COOL, CREAMY CHOCOLATELY DESSERT

By Mary-10

Ingredients

• Crust:
• 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
• 1/4 cup powdered suga
• 6 tablespoons chiu
• lled butter cut into small pieces
• 1/4 cup finely choped pecans, toasted
• cooking spray
• Filling:
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup 1/3 less fat cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup fat free cream cheese, softened
• 1 carton frozen reduced calorie whipped topping thawed and divided
• 3 cups 1 per cent low fat milk
• 2 3.9 pkg. chocolate instant pudding mix
• unsweetened cocoa

Preparation

Step 1

preheat oven to 325 degrees
To prepare crust, lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups, level with a knife. Combine flour and 1/4 cup sugar in a food processor, pulse 2 times or until combined. Add butter, pulse 10 times or until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in pecans. Firmly press mixture into bottom of 13 x 9 inch baking pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 325 degrees for 20 minutes or until crust is lightly browned. Cool completely.

To prepare filling, place 1 cup sugar and cream cheeses in a medium bowl, beat with a mixer at medium speed until fluffy. Fold in half of whipped topping. Spread cream cheese mixture on cooled crust. Cover loosely, refrigerate 1 hour.

Combine milk and pudding mix in a large bowl. beat with a mixer at medium speed for two minutes. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour or until pudding is set. Spread the pudding mixture over cream cheese layer. Spread remaining half of thawed whipped topping over pudding layer. Cover and chill for 30 minutes. Sprinkle with cocoa. If desired, cut into 15 pieces.