Dark Chocolate Brownie Oreo Layer Cake

• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
• 6 ounces bittersweet chocolate
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups walnuts (optional)
• 6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 5 cups milk
• 4 (3 1/3 ounce) packages instant chocolate pudding mix
• 1 (18 ounce) package Oreo cookies
• 2 (8 ounce) containers Cool Whip (regular size)
• 1/4 - 1/2 cup Hershey's syrup

1. **Brownie Layer:
2. Microwave butter and bittersweet chocolate in a 2-qt glass bowl on high for 1 1/2 minutes or until chocolate is melted, stirring mixture. Whisk 2 cups sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract.
3. Toss together 1 tablespoon flour, walnuts (if desired), and chocolate chips.
4. Stir remaining flour and salt into sugar mixture. Add walnut and chocolate chip mixture. Spread batter into a lightly greased 13x9x2-inch pan.
5. Bake at 350u0b0F for 30 to 40 minutes. Set aside to cool.
6. **Oreo cookie layer:
7. Put all Oreo cookies (except 10 cookies) in blender for crumbs or crush in a ziploc bag if you prefer crumbles.
8. Drizzle Hershey syrup over brownies and spread with spoon. Add Oreo cookie crumbs/crumbles. Then, drizzle more Hershey syrup over the Oreo cookie crumbs/crumbs and spread around with spoon.
9. **Pudding Layer:
10. Pour milk into large bowl. Add dry pudding mixes. Beat with wire whisk for 2 minutes. Let stand 2 minutes. Spread over brownies.
11. **Topping:
12. Add Cool Whip on top of pudding layer and top with the 10 extra cookies (whole or crumbled) and drizzle Hershey syrup for decoration (if desired).

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/dark-chocolate-brownie-oreo-layer-cake-335731 (may not work)