boston Cream Pie Minis

By carol gorman

Small in size, yet big in flavour and handy to eat, these cream-filled miniatures of the famous Boston Cream Pie dessert are sure to Bring joy to everyone's face grown-ups included.

Ingredients

• 1pkg (2 layer yellow cake mix
• 1pkg(4 serving size) Jell-o Vanilla Instant Pudding
• 1 cup cold milk
• 11/2 cups thawed cppl Whipped Topping Divided
• 4 oz (1/2 of 225-g pkg) Bakers semi-Sweet Chocolate

Details

Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 90mins
Adapted from

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.