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Title: Graveyard Dessert
Categories: Halloween Kids Weird Dessert
Yield: 15 Servings
| 2 1/4 | c | Chocolate wafer cookie crumbs; divided |
| 1/2 | c | Sugar; divided |
| 1/2 | c | Parkay spread sticks or butter; melted (1 stick) |
| 1 | pk | Philadelphia cream cheese; softened, (8 oz) |
| 12 | oz | (1 tub) Cool Whip non-dairy whipped topping; thawed |
| 2 | c | Boiling water |
| 1 | pk | Jell-O orange flavor gelatin (8 serving size) |
| 1/2 | c | Cold water |
| Ice cubes | ||
| DECORATIONS | ||
| Assorted rectangular-shaped sandwich cookies | ||
| Decorator icings | ||
| Candy corn | ||
| Candy pumpkins | ||
Mix 2 cups of the cookie crumbs, 1/4 cup of the sugar and melted spread in 13x9-inch pan. Press firmly into bottom of pan. Refrigerate.
Beat cream cheese and remaining 1/4 cup sugar in medium bowl until smooth. Stir in 1/2 of the whipped topping. Spread evenly over crust.
Stir boiling water into gelatin in medium bowl 2 minutes or until completely dissolved. Mix cold water and ice to make 1 1/2 cups. Add to gelatin, stirring until slightly thickened. Remove any remaining ice. Spoon slightly thickened gelatin over cream cheese layer.
Refrigerate 3 hours or until firm. Spread remaining whipped topping over gelatin just before serving. Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup cookie crumbs over whipped topping. Decorate sandwich cookies with icings to make "tombstones." Stand "tombstones" on top of dessert with candies to resemble a graveyard. Cut into squares. Store leftover dessert in refrigerator. Makes 15 to 18 servings.
from Inland Valley Daily Bulletin October 6, 1994 typed by Tiffany Hall-Graham
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