Peanut Butter-Chocolate Snack Pack Pudding Cup Icebox Cake

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I know Halloween isn’t even here yet, but I’m already starting to try to come up with ways of getting rid of all that leftover candy. And naturally, easy to make desserts are what immediately come to mind.

If you’ve ever read this blog before, you know that I am a big fan of shortcuts. {Some may call me lazy; I prefer to think of myself as efficient.} So I’ve been coming up with some easy, shortcut-laden recipes lately that will use up some of this sugar overload. And let me just tell you: this Peanut Butter-Chocolate Icebox Cake is a winner. 

I realize that in a house with 3 boys, you wouldn’t necessarily think we’d have leftover Halloween candy, but we always do. First of all, we live in a big neighborhood with a ton of houses, so trick-or-treating is always a little out of control. Second, I try to limit the candy intake to a few pieces a day after the Halloween night gorge fest. All of this means that our Halloween candy often ends up  transitioning into Christmas candy.  

This dessert uses a bunch of shortcut ingredients: Nutter Butter cookies, Snack Pack pudding cups, Reddi-Whip, candy bars. And there’s no baking, which is always a positive in my opinion. 

I love using Snack Pack pudding cups for recipes. They’re delicious, easy to use, and have as much calcium as an 8 oz. glass of milk. I picked mine up at Walmart, along with the rest of the ingredients. {Some Walmarts have special Snack Pack displays with a bunch of fun mix-ins!}

To start, mix the contents of one chocolate Snack Pack pudding cup with some softened cream cheese in a large bowl. Once that’s all mixed together, add in the contents of 7 more Snack Pack pudding cups and mix thoroughly. Fold in some Reddi-Whip, and try not to eat the entire bowl of deliciousness yourself. 

Now just start layering!  Start with a bit of pudding mixture in the bottom of the pan, and then do a layer of Nutter Butters. Then more pudding mixture, more Nutter Butters, and the rest of the pudding mixture. 

Now comes the fun part: the candy bars. I used mini peanut butter cups for this one, but you can use whatever you have. Malted milk balls would also be awesome for this. Sprinkle them all over the top, then toss the whole shebang in the fridge overnight.  

That’s when the magic happens. The cookies get all soft and delicious and cake-like. Look at all those yummy layers! So darn good. 

You can even throw some sprinkles or chopped up Halloween Oreos on there when you serve it if you want to be all festive. Go nuts. 

Peanut Butter-Chocolate Icebox Cake

Jennifer Young

This Peanut Butter-Chocolate Pudding Cup Icebox Cake is easy and delicious, and a great way to use up leftover Halloween candy!

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Prep Time 10 mins

Total Time 8 hrs 10 mins

Ingredients

  

• 4 oz cream cheese softened
• 8 chocolate Snack Pack pudding cups
• 3 cups Reddi Whip
• 40 Nutter Butter Cookies
• Oreo cookies peanut butter cups or candy bars, chopped

Instructions

 

• 1. In a large bowl, mix together 4 oz cream cheese and the contents of one pudding cup. Add in contents of remaining 7 pudding cups and mix thoroughly. Gently fold in Reddi Whip.
• 2. Spread approximately 1/2 cup of the pudding mixture in the bottom of a 9"x13" pan. Place one layer of Nutter Butter cookies on top of pudding. Spread half of remaining pudding mixture on top of cookies, being sure to completely cover all of the cookies. Repeat with another layer of Nutter Butters and rest of pudding mixture.
• 3. Sprinkle peanut butter cups, candy bars or Oreos on top of pudding. Cover and refrigerate for at least 8 hours. Cut into squares and serve.

Do you usually have leftover Halloween candy, or do your kids house it all pretty quickly? 

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