Peanut-Chocolate Mud Pie Squares

By carvalhohm2

Ingredients

• 20 OREO® cookies, finely crushed (about 1-2/3 cups), divided
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1 tub (8 ounces) Cream Cheese Spread
• 1/2 cup Creamy Peanut Butter
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tub (8 ounces) Whipped Topping, thawed, divided
• 1 package (3.9 ounces) Chocolate Instant Pudding
• 1-1/2 cups cold milk
• 1/4 cup coarsely chopped Cocktail Peanuts

Details

Servings 16
Preparation time 25mins
Cooking time 25mins
Adapted from tasteofhome.com

Preparation

Step 1

LINE 9-inch square pan with plastic wrap, with ends of plastic extending over sides. Mix 1-1/4 cups cookie crumbs and butter; press onto bottom of prepared pan. Refrigerate until ready to use.

BEAT cream cheese spread, peanut butter and sugar in medium bowl with mixer until blended. Gently stir in 1-1/2 cups COOL WHIP; spread over crust. Top with 1/4 cup of the remaining cookie crumbs.

BEAT pudding mix and milk in same bowl with mixer on low speed 2 min. Stir in remaining COOL WHIP; spoon over dessert. Top with remaining crumbs and nuts.

FREEZE overnight. Remove dessert from freezer 20 min. before serving; let stand at room temperature to soften slightly. Use plastic wrap handles to lift dessert from pan before cutting into squares.

Yield: 16 servings.

1 serving equals 280 calories, 17 g fat (8 g saturated fat), 20 mg cholesterol, 310 mg sodium, 27 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 5 g protein.