Peanut-chocolate dessert

15 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
½ cup Butter (or marg.); softened
1 cup Flour, all-purpose
⅔ cup Peanuts, dry roasted; finely chopped
8 ounces Cream cheese; softened
⅓ cup Peanut butter
1 cup Sugar, powdered
12 ounces Whipped topping; thawed and divided
3¾ ounce Pudding mix, inst. vanilla
4½ ounce Pudding mix, inst. chocolate
2¾ cup Milk
1 3/16 ounce Candy bar, milk chocolate; shaved
⅓ cup Peanuts, dry roasted; choppd

Directions

Cut butter into flour until mixture resembles coarse meal; stir ⅔ cup peanuts into flour mixture. Press peanut mixture into a 13x9x2" baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes; cool completely.

Combine cream cheese, peanut butter, and powdered sugar; beat until fluffy. Stir 1 cup whipped topping into cream cheese mixture. Spread over crust; chill.

Combine pudding mix and milk; beat 2 minutes at medium speed of electric mixer. Spread pudding over cream cheese layer. Spread remaining whipped topping over pudding layer. Sprinkle the top with shaved chocolate and ⅓ cup chopped peanuts. Store in refrigerator.

SOURCE: Southern Living Magazine, April 1980. Typos by Nancy Coleman.

Submitted By NANCY COLEMAN On 01-27-95

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