Candy Bar Dessert

This is a very simple, "old-fashioned", icebox-type dessert.  It also can serve a crowd.  Allow yourself time for it to chill.  This is not a dessert that can be whipped up right before dinner.

CANDY BAR DESSERT

Recipe Notes

You can do many things to make this dessert either more fattening or less fattening.  I have made this as "skinny" as possible without sacrificing too much taste.  The one note that my mom made was to not substitute skim milk in the pudding layer - 2% is as low-fat as she suggested you go.  Therefore, I incorporated 2% milk into the dessert I made last weekend.

Ingredients

• 2 c. Oreo cookie crumbs (either store bought or made from Oreo cookies)
• 1/4 c. butter, melted
• 1/2 c. sugar, divided
• 8 oz. low-fat cream cheese
• 1 tub Cool Whip Light or Cool Whip Free (I used Cool Whip Free)
• 2 packages Jell-O instant chocolate pudding
• 3 c. milk (may be 2% but not skim)
• 1 c. Heath bits

Instructions

1.  Spray 9x13 glass dish with cooking spray.

2.  Combine Oreo crumbs, 1/4 c. sugar, and melted butter in a bowl.

3.  Press Oreo crumb mixture into the bottom of the casserole dish and chill 10 minutes/

4.  Meanwhile, beat cream cheese with remaining 1/4 c. sugar.  Fold in 1/2 tub Cool Whip.

5.  Spread sweetened cream cheese layer over Oreo crust. 

6.  Sprinkle 1/2 c. Heath bits over cream cheese layer.

7.  Beat pudding and 3 c. milk until pudding has thickened and is soft-set.  Spread over cream cheese layer.

8.  Spread remaining Cool Whip over pudding layer.  Sprinkle top with remaining 1/2 c. Heath bits.

9.  Chill at least two hours before serving.