Chocolate Pudding Delight – Mel’s Kitchen Cafe

Layers of shortbread crust, no-bake cheesecake, chocolate pudding and whipped cream make this chocolate pudding delight top-of-the-line desserts ever!

I’ve by no means met anybody who doesn’t completely fall head over heels in love with this dessert. It’s a traditional!

The best way to Make the Shortbread Crust

This delectable layered dessert begins with a easy pecan-shortbread crust. The substances are actually simple:

• all-purpose flour
• tiny little bit of granulated sugar
• pecans
• butter

The hot button is to cut the pecans very finely in order that they’re practically indecipherable from the feel of the flour.

A meals processor makes straightforward work of the pecans and of reducing within the butter. Nevertheless, you’ll be able to undoubtedly make the crust with no meals processor. I’ve included a easy how-to within the recipe notes beneath.

The crust is pressed into the underside of a 9X13-inch pan and baked for Quarter-hour so it may set right into a shortbread-like texture.

Assembling the Pudding and Cream Layers

The subsequent few layers go as follows:

1. tremendous easy fluffy cream cheese layer (suppose: no-bake cheesecake batter YUM)
2. chocolate pudding
3. flippantly sweetened whipped cream

Ensure the crust is totally cool earlier than assembling the dessert.

The candy cream cheese combination and the chocolate pudding will be made a number of days prematurely and chilled – making the meeting a breeze.

Chocolate Pudding Choices

You have got a number of choices for the chocolate pudding layer.

Selfmade Chocolate Pudding: that is my go-to selfmade chocolate pudding recipe. I enhance the cornstarch to 4 tablespoons for a barely thicker pudding when utilizing it for this layered dessert (make sure you cook dinner the pudding totally and let it cool fully). A single batch of the chocolate pudding makes about 4 1/2 cups pudding, which suggests when you use it on this chocolate pudding delight recipe, you’ll both have a little bit of chocolate pudding leftover (not a foul downside to have!) OR you need to use the total quantity of pudding for an additional thick pudding layer. 

Boxed Chocolate Pudding: one 5.9-ounce field of chocolate pudding ready in keeping with bundle directions (with 3 cups chilly milk) will yield sufficient for this recipe.

The consistency of the chocolate pudding layer might be very depending on the recipe or model of chocolate pudding you employ. Don’t stress if it’s messy once you scoop out servings of this dessert. Correction: it WILL be messy. That’s okay! It tastes superb regardless of the way it appears.

For neater slices, I make certain 1) the pudding is a thick-set recipe, 2) the dessert has been chilled for a minimum of 4 hours, and three) the knife is cleaned between slices.

A Dessert Recognized by Many Names

This chocolate pudding delight dessert was an enormous favourite of mine rising up. We known as it Robert Redford Dessert (in truth I’ve an previous model on my website, however this new and improved model is a lot better for lots of causes!).

Others name it Higher Than Robert Redford Dessert, Chocolate Lasagna or Chocolate Delight. (What names am I lacking??)

It doesn’t matter what it’s known as, it’s simply considered one of my favourite desserts of all time!

Excellent for any event from neighborhood cookouts to fancy vacation meals to church potlucks, it’s at all times a success. You simply can’t go incorrect with that buttery crust, decadent chocolate pudding, and creamy layers in every single place!

Chocolate Pudding Delight

Yield: 12 to fifteen servings

Prep Time: 45 minutes minutes

Cook dinner Time: 15 minutes minutes

Chilling Time: 2 hours hrs

Whole Time: 3 hours hrs

Shortbread Crust:

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• ½ to ¾ cup chopped pecans
• ½ cup salted butter, reduce into tablespoon-size items

Cream Cheese Layer:

• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened to room temperature
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 cup chilled heavy cream
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Pudding Layer:

• 3 ½ to 4 cups chocolate pudding, selfmade or from the field – chilled and set (see observe)

Whipped Cream Layer:

• 1 ¼ cup chilled heavy cream
• ¼ cup powdered sugar
• Chocolate curls, chocolate sprinkles, dusted cocoa powder, crushed oreos, crispy chocolate pearls or different desired garnish for the highest

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• Preheat oven to 350 levels F. Calmly grease the underside of a 9X13-inch pan with cooking spray.

• For the crust: within the bowl of a meals processor (see observe beneath for a substitute for a meals processor), add the flour, pecans, and sugar. Pulse till the pecans are very finely chopped. The combination ought to be sandy in texture.

• Add the butter items and pulse to chop the butter into the dry substances. Course of till the butter is in small items and the combination clumps collectively when pressed between your fingers.

• Unfold the combination evenly within the backside of the ready pan and press into a good layer. Bake for Quarter-hour. Put aside and let cool fully.

• For the cream cheese layer: utilizing a handheld electrical mixer or within the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle or whisk attachment, beat the softened cream cheese and powdered sugar collectively till clean and creamy, 1 to 2 minutes.

• Add the heavy cream and vanilla, and blend on low pace till mixed. Improve the pace to medium and proceed mixing, scraping the perimeters of the bowl as wanted, till the combination is thick and creamy.

• Unfold this combination evenly over the cooled crust. Set bowl apart (no want to scrub – we’ll use it once more in a later step!).

• For the chocolate pudding layer: unfold the ready chocolate pudding evenly over the cream cheese layer.

• For the whipped cream layer: in the identical bowl because the cream cheese combination (utilizing an electrical handheld or stand mixer), add the heavy cream and powdered sugar and blend on low pace till mixed. Improve the pace to medium and blend till thickened and comfortable peaks type.

• Dollop the whipped cream evenly over the chocolate pudding and unfold into a good layer.

• Refrigerate the dessert for a minimum of 4 hours or as much as 12 hours. Garnish the highest with chocolate sprinkles, crushed oreos, dusted cocoa powder, or no matter you need to embellish with! Minimize into squares and serve (it tastes greatest chilly).

Crust: when you don’t have a meals processor, finely chop the pecans in a blender or with a knife (you need them very finely chopped – the feel of coarse meal). Toss the pecans with the flour and sugar in a medium bowl, and add the butter items. Utilizing a pastry blender, two butter knives, or forks, reduce the butter into the dry substances till the butter is in tiny items and the combination clumps collectively when pressed between your fingers.
Selfmade Chocolate Pudding: that is my go-to selfmade chocolate pudding recipe. I enhance the cornstarch to 4 tablespoons for a barely thicker pudding when utilizing it for this layered dessert (make sure you cook dinner the pudding totally and let it cool fully – it may be made 3 to 4 days forward of time). A single batch of the chocolate pudding makes about 4 1/2 cups pudding, which suggests when you use it for this chocolate pudding delight recipe, you’ll both have a little bit of chocolate pudding leftover (not a foul downside to have!) OR you need to use the total quantity of pudding for an additional thick pudding layer. 
Boxed Chocolate Pudding: one 5.9-ounce field of chocolate pudding ready in keeping with bundle directions (with 3 cups chilly milk) will yield sufficient for this recipe.

Creator: Mel

Course: Dessert

Delicacies: American

Methodology: Bake, No-Bake

Serving: 1 serving, Energy: 329kcal, Carbohydrates: 26g, Protein: 4g, Fats: 24g, Saturated Fats: 14g, Ldl cholesterol: 65mg, Sodium: 196mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 17g