Chocolate Quad Food

CHOCOLATE QUAD DESSERT

Steps:

• Cut butter into flour with a pastry blender or fork until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in pecans. Press mixture onto bottom of a 9 x 13" pan. Bake at 350°F for 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool.
• Beat cream cheese, powdered sugar, and 1 cup of the Cool Whip at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Spread mixture over cooled crust.
• Whisk together instant pudding mix and milk 2 minutes, or until smooth. Spread over cream cheese mixture. Chill 10 minutes. Spread remaining whipped topping over pudding mixture. Cover and chill at least 1 hour.
• Cut into squares.

CHOCOLATE QUAD RECIPE

Steps:

• For the Crust: Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Mix the flour, butter and pecans with your fingers until the ingredients come together in a soft dough. Press the dough into the bottom of a 13- by 9-inch baking pan; the crust will be very thin. Bake until the crust is a pale golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. For Assembly: Mix the cream cheese, powdered sugar and 1 cup of the whipped topping. Carefully place small amounts of it across the cooled crust, then gently spread them in a thin layer. It's OK if you pull up a little of the crust as you go. Mix the chocolate pudding mixes and the milk together. Place small amounts of the pudding across the cream cheese layer, then carefully spread them in the same manner to the edges of the pan. Spread the remaining whipped topping on as the third layer. Cover the dessert and chill it at least 2 hours. To serve, cut the dessert into squares and lift from the pan with a pie server or spatula. This recipe yields 12 to 15 servings. Each of 15 servings: 373 calories; 447 mg sodium; 40 mg cholesterol; 25 grams fat; 13 grams saturated fat; 37 grams carbohydrates; 5 grams protein; 1.52 grams fiber.