Lemon Cheesecake Bars

FB Source: Carl Barbaro

ORIGINAL Source: Very Best Baking

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, at room temperature
2 large eggs
2/3 cup (5 fl.-oz. can) NESTLÉ® CARNATION® Evaporated Milk
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 Tbsp all-purpose flour
1 Tbsp lemon juice
2 tsp grated lemon peel
1 tsp yellow food coloring (optional)
1 cup whipped cream or cool whip for top

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350° F.
2. Combine flour and powdered sugar in medium bowl. Cut in butter with pastry blender or two knives until crumbly. 
3. Press onto bottom and 1-inch up sides of ungreased 13 x 9-inch baking pan. 
4. BAKE for 25 minutes.
5. Place cream cheese, eggs, evaporated milk, granulated sugar, flour, lemon juice, lemon peel and food coloring in blender container; cover. Blend until smooth. Pour into partially baked crust.
6. Bake for additional 15 minutes or until set. Cool in pan on wire rack. 
7. Spread whipped cream over top; refrigerate. 
8. Cut into bars. Garnish as desired.

Paula Deen's "Not Yo' Mama's Banana Pudding"

FB Source: OMG I Gotta Try That

ORIGINAL Source: Food Network

Ingredients:

2 bags Pepperidge Farm Chessmen Cookies OR 2 bags Vanilla Wafers
6 to 8 bananas, sliced
2 cups whole milk
1 (5 oz.) box instant French Vanilla pudding
1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese
1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
1 (12 oz.) container frozen whipped topping thawed, or equal amount sweetened whipped cream

Directions:

1. Line the bottom of a 13x9 inch dish with 1 bag of cookies and layer bananas on top.
2. Bowl 1- Combine the milk and pudding mix and blend well using a handheld electric mixer.
3. Bowl 2- Combine the cream cheese and condensed milk together and mix until smooth.
4. Fold the whipped topping into the cream cheese mixture.
5. Add the cream cheese mixture to the pudding mixture and stir until well blended.
6. Pour the mixture over the cookies and bananas and cover with the remaining cookies. 
7. Refrigerate until ready to serve!

Pumpkin Chiffon Pie

FB Source:  Stacie Allred and Now You Can Pin It

Years ago, I made a wonderfully light pumpkin pie. It was so delicious and NOT heavy, like pumpkin pie normally CAN be.

I believe that it was this recipe, because I remember using the Knox gelatin.

Try this when you're celebrating Thanksgiving and Christmas this year. ;)

Lemon Crinkle Cookies

FB Source: Theresa Coutain

Ingredients:
1 box lemon cake mix (any kind)
1 egg, lightly beaten
2 cups Cool Whip, thawed (8 ounce container)
½ to 1 cup powdered sugar

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. In a large bowl, combine cake mix, egg, and Cool Whip. The batter will be sticky!
3. Form dough into tablespoonfuls and roll in powdered sugar.
4. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, until the edges are golden. Allow to cool 1 minute on baking sheet; then remove.

These cookies use only four ingredients, and mix up in less than 5 min.
Seriously awesome. Even better, they use no oil or butter. I know, you might be a little skeptical, too. But these are simply the lightest, softest, yummiest cookies ever.

Stacie says: "I'm not into gimmicks. The real title of the posted recipe is 'Low Fat Crinkle Cookies', but there's nothing low-fat about these, when you consider the Cool Whip in this recipe. And for them to say that it doesn't call for oil or butter, umm, let me refer you again to the Cool Whip. Not that it's a fat or butter, but the first two ingredients on MY Cool Whip tub in the fridge are: Skim Milk, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (Coconut and Palm Kernel Oil). So, again, low-fat? I don't think so. But, hopefully, they're still yummy!! ;)As for vilifying fats, well, we should be more worried about calories than the fats."

Quick Black Forest Torte

FB Source: Yummy Tasty Recipes

Ingredients:
4 cups mini-marshmallows
1 chocolate cake mix
1 can cherry pie filling
1 large container of Cool Whip (or 2 cups whipping cream)

Directions:

1. Pour four cups of mini-marshmallows into a greased 9x13 inch cake pan.
2. Prepare chocolate cake mix according to directions on package. Pour over marshmallows.
3. Spoon cherry pie filling evenly over cake.
4. Bake at 350 degrees F for about 50 minutes...or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
5. Cool.
6. Top with whipped topping. (If using whipping cream, whip 2 cups of cream with 3 Tablespoons sugar and 2 teaspoons vanilla until almost ready to form peaks.)

