Filling shopping list
- 1 c confectioners sugar shopping list
- ½ C (4 oz) Neufchatel, softened shopping list
- 1 (8 oz) light whipped topping, thawed and divided shopping list
- 3 c 1 % milk shopping list
- 3 (329 oz) packages instant chocolate pudding mix shopping list
- unsweetened cocoa (optional) shopping list
How to make it
- Crust
- Combine flour and sugar in a processor; pulse until combined
- Add butter; pulse until mixture resembles corse meal
- Stir in pecans
- Frimly press into the bottom of a 9x13 baking pan sprayed with cooking spray
- Bake at 325 for 20 minutes or until lightly browned; cool completely
- Filling
- Place I C of milk and cream cheese ina medium bowl, beat with mixer at medium until fluffy
- Fold in half of the whipped topping
- Spread cream cheese mixture on cooled crust; cover loosely and refrigerate I hour
- Combine milk and pudding mix in a large bowl; beat on medium 2 minutes
- Cover and refrigerate 1 hour or until set
- Spread pudding mixture over cream cheese layer
- Spread remaining half of whipped topping over pudding layer; sprinkle with cocoa, if desired
- Can be made up to a day ahead and refrigerated; spread final whipped topping layer and dust with cocoa just before serving
The Rating
Reviewed by 6 people-
yummy and hits the spot.
puddlewonderful
in Beverly Hills Adjacent loved it
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I've had this, it's really good. Great post Pat, thanks for sharing, you have my 5 and I'll hold my fork please.
henrie
in Savannah loved it
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Sounds luscious, and looks mouthwatering!
juels
in Clayton loved it
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