Creamy Peanut Delight Dessert

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 (510 g) box devil's food cake mix
• 1/2 cup butter (not melted) or 1/2 cup margarine, softened slightly (not melted)
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 egg
• 3/4 cup chopped peanuts
• 1 1/2 cups peanut butter
• 1 cup powdered sugar (icing)
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 2 1/2 cups milk
• 1 (8 ounce) carton frozen whipped topping, thawed (cool whip is good)
• 1 (135 g) package instant vanilla pudding, 6 serving size
• 1/2 cup chopped peanuts
• grated milk chocolate (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 set oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease (bottom only) of a 13" x 9" baking pan.
• 3 for the bottom: combine all crust ingredients, and mix until well blended.
• 4 spread into prepared baking pan.
• 5 bake for 20-25 minutes (don't overbake, as it will become hard).
• 6 cool completely.
• 7 for filling: in a medium bowl, combine the 1-1/2 cups peanut butter with the 1 cup of powdered sugar on low speed, until crumbly; set aside (these ingredients may be cut in half to 3/4 cup peanut butter and 1/2 cup icing sugar, but i prefer to double the recipe) in a large bowl, mix the cream cheese until smooth; add in the milk, thawed whipped topping and the pudding mix; beat for 2 minutes on low speed with a hand mixer until well blended.
• 8 pour half of the mixture over the cooled chocolate base in the pan.
• 9 sprinkle with half of the peanut butter mixture.
• 10 repeat with filling and peanut butter mixture.
• 11 sprinkle with 1/2 cup peanuts, and the grated chocolate.
• 12 refrigerate for 3-4 hours before serving, or freeze.