Serves 15.

If you need to make a great dessert in a pinch here is a good one that always ends up all gone before you turn around..

Butterfinger Pie

FB Source: Tiffany Key

Ingredients:
6 (2 1/8 ounce) Butterfinger candy bars, crushed
8 oz package cream cheese
12 oz carton Cool Whip
1 graham cracker crust

Directions:

1. Mix first three ingredients together.
2. Put it in pie crust.
3. Chill.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Eclair Cake

FB Source: Pampered Chef with Cathy Zastoupil

Ingredients:

Cake:

1 box chocolate graham crackers
2 - 3 1/4 oz. packages instant vanilla pudding
1 C creamy peanut butter
3 1/2 C milk
1 - 8 oz. contain Cool Whip, thawed

Frosting:
1/2 C. semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted
2 Tbsp melted butter
2 Tbsp white corn syrup
1/2 C powdered sugar
2-3 Tbsp milk

Directions:

Cake:

1. Spray the bottom of a 9x13 inch cake pan with cooking spray.
2. Place one layer of graham crackers on the bottom, cutting to completely cover the bottom.
3. In mixing bowl mix the pudding, peanut butter and milk with electric mixer. Mix for 2 minutes. Fold in the Cool Whip. 
4. Spread half the pudding mix on top of the first layer of crackers. Place a second layer of graham crackers on top. Spoon the remaining pudding mix on 2nd layer of crackers. Finish with a third layer of graham crackers. 
5. Spread frosting on top of the last layer of graham crackers all the way to the edge. Place in the fridge overnight so that the crackers become soft and moist.
6. Slice and serve. Garnish with peanut butter cups if desired.

Frosting:
In small mixer bowl combine all ingredients and beat until smooth.

Stacie says: "This pic looks like they may have used chocolate graham crackers instead of the original flavor."

Frozen S'mores

FB Source: Pampered Chef with Cathy Zastoupil

Ingredients:
18 graham cracker squares (9 sheets or about 1 1/2 cups)
1/3 c. butter
1/2 c. milk chocolate chips
1/4 c. whipping cream
2 c. mini marshmallows
1 1/2 c. cold milk
1 box (4 servings, 3.9 oz) instant chocolate pudding
1 (8 oz) container of Cool Whip (thawed in fridge)
1/4 c. mini chocolate chips (as topping)

Directions:

1. Crush graham crackers into fine crumbs.
2. Melt butter and add to graham crackers, mixing until well combined to make crust.
3. Prepare muffin tin by placing disks of parchment paper into the bottom of each cup.
4. Evenly divide crust mixture into all 12 cups, saving about 1/4 cup to use as topping later.
5. Place milk chocolate chips and whipping cream into a small bowl and microwave in 30 second increments, stirring in between, until melted and smooth.Spoon chocolate into a zip top bag, cut a tip off and evenly pipe chocolate into the center of each cup, on top of the crust.
6. Divide Marshmallows among cups.
7. Mix cold milk with pudding on medium speed for 2 minutes. Fold in 1/2 of the Cool Whip container (the rest will be used as topping).
8. Spoon filling into a large zip top bag (and ZIP it or you might have a mess!) Clip a corner off and pipe pudding into each cup evenly. Try to pipe it in between the marshmallows so that the whole cup is filled. I did have a little left over (which was really tasty straight out of the bag!)
9. Use a knife to smooth the tops level with the top of the pan.
10. Freeze for at least a couple of hours.
11. Allow the pan to warm just a bit before popping each dessert cup out. 
12. For topping, I just piped a little bit of the left over Cool Whip on each dessert using a decorating tip. Then I sprinkled the remaining crust and mini chocolate chips on top.
13. Serve cold right away– or put them in a sealed container and freeze until you are ready to serve

Butterfinger Dessert

FB Source: Pampered Chef with Cathy Zastoupil

Ingredients:

1 cup crushed saltines (about 30 crackers)
1/2 cup butter, melted
2 cups cold 2% milk
2 packages (3.4 ounces each) instant vanilla pudding mix
4 cups butter pecan ice cream, softened
1 carton (8 ounces) frozen whipped topping, thawed
1 Butterfinger candy bar (2.1 ounces), chopped

Directions:

1. In a large bowl, combine the cracker crumbs and butter. Pat three-fourths of the mixture into an ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. dish. Cover and refrigerate.
2. In a large bowl, whisk milk and pudding mixes for 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in ice cream until blended. Spread over crust. Spread whipped topping over pudding layer.
3. In a small bowl, combine chopped candy bar and remaining crumb mixture; sprinkle over whipped topping. Cover and freeze for at least 2 hours. Yield: 12-15 servings.

