Oreo Cookie Surprise

By jolofson

Ingredients

• 1 pkg. (15 oz.) Oreo cookies, crushed
• 1 cup butter, melted
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese
• 1 12 ounce container Cool Whip, thawed
• 1 large package chocolate instant pudding

Preparation

Step 1

Crush entire package of Oreos to fine consistancy (potato masher works fine for this). Saving out 1/2 cup of Oreo crumbs for later use, mix remaining crumbs and melted butter and press in bottom of 9x13-inch baking pan. Stamp firmly with spoon or spatula. Place in refrigerator for 5 minutes.

In large mixing bowl, combine confectioner's sugar, cream cheese and one-half of cool whip. Beat with electric mixer until thoroughly mixed. Note: Items will mix much more easily if cream cheese and cool whip have been set out at room temperature ahead of time.

Remove pan from refrigerator, spread cream cheese/Cool Whip/sugar mixture evenly over Oreo crust. Spread carefully, as crust will have tendancy to stick to mixture. Return to refrigerator.

Prepare chocolate pudding with 2 1/4 cups milk. Then quickly remove pan from refrigerator and spread over top of previous layer. Return to refrigerator for 5 minutes.

Remove pan from refrigerator and spread remaining Cool Whip evenly over pudding layer. Sprinkle 1/2 cup of Oreo crumbs (set aside earlier) over top of Cool Whip layer. Refrigerate until served.