Recipe of the Month: Chocolate Delight

 So you're invited to that fish fry and you're asked to bring a desert. Are you gonna stop by Publix and grab a box of sugar cookies? A fake cake? NO! Mix up this vintage desert. I found this recipe in my mother's recipe box - it's easy and very good!

Chocolate Delight:

Original Crust

1 Cup self rising flour

1 stick butter, melted

½ Cup chopped pecans

1 Tablespoon powdered sugar

 Spray 9x13 dish with PAM;  mix ingredients, spread in dish, bake for 15-20 minutes at 350 degrees  until it begins to brown.

 

Cookie Crust

1 sleeve of Chips Ahoy chocolate chip cookies, crushed

1 stick butter, melted

½ Cup self rising flour

½ Cup chopped pecans

 

Spray 9x13 dish with PAM; mix ingredients, spread in dish, bake for 15 minutes at 300 degrees

 

Let crust cool!

 

8oz Cream cheese (let soften for a bit)

8oz  Whipped Cream

1 Cup powdered sugar

 

Mix ingredients thoroughly and ladle over crust.

 

2  packages of Instant chocolate pudding

3 Cups of milk

 

Mix ingredients thoroughly and ladle over top.

 

8oz  Whipped Cream, (let soften a bit), spread over top

 

Garnish with some chopped pecans and/or  cherries