Creamy Mandarin Cooler Food

CREAMY MANDARIN ORANGE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Beat cake mix, dry pudding mix, 1 cup sour cream, water, oil, eggs and orange zest with mixer until blended. Pour into 2 greased and floured 9-inch round pans.
• Bake 25 to 30 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool cakes in pans 10 min. Invert onto wire racks; gently remove pans. Cool cakes completely.
• Whisk remaining sour cream and sugar in large bowl until blended. Stir in COOL WHIP.
• Stack cake layers on plate, filling with half each of the COOL WHIP mixture and oranges. Frost top with remaining COOL WHIP mixture. Garnish with remaining oranges. Keep refrigerated.

CREAMY MANDARIN COOLER

Steps:

• In a blender, combine the milk, orange juice, oranges, yogurt, pudding mix and ice cubes; cover and process for 20 seconds or until smooth. Stir if necessary. Pour into chilled glasses; serve immediately.

CREAMY MANDARIN COOLER

Steps:

• Combine milk, orange juice, mandarin oranges, yogurt, pudding mix and ice cubes in a blender. Cover and process for 20 seconds or until smooth. Stir if necessary. Pour into chilled glasses and serve immediately.

CREAMY CHOCOLATE MANDARIN PUDDING

Steps:

• Set aside 8 chocolate wafers and about 12 of the best looking orange segments for garnish.
• In large bowl, mix together the sweetened condensed milk, water and pudding mix.
• Beat well.
• Refrigerate for 20 minutes until thickened.
• Whip cream and fold into chocolate mixture (leaving some white streaks produces a nice marbled effect).
• Spread 1/2 cup chocolate mixture in bottom of a 2.
• 5L (2 1/2 quart) glass serving bowl.
• Drizzle with 1/4 of the chocolate sauce.
• Top with 8 chocolate wafers, 1/3 of the orange segments and 1/3 of the remaining chocolate mixture.
• Repeat layers (sauce/wafers/oranges/chocolate mixture) 2 more times.
• Drizzle with last 1/4 of the chocolate syrup.
• Arrange set aside wafers and orange segments in decorative pattern on top of pudding.
• Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled.

COOL MANDARIN DESSERT

Steps:

• Drain oranges, reserving the juice, add enough water to juice to measure 1 cup. Refrigerate the oranges. , In a large bowl, dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Stir in reserved juice. Add sherbet, stirring until dissolved. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until thickened., Keep 10 orange segments refrigerated for garnish. Fold remaining oranges into gelatin mixture; cover and refrigerate overnight. Just before serving, garnish with reserved oranges and mint if desired.

MINTED MANDARIN AND STRAWBERRY COOLERS

Steps:

• Divide strawberries among eight to ten 10-ounce glasses. Add 2 mint leaves to each glass. Muddle until strawberries are crushed and juicy. Add 4 or 5 ice cubes to each glass, then fill three-quarters full with juice. Garnish with mint sprigs.