Description
A rich layered dessert featuring a buttery pecan shortbread crust, a smooth cream cheese layer, decadent chocolate pudding, and a light whipped topping.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups finely chopped pecans, divided
- Pinch of salt
- 8-oz cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 8-oz tubs Cool Whip, thawed
- 2 small boxes instant chocolate pudding
- 3 cups milk
Instructions
- Preheat: Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Bake Crust: Mix flour, butter, 1 cup of pecans and salt with an electric mixer until just combined then press evenly into the bottom of a 13×9 baking dish. Bake at 325 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until just starting to brown. Cool completely.
- Cream Layer: Mix cream cheese and powdered sugar with an electric mixer until smooth. Fold in half of the Cool Whip then mix until combined. Spread cream cheese mixture evenly onto crust.
- Pudding Layer: Mix pudding mixes and milk with an electric mixer on medium speed for two minutes. Spread pudding mixture evenly onto cream cheese layer.
- Topping: Spread remaining Cool Whip onto chocolate layer then sprinkle with remaining chopped pecans. Refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving.
Notes
Refrigerate to store up to 4-5 days.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: american
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 piece
- Calories: 360 kcal
- Sugar: 22 g
- Sodium: 250 mg
- Fat: 22 g
- Saturated Fat: 12 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 30 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Cholesterol: 60 mg
Keywords: Chocolate Delight, Chocolate Lush, Better Than Sex Cake, layered dessert, pecan crust