Peanutty Chocolate Dessert Bars
- Crust
- 3-1/2 qt. NUTTER BUTTER Medium Cookie Pieces, finely crushed
- 2 cups unsalted butter, melted
- 3 cups NUTTER BUTTER Creme Variegate
- 1 qt. chocolate ganache, warmed
- 1 qt. NUTTER BUTTER Medium Cookie Pieces
- Cream Cheese Layer
- PHILADELPHIA Original Cream Cheese, softened
- 1 cup JELL-O Chocolate Flavor Instant Pudding
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 2 qt. prepared whipped topping
- Garnish
- 1 cup chocolate ganache
- 1-1/2 cups NUTTER BUTTER Medium Cookie Pieces
- 1 qt. prepared whipped topping
- Crust: Mix crushed NUTTER BUTTER Pieces and butter; press about 3 cups onto bottom of each of 4 foil-lined 13x9-inch pans (or press all onto bottom of 1 lined pan for trial recipe).
- Bake in 300 degrees F-convection oven 7 min.
- ; cool.
- Spread 3/4 cup Variegate over each crust, then cover with 1 cup ganache.
- Sprinkle each with 1 cup NUTTER BUTTER Pieces.
- Cream Cheese Layer: Beat cream cheese with mixer fitted with paddle attachment on medium speed 2 min., stopping occasionally to scrape bottom and side of bowl.
- Add dry pudding mix; beat until well blended.
- Gradually add cream, beating on low speed until well blended.
- Fold in whipped topping.
- Carefully spread about 3-1/2 cups pudding mixture over NUTTER BUTTER layer in each pan.
- Refrigerate 2 hours.
- Garnish: Melt ganache; drizzle over desserts.
- Cut dessert in each pan into 16 (4x1-1/2-inch) bars.
- Garnish each bar with about 1 tsp.
- NUTTER BUTTER Pieces and 1 Tbsp.
- whipped topping.
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Taken from www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/peanutty-chocolate-dessert-bars-133623.aspx (may not work)