*Courtesy tasteofhome.com

Layered Pumpkin Cake with Caramel and Pecans

FB Source: Chef Ron Lock

Source: https://www.facebook.com/TheChefRonLock

Ingredients:
1 pkg (2-layer size) yellow cake mix
1 can (15 oz.) pumpkin, divided - 100% pumpkin, not pumpkin pie filling
1/2 cup milk
1/3 cup oil
4 eggs
1-1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice, divided
1 pkg. (8 oz.) Cream Cheese, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tub (8 oz.) whipped topping, thawed
1/4 cup caramel ice cream topping
1/4 cup chopped Pecans

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F
2. BEAT cake mix, 1 cup pumpkin, milk, oil, eggs and 1 tsp. spice in stand mixer, or, beat in a large bowl with a hand mixer. 
3. Pour into 2 greased and floured 9-inch round pans.
4. Put the cake pans in the oven and bake for 28 to 30 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool cakes in pans 10 min. Remove the cakes from the pans and transfer to wire racks to completely cool.
5. BEAT cream cheese in medium bowl with hand mixer, or stand alone mixer, until creamy. Add in the sugar, remaining pumpkin and spice; mix well. Gently stir in the whipped topping. 
6. Cut each cake layer horizontally in half with serrated knife; stack on serving plate, spreading cream cheese filling between layers, leaving top layer unfrosted. Do not frost the top layer!
7. Drizzle with caramel topping just before serving; top with nuts. Refrigerate any leftovers.

(This cake is a total show stopper. The mixed flavors and textures pecans, caramel and cream cheese make this one of best pumpkin recipes of all time! Enjoy!)

Italian No Bake Cake

FB Source: Darla Fogle Braden

By Sylvia Gonzales

Ingredients:
1 Box of Vanilla Wafers
1 Can of Crushed Pineapples with Juice
1/4 cup Lemon Juice
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 package of coconut
1 (8oz) Container Cool Whip
1 small jar of cherries
1 cup of pecans (optional)

Directions:

1. Layer the bottom of dish with Vanilla Wafers.
2. Mix in a bowl the lemon juice and condensed milk, then add the pineapples and mix all together.
3. Pour this over the vanilla wafers in the dish.
4. Add another layer of the Vanilla Wafers on top of the pineapple mix.
5. Then top with cool whip, and coconut and cherries. Refrigerate overnight. Serve and Enjoy!

Note: You can replace coconut with pecans if you'd like.

This NO BAKE CAKE is like heaven in your mouth!!! It's just that good!!! And you don't even have to turn on the oven to make it!! Easy and Delicious is always the best!!! Your going to want to share this one!! 

Pistachio Pudding Dessert

FB Source: Alisha Hebden

Original Source: http://todaysmybestcreativeday.blogspot.com/2009/03/pistachio-pudding-dessert.html

Ingredients:
Pie crust:
1 stick butter
1 cup flour
1 cup chopped walnuts

Layer 1:
1 cup powdered sugar
1 (8oz) cream cheese
1 cup cool whip

Layer 2:
2 regular sized pkgs instant pistachio pudding mix
3 cups milk

Topping:
cool whip
chopped almonds

Directions:

1. Mix butter, flour, nuts; press into 9x13 inch pan. Bake 350 for 20 min. Cool.
2. Mix powdered sugar, cream cheese and cool whip; spread on cooled crust.
3. Beat together pudding mix and milk until thick. Spread on cream cheese layer and top with a layer of cool whip and chopped nuts. Refrigerate.

