Chocolate Elegance

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1.5 (12 ounce) packages philadelphia cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 1/2 cups cool whip, divided and thawed
• 6 baker's semi-sweet chocolate, divided
• 1 (4 ounce) package jell-o instant chocolate pudding mix
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/4 cup sliced almonds, toasted

Recipe

• 1 beat cream cheese and sugar with mixer until blended. stir in 1 1/2 cups cool whip; spread 2 cups onto bottom of 8x4 inch loaf pan lined with plastic wrap.
• 2 melt 3 chocolate squares. add to remaining cream cheese mixture along with pudding mix and milk. beat until blended. spread over layer in pan. refrigerate 4 hours.
• 3 glaze:.
• 4 microwave remaining chocolate and cool whip in microwavable bowl on high 1 minute; stir until blended. cool slightly.
• 5 invert dessert onto platter. remove pan and plastic wrap. spread dessert with glaze; top with almonds. refrigerate until glaze is firm.