Monday, August 16, 2010

Better Than Brad Pitt Dessert




I made this dessert a couple weeks ago when the Peterson's came over for dinner, and holy crap was it good! Vanilla pudding, chocolate pudding, cream cheese, whip cream...what's not to like?! It's super simple to make (just spread each layer out over top the previous), but be warned...it's VERY filling! This would be great to serve after a light dinner maybe, or if you're serving a buffet style dinner with mainly hors d'oeuvres. The most difficult part of preparing this dessert was shaving the chocolate, but you can always get someone else to do that for you. For instance, I had Lindsay do it...saved me a whole lotta irritation! :)~

'Better Than Brad Pitt Dessert'
Source: The Noble Pig

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts, plus more for top of cake
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 container (8 ounces) frozen whipped topping, thawed
4 cups milk
2 boxes (3.4 ounces each) instant vanilla pudding
2 boxes (3.4 ounces each) instant chocolate pudding
Chocolate, milk or dark to make chocolate shavings

Heat oven to 350. Coat 13 x 9 inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. In a medium-size bowl, mix flour, walnuts and butter. Pat into prepared dish. Bake for 15 minutes. Cool completely.

In a bowl, beat cream cheese and confectioner's sugar until smooth. Fold in half of the whipped topping. Spread over cooled crust. Prepare vanilla pudding using 2 cups of the milk. Spread over cream cheese layer. Prepare chocolate pudding with remaining 2 cups milk. Spread over the vanilla pudding layer. Spread remaining whipped topping over pudding. Refrigerate at least 2 hours or overnight. Sprinkle with nuts and chocolate shavings. Cut into squares.



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