Easy Four-Layer Chocolate Dessert
Easy Four-Layer Chocolate Dessert requires about 40 minutes from start to finish. One portion of this dish contains around 7g of protein, 27g of fat, and a total of 539 calories. This recipe serves 15. For $1.24 per serving, this recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Several people made this recipe, and 405 would say it hit the spot. Head to the store and pick up walnuts, instant chocolate pudding mix, chocolate syrup, and a few other things to make it today. It is brought to you by Taste of Home. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 35%. This score is not so great. Easy Four-Layer Chocolate Dessert, Chocolate Peppermint 4 Layer Dessert, and Chocolate Peanut Butter Layer Dessert are very similar to this recipe.
Servings: 15
Preparation duration: 25 minutes
Cooking duration: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
1/2 cup cold butter
1 cup semisweet chocolate chunks
Chocolate syrup
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 packages (3.9 ounces each) instant chocolate pudding mix
2-1/2 cups 2% milk
1 cup chopped walnuts, toasted, divided
2 cartons (8 ounces each) frozen whipped topping, thawed, divided
Equipment:
oven
baking pan
bowl
wire rack
whisk
Cooking instruction summary:
Directions Preheat oven to 350. Place flour in a small bowl; cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in 1/2 cup walnuts. Press onto bottom of an ungreased 13x9-in. baking dish. Bake until light golden brown, 12-15 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack. In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and confectioners' sugar until smooth; fold in one carton whipped topping. Spread over crust. In a large bowl, whisk milk and pudding mix 2 minutes. Gently spread over cream cheese layer. Top with remaining whipped topping. Sprinkle with chocolate chunks and remaining walnuts. Refrigerate until cold. Cut into bars. Just before serving, drizzle with chocolate syrup. Yield: 15 servings. Editor's Note: To toast nuts, bake in a shallow pan in a 350 oven for 5-10 minutes or cook in a skillet over low heat until lightly browned, stirring occasionally. Originally published as Easy Four-Layer Chocolate Dessert in Simple & Delicious April/May 2015 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-i', container: 'taboola-native-stream-thumbnails', placement: 'Native Stream Thumbnails Redesign', target_type: 'mix' });
Step by step:
1. Preheat oven to 35
2. Place flour in a small bowl; cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in 1/2 cup walnuts. Press onto bottom of an ungreased 13x9-in. baking dish.
3. Bake until light golden brown, 12-15 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack.
4. In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and confectioners' sugar until smooth; fold in one carton whipped topping.
5. Spread over crust. In a large bowl, whisk milk and pudding mix 2 minutes. Gently spread over cream cheese layer. Top with remaining whipped topping. Sprinkle with chocolate chunks and remaining walnuts. Refrigerate until cold.
6. Cut into bars. Just before serving, drizzle with chocolate syrup.
Nutrition Information:
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