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From:   LOVELUCKYLADY1 (Original Message) | Sent: 9/23/2005 10:20 AM |
| COOL WHIP GRAVEYARD TREAT Makes 15-18 single servings. Dessert: 2-1/4 cups chocolate wafer cookie crumbs, divided 1/2 cup sugar, divided 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, melted 1 8-oz pkg cream cheese, softened 1 12-oz tub Cool Whip topping, thawed 2 cups boiling water 2 4-serving pkgs orange Jello 1/2 cup cold water ice cubes Decorations: 12-14 rectangular or oval-shaped sandwich cookies decorator icing -- brown, green, orange, white candy corn candy pumpkins (mellowcream pumpkins) Mix together 2 cups of the cookie crumbs, 1/4 cup sugar, and margarine in a 13x9x2" pan. Press firmly into the bottom of the pan to create a crust. Refrigerate. Beat cream cheese and remaining 1/4 cup sugar in a bowl until smooth. Stir in 1/2 of the Cool Whip. Spread over crust. Stir boiling water into Jello in bowl for 2 minutes or until completely dissolved. Mix cold water and ice cubes together to make 1-1/2 cups. Stir ice water into Jello until thickened. Remove any remaining ice. Spoon Jello over cream cheese layer. Refrigerate 3 hours or until firm. Spread remaining Cool Whip over Jello layer. Sprinkle with remaining cookie crumbs. Decorate as a "graveyard" by poking sandwich cookies on end into the dessert. Decorate the cookies as tombstones with the decorator icing. Scatter candy corn and pumpkins around on the surface |