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Chocolate Peppermint Bars

Course Dessert

Ingredients

Shortbread Crust

  • 1 Cup Salted Butter
  • 1 Cup Powdered Sugar
  • 2 Cups Flour
  • 1/4 tsp Vanilla Extract

Chocolate Peppermint Filling

  • 5.9 oz box Box Instant Chocolate Pudding
  • 2 Cups Milk
  • 24 oz Cream Cheese softened
  • 1 Cup Powdered Sugar
  • 1 tsp Peppermint Extract
  • 8 oz Cool Whip
  • Chocolate shavings, sprinkles, chocolate chips

Instructions

Shortbread Crust Instructions

  1. Mix ingredients together, press firmly into well greased 9 x 13 pan. Bake at 300° for 35-40 minutes, or until lightly golden brown. [This is my secret, no stick ingredient https://shopstyle.it/l/bawvY]. Cool completely.

  2. Bake at 300° for 35-40 minutes, or until lightly golden brown. Cool Completely.

Filling Instructions

  1. Mix together pudding and milk, refrigerate for 5 - 10 minutes or until set.

  2. While chocolate pudding rests in the refrigerator, mix together Cream Cheese, Powdered Sugar and Peppermint Extract. Stir in pudding.

  3. Pour into cooled crust and refrigerate overnight.

  4. Top with Cool Whip (mix with red or green food coloring if you desire) and top with chocolate shavings, mini chocolate chips, or crushed candy canes.