In the Kitchen ~ Cookie Monster Dessert ~ 5/29/14

Do you have any Cookie Monsters in your house.  I do and I happen to be one of them!  I loved the cookie bottom layer.

This would be a perfect dessert to make for a picnic or get together.

Cookie Monster Dessert

Ingredients:

1 (16 oz) tube refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough
1 (8 oz) block cream cheese, softened to room temperature
1 cup powdered sugar
1 (12 oz) large  tub whipped topping, thawed and divided
3 cups cold milk
1 (4 oz) box instant chocolate pudding
1 (4 oz) box instant vanilla pudding
chocolate chips for topping.

Let cookie dough come to room temperature to soften.  Preheat oven to 350F and spray a 9X13 baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.

Spread cookie dough into bottom of baking dish as evenly as possible.  Bake for 14-16 minutes or until golden brown.

Cool completely.

In a medium bowl, mix together cream cheese and powdered sugar until smooth.  Add in 1 3/4 cups of whipped topping and mix.  Spread over cooled cookie dough crust.

In a medium bowl, combine chocolate and vanilla puddings with the cold milk.  Mix together until smooth.  Let it sit for about 2 minutes until soft but still spreadable.  Spread over cream cheese layer.

Spread remaining whipped topping over pudding layer and sprinkle with chocolate chips.

Keep dessert in refrigerator until ready to serve.

Enjoy and share!


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Full Plate Thursday ~ Peanut Butter Brownies

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She hosts Full Plate Thursday.  You can click the button to go share your recipes :)

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I somehow ended up with about 4 boxes of brownie mix in my pantry so I did a search for recipes that could be made with brownie mixes.  I'll be doing a little mini-series on what can be done with plain brownie mix to "spice" them up a bit.

First, is a recipe from Betty Crocker .  It turned out really well.  It was easy to make and VERY easy to eat :)

Peanut Butter Brownies

Brownie:

1 box brownie mix
   water, oil and egg called for on brownie mix box
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup crunchy peanut butter (or creamy)
1 egg

Heat oven to 325F.

Grease bottom of the correct size cake pan.

Make brownie batter as directed on box.  Spread 3/4 of mix in pan.  Set remaining batter aside

In a small bowl, mix brown sugar, 1/3 cup peanut butter and 1 egg.  Spoon peanut butter mixture evenly onto brownie batter by tablespoonfuls.

Top with remaining brownie mix and cut through batter several times with a knife for marbled design.

Bake for 40 to 45 or until toothpick comes out clean.  Cool completely.

Icing:

2/3 cup Betty Crocker vanilla icing
1/4 cup peanut butter
1 to 2 teaspoons milk

In a medium bowl, mix all icing ingredients with a spoon until smooth and spreadable.

Spread over brownies.

Note:  I used my homemade icing recipe.

Have a great Thursday!