Cookies and Cream Trifle

FB Source: Stacie Allred (via a newspaper from the mid-90s)

Ingredients:
2 small pkgs (4 serving size) Instant Chocolate Pudding
4 C Milk
8 oz Cream Cheese, softened
2 3oz packages of Ladyfingers
32 Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
12 oz Whipped Topping

Directions:

1. Beat softened cream cheese in a large mixing bowl until smooth.
2. Add in the chocolate pudding mixes and 3 cups of milk and mix on low speed until mixed thoroughly. (It's okay if small bits of cream cheese remain.)
3. If they aren't already (mine are), split the lady fingers in half, lengthwise. Place half of one package on the bottom of your trifle bowl, cut side up.
4. Slowly drizzle 1/4 cup of milk over the the lady fingers to moisten. (As a general rule, I just pour 1 tsp of milk over each individual ladyfinger.)
5. Spread 1/4 of the pudding mixture over the ladyfingers.
6. Spread 1/4 of the whipped topping over the pudding layer.
7. Chop 8 cookies and sprinkle over the whipped topping.
8. Repeat the layers 3 more times, beginning with the ladyfingers and ending with crushed cookies on top.
9. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 6-8 hours.

Optional: garnish with extra cookies.

Other variations we have tried (or WANT to try):

• Mint cookies and mint chocolate pudding mix - tried successfully
• Colored Oreos (when they color the cream filling) is fun at Halloween (orange) and Christmas time (red/green) - tried successfully
• Peanut butter Oreos and add a little bit of peanut butter to the pudding mixture - want to try

Cookies and Cream Goodness

FB Source: Dawn W Hapney

Ingredients:
1 bag Oreos, crushed
8oz cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup butter 
1 cup powdered sugar
3 cups milk
2 small boxes instant vanilla pudding
1/2 tsp vanilla
12 oz Cool Whip, thawed

Directions:

1. Cream together cream cheese, butter, powered sugar and vanilla.
2. In separate bowl mix milk & pudding chill until set.
3. Fold in cool whip after pudding has set. 
   Add in the cream cheese mixture.
4. Layer with Oreos.
5. Chill until ready to serve.

Pumpkin Crunch Dessert

Carlene MeyersHillbilly Recipes.

Ingredients:
Pumpkin Base:

4 eggs
3 cups (not cans) of canned pumpkin-just plain pumpkin, not the spiced canned pumpkin
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 tsp salt
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp gound cloves
3 1/3 cups evaporated milk

Other Ingredients:

1 box of white cake mix
1/2 cup melted butter
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
Whipped topping to serve with

Directions:

1. Mix Pumpkin Base ingredients in order given.
2. Spray 9x13" pan with Pam and pour pumpkin mixture in.
3. Sprinkle cake mix evenly over the top. Drizzle melted butter on top.
   Note: It will spill easily, so be careful when you pick up the dish to put in the oven-I learned this the hard way. 
4. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 50 minutes. Sprinkle walnuts over the top, then bake 10 more minutes, 1 hour total.

Don't forget to serve with whipped topping!!!

Note: when I buy the ingredients for this recipe, 1 large can of pumpkin is enough, and I buy 2 large cans and 1 small can of the evaporated milk.

I don't have a pic of my own, but the pic here is what it looks like. Great at Thankgiving. I'm not a fan of pumpkin pie, but I love this. This is a recipe from my stepmother. 

Holy Cow Cake

Now You're Cook'in

Ingredients:
Chocolate Cake Mix (your preference), baked as directed
14 oz. can of sweetened condensed milk
8 oz. jar of caramel topping
4-5 Butterfingers candy bars, crushed
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
12 oz. Cool Whip

Directions:

1. Prepare and bake cake as directed on package.
2. Meanwhile, blend caramel and sweetened condensed milk.
3. After removing cake from oven, use a skewer or fork to poke holes into the top of the cake.
4. Pour caramel mixture over cake.
5. Crush candy bars and sprinkle half of them over the warm cake. Chill.
6. Stir cream cheese and Cool Whip together until blended well. Spread over cooled cake.
7. Sprinkle with remaining candy.

