Desserts....
Bamabound: Wow -- the possibilities are endless! Do you prefer chocolate .. pie, cake, or what? Here's a few easy ones...
Layered Chocolate Delight
List of Ingredients
1/2 C. butter, melted (1 stick)
1 C. flour
1 C. chopped pecans, divided
1 8-oz. cream cheese, softened
1 C. powdered sugar
1 12-16 oz. container Cool Whip ... divided
2 3-oz pkgs. instant chocolate pudding (or 1 lrg. pkg.)
3 C. milk
Heat oven to 350°.
Combine melted butter, flour, & 3/4 cup of the chopped pecans in a bowl. Mix well; press into the bottom of a 9"x13" glass baking dish. Bake for 15 - 20 minutes, until golden. Remove from oven and set aside to cool.
Combine cream cheese, powdered sugar & 1 cup of the Cool Whip in a medium bowl. Spread over nut crust.
Combine instant pudding with milk & spread over cream cheese layer.
Top with remaining Cool Whip. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup of chopped pecans (or grated chocolate) & refrigerate until ready to serve.
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Not Yo' Mama's Banana Pudding
2 bags Pepperidge Farm Chessmen cookies OR 1 box Nila Wafers
6 to 8 bananas, sliced
2 cups milk
1 (5-ounce) box instant French vanilla pudding
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1 (12-ounce) container frozen whipped topping thawed, or equal amount sweetened whipped cream
Line the bottom of a 13 by 9 by 2-inch dish with 1 bag of cookies and layer bananas on top.
In a bowl, combine the milk and pudding mix and blend well using a handheld electric mixer. Using another bowl, combine the cream cheese and condensed milk together and mix until smooth. Fold the whipped topping into the cream cheese mixture. Add the cream cheese mixture to the pudding mixture and stir until well blended. Pour the mixture over the cookies and bananas and cover with the remaining cookies.
Refrigerate until ready to serve.