4 Layer Chocolate Delight
INGREDIENTS
  • Servings: 8-10 servings
  • Preparation Time: 10 min.
  • 1 cp. all purpose flour
  • 3/4 cp. chopped pecans
  • 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened.
  • 2 sm. boxes of jello instant chocolate pudding
  • 3 cps. homogenized milk
  • 1/2 cp. of margarine
  • 2 (8oz) containers of cool whip
  • 1 cp. powdered sugar, sifted
  • 1 pkg. nut topping (garnish for top)
  • 1 chocolate bar (I use Hersheys) grated (garnish for top)
DIRECTIONS
  1. 1.Mix flour, margarine, and pecans. Pat into a 9 x 13 baking dish. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes and cool. (Layer 1),
  2. 2.Combine 8 oz cool whip, 8 oz cream cheese, and 1 cp. powdered sugar. Spread
  3. over cooled crust. (Layer 2),
  4. 3.Combine 2 boxes of pudding, 3 cups of milk. Mix until
  5. thickened, spread over cool whip layer. (Layer 3),
  6. 4.Top with 8 oz cool whip, sprinkle with nut topping, and grated choc. bar.
  7. Chill at least 2 hrs. Serve.
RECIPE BACKSTORY
This is a tradition for Christmas or Thanksgiving, sometimes both. We love this dessert. I dont know where it originated, but I've had it since I was a child.So its been around for a while.