No-Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake

Tanisha Durden

Ingredients:

Crust:

1 sleeve graham crackers (about 9 crackers)
½ stick (4 tablespoons) butter, melted
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons brown sugar

Filling:
8-ounce package cream cheese, softened to room temperature
15-ounce can pumpkin puree
3 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1-ounce package cheesecake-flavored instant pudding mix
14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk
12-ounce container frozen whipped topping, plus extra for garnish if desired

Directions:

1. Place the graham crackers in the bowl of a food processor and pulse the crackers into fine crumbs.
2. Add the melted butter, sugar and brown sugar and pulse until combined.
3. Spoon the crumbs into individual 9-ounce plastic cups (or other individual sized cups for serving). Place in the refrigerator to set while you are preparing the filling.
4. In the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese until light and creamy.
5. Add the pumpkin, pumpkin pie spice, and pudding mix and beat until completely mixed, scraping down the sides and bottom of the bowl to ensure that all ingredients are well combined.
6. Add the sweetened condensed milk and mix again until well combined.
7. Change your stand mixture attachment to the wire whisk. On slow speed, fold in the tub of whipped topping until well combined.
8. Allow the mixture to sit in the refrigerator for about an hour to firm up.
9. Using a large pastry bag with a large tip, or a spoon, top the graham cracker crust in each cup with the pumpkin mixture and refrigerate until ready to serve.
10. Garnish with additional whipped topping if desired.

Frozen Peanut Butter Cheesecake

FB Source: Rachael Lynn LaPlant-Avon Rep

Ingredients:
6 Tbsp butter
1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 1/2 cups crispy rice cereal
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 cup sweetened condensed milk
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1 tsp vanilla
2 Tbsp lemon juice
1 cup frozen whipped topping, thawed
2 Tbsp hot fudge sauce
2 Tbsp creamy peanut butter

Directions:

1. In a medium microwave safe bowl, melt butter and chocolate chips in the microwave for about a minute or until melted. Stir together until combined. Add crispy rice cereal and stir well to coat.
2. Press into the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch springform pan. You could use a pie pan but I've found that a springform pan is much easier when it comes to removing slices. Place in the freezer to chill while you make the filling (about 10 minutes).
3. In a large bowl beat cream cheese until fluffy. Add the sweetened condensed milk and peanut butter and mix until thoroughly combined.
4. Add vanilla and lemon juice and mix until combined.
5. Gently fold in the whipped topping. Pour filling into the prepared crust.
6. Heat fudge and peanut butter in two small separate bowls for 20-30 seconds or until warm. Drizzle over filling.
7. Freeze for 4-6 hours or until pie is firm. Remove the cheesecake from the freezer about 10 minutes before serving to make cutting easier. Garnish with peanut butter and chocolate candy bars

Pumpkin Cheesecake Pie

Not Just a Mom DIY

Ingredients:
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 eggs
1 (9 inch) prepared graham cracker crust
1/2 cup pumpkin puree
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 pinch ground cloves
1 pinch ground nutmeg
1/2 cup frozen whipped topping, thawed

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
2. In a large bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Blend in eggs one at a time. Remove 1 cup of batter and spread into bottom of crust; set aside.
3. Add pumpkin, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg to the remaining batter and stir gently until well blended. Carefully spread over the batter in the crust.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until center is almost set.
5. Allow to cool, then refrigerate for 3 hours or overnight. Cover with whipped topping before serving.

Stacie says: The picture shows a prepared crust, not the graham cracker crust called for in the recipe. I'm sure that a prepared crust would work just fine. But I don't have any information on how long you would bake the crust prior to adding the filling and baking the entire pie. 

Pumpkin Better Than Almost Anything Cake

Jennifer Severa

Ingredients:
1 box yellow cake mix
15 oz. can pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie mix)
14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
8 oz. tub cool whip
½ bag Heath Bits
Caramel Sundae Sauce

Instructions:

1. In a large bowl, mix together the cake mix and pumpkin puree until a smooth batter forms.
2. Pour batter into a greased 9×13 baking dish, and bake at 350º, according to the directions on the cake mix box (approx 23-28 mins).
3. Remove cake from oven and let cool for about 10 minutes after baking.
4. Using the end of a wooden spoon to poke holes all over the top of the cake.
5. Pour the sweetened condensed milk over the cake. This should fill in the holes and soak into the cake.
6. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
7. Remove cake from refrigerator and spread cool whip over top of cake. Sprinkle on the heath bits, and drizzle caramel over top. (I didn’t think the cake needed a lot of caramel at this point so I only used about ¼ of the jar. I thinned it out first by heating it in the microwave.)
8. Refrigerate for 3-4 hours, or overnight.

Stacie says: "I changed the title to make it a little more 'friendly' for families, friends, search engines, and the like. Some people call these cakes 'Better Than S*x' cakes. However, I prefer the title listed above. :)"

Also, in the CHOCOLATE version of this cake, after you spread the Sweetened Condensