Chocolate Delight

5 from 3 votes

This chocolate delight is an easy, make-ahead layered dessert — a cookie crust, sweet cream cheese, rich chocolate pudding, and fluffy whipped topping. A no-fuss crowd-pleaser!

Prep Time30

Total Time8 30

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Chocolate Chip Cookie Delight, chocolate delight, layered dessert

Servings:

Calories: 218kcal

Author: Kasey Schwartz

Ingredients

1 tube -16-1/2 ounces - refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1 cup confectioners' sugar
12 oz frozen whipped topping, thawed, divided
3 cups cold 2% milk
3.4 oz instant chocolate pudding mix
3.4 oz instant vanilla pudding mix

Instructions

Let cookie dough stand at room temperature for 5-10 minutes to soften. Press into an ungreased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° until golden brown, 14-16 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
In a large bowl, beat softened cream cheese and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Fold in 2 cups whipped topping. Spread evenly over cookie dough crust.
In a large bowl, using a hand mixer, beat pudding mixes and milk for 2 minutes. Spread over cream cheese layer. Top with remaining whipped topping. Sprinkle with nuts and chocolate curls if desired.
Cover and refrigerate until firm, 8 hours or overnight.

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Notes

Let the crust cool completely before adding the cream cheese layer — a warm crust will melt it and everything slides together.
Beat the cream cheese until totally smooth before folding in anything else. Lumps at this stage don't disappear later.
Whisk the pudding and let it set for a few minutes so it's thick enough to hold its own layer instead of soaking into the crust.
Chill it long enough to set fully — this is a make-ahead dessert and it slices so much cleaner cold.
Spread each layer gently to the edges so every square gets all four layers.

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