Chocolate Elegance

By carol gorman

Ingredients

• 1-1/2 pkg. (250 g each) Philadelphia Brick Cream Cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2-1/2 cups thawed Cool Whip Whipped Topping, divided
• 6 oz. (3/4 of 225-g pkg.) Baker's Semi-Sweet Chocolate, divided
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 pkg. (4-serving size) Jell-O Chocolate Instant Pudding
• 1/4 cup sliced almonds, toasted

Preparation

Step 1

Beat cream cheese and sugar in medium bowl with mixer until blended. Stir in 1-1/2 cups Cool Whip; spread 2 cups onto bottom of 8x4-inch loaf pan lined with plastic wrap.

Melt 3 oz. chocolate as directed on package. Add to remaining cream cheese mixture along with the milk and pudding mix; whisk 2 min. Spread over layer in pan. Refrigerate 4 hours.

Microwave remaining chocolate and Cool Whip in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1 min.; stir until chocolate is completely melted and mixture is well blended. Cool slightly.

Invert dessert onto platter; remove pan and plastic wrap. Spread dessert with chocolate glaze; sprinkle with nuts. Refrigerate until glaze is firm.