Recently, Handsome and I were invited to a outdoor concert on the beautiful grounds of the Mission, San Juan Capistrano. The very place where the swallow’s return home every March 19th. The band playing was The Fab Four, a Beatles Tribute Band. We have seen them several times, always a great show!
This year, I volunteered to bring dessert for everyone, I wanted to make something that would be easy to transport and something I wouldn’t have to carry a dirty dish or serving utensils back home. The question is… what to make? I remembered a few years back a pudding dessert I had at a friends house. I remembered it had the name “sex” in it. Thank goodness for Pinterest! It actually has several different versions of this dessert.
I decided to take the ingredients I liked from several of the recipes and this is what I came up with:
Ingredients
The Crust
- 1 cup salted peanuts, chopped finely
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 cup softened butter
- 1/4 cup sugar
The Cream Cheese Layer
- 1 8 oz pkg. cream cheese
- 1 cup powder sugar
- 1 cup cool whip
Vanilla Pudding Layer
- jello instant vanilla pudding 5.1 oz
- 2 cups milk ~ instead of package directions
Chocolate Pudding layer
- jello instant chocolate pudding 5.1 oz
- 2 cups milk ~ instead of package directions
Topping Layer
- 2 cups cool whip
- mini chocolate chips
preheat oven to 350 degrees
The Crust
- Spray a 9 x 13 inch baking dish with cooking spray
- In a mixer combine peanuts, flour, butter and sugar until combined
- Place mixture into prepared baking dish and press until even
- Bake for 12-15 minutes depending on your oven. Do not over bake
- Once crust is cooked set it aside to cool completely
The Cream Cheese Layer
- In a mixer combine cream cheese, powdered sugar and cool whip. Mix until combined
The Pudding Layers
- With the vanilla in one bowl and the chocolate in a separate bowl. Mix according to the package instructions, but only use 2 cups of milk for each pudding box.
Assembling the Layers
- Spread the cream cheese mixture over the cooled crust. place in refrigerator for 15 minutes.
- Spread the chocolate layer over the cream cheese layer.
- Spread the vanilla layer over the chocolate layer.
- Top with cool whip and sprinkle with mini chocolate chips.
- Refrigerate for at least 12 hours.
This dessert is usually made in a 9 x 13 pan. If you want to make it in individual servings as I have done, all you need to do is cook the crust the same as the instructions. When the crust is cooled, I took a fork to scrape the crust to crumbly bits and used the crumbly bits in the individual vessels. Then proceeded with directions.
For the concert, I put the dessert in individual clear plastic cups and found corresponding lids at Smart & Final.
When I made this for company at home, I made them in individual mini martini glasses.
**I have tried the recipe with cool whip as well as ready whip. The cool whip holds up far better in this recipe. The whipping cream melts quickly and looks messy.
A huge thank you to Becky & Perry for always making the Fab Four evening under the stars so spectacular!
Now that is a name. I am sure that means this is decadent. it looks like it would be a lot of fun to eat your way through it.
Peter, I know it’s a crazy name, it did get your attention! It is so easy to make and so very delicious.