Super Easy Oreo Layer Dessert

Super Easy Oreo Layer Dessert

Super Easy Oreo Layer Dessert. It’s as delicious as it is easy–know that from the outset.

I should warn you that you will want to make this dessert if you read the post.

[And quite possibly not want to share it.]

 

I’m not kidding.

So.

To the one or two of you who might not know this [it’s important to know for this post particularly], Handsome Dude is a soil physicist.

He’s an unpretentious, down-to-earth kinda guy.

[Pun totally intended.]

He was intrigued by this dessert before he even took a bite. The reason?

It’s something about the organic soil horizon topped with snow with deeper mineral soil profiles resulting from surface erosion processes scattered on top.
I’ve just been informed that the photo should probably be inverted.

>giggle<

For real.

This recipe comes from a blog call House 344. It’s not an active blog anymore — but let me tell you what —
there are some recipes there you’ll definitely want to check out.
This is one of them.

I’ve known that Erica (the blogger at House 344) is delightful from the first time I met her. Dee — light — ful.
Adorable and delightful. During a recent lunch date, I asked her if she would ever want to be a guest blogger on Sweet Creek Moon.
That’s when I learned that she had a blog  — a really fabulous blog.

She told me about this super easy, super yummy treat: Oreo Layer Dessert. Ingredients were purchased. Time was set aside. Pictures were taken. Tasty was consumed.

She gave me all kinds of permission to re-post the recipe with a link back. There are other recipes there you will want to try.

Super Easy Oreo Layer Dessert

Interesting fact : When she made the dessert there were 6 more cookies per Oreo cookie package than there are now. Crazy.

This is Erica’s photo.

The Oreo crumbs were pressed into the bottom of the pan.

This is my photo.

The Oreo crumbs were compacted using a steam roller [I jest] into a denser crust. It changed the texture a bit —  like from chewy to crunchy.

Both ways are splendid.

Splendid.

[And yes, those are Tic Tacs — I wanted to add some color.]

Here’s what you’ll need:

— 1 pkg of regular Oreos

–1/2 c. butter, melted

— 1 large 5.1 oz box of Instant Chocolate Pudding

— 3 c. cold milk
[I used 2%.]

— 2 – 8 oz. Cool Whip, that’s been thawed in the fridge.
[or a 16 oz container —  it simplifies things to have 2 container –it happened to more economical to purchase 2]

— 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
[I used the full fat version.]

— 1 c. powdered sugar

You’ll need a 9 x 13 pan.

Except, because there are just the two of us, I used two pans.

[That way we wouldn’t have to share. Kidding. We made a pan to give away–for our calorie intake safety.]

— Crush the entire package of cookies with a food processor, or in a plastic zip lock bag and pound with a rolling pin.

[You realize that you should remove the cookies from the packaging, right?]

I put 1/2 of the cookies in the Cuisinart and 1/2 of them in the Ninja.

Ninja for the win.

— Set aside 1/2 cup of crushed cookies to sprinkle on top of the tastiness.
[This is where you’ll miss the six cookies.]

— Pour the rest of the crumbs into your pan(s).

[Here’s where Handsome Dude began admiring the ingredients. It really does look like soil —
which is part of the reason I don’t like chocolate.]

— Melt the butter.

— Pour the butter into the mound of cookie crumbs and mix until it’s uniformly coated.

— Press [or super compact] the mixture into the bottom of the pan.

That’s very densely compacted.

— In a medium mixing bowl, make the chocolate pudding according to package directions and put it in the fridge to set up.
Use the Pudding directions — NOT the Classic Pudding Pie directions.
[It’s why you need 3 cups of cold milk.]

— In another bowl, blend the softened cream cheese until it’s smooth.

–Add the powdered sugar and mix until it’s evenly and completely mixed.

— Fold in 8 oz. of the Cool Whip.
[That means don’t use a mixer. Put the Cool Whip on top of the cream cheese and gently mix it together with a spatula or a large spoon.]

You’ll have the crust, a bowl of pudding, a bowl of cream cheese mixed with Cool Whip, a container of Cool Whip, and 1/2 cup of crushed cookies.

Here’s the order of the layers on top of the crust.

#1 —  The cream cheese and Cool Whip mix.

#2 — The pudding.

#3 — The container of Cool Whip.

#4 — Sprinkle the cookie crumbs on top.

And voila! You now have an easy and delicious treat that anyone will devour.

Stick it in the refrigerator until you’re ready to serve it.

[We waited for two hours and it was perfectly tasty.]

Thank you, thank you Erica for sharing this fluffy, refreshing, tasty recipe.

I’ll definitely be going back to her blog for more recipes.

Let me know if you make it and how it turns out!

I’m switching out the regular Oreo cookies for the lemon variety —  I’ll let you know how it turns out.

Hmmm. Wonder if Mint Oreo would be any good with Vanilla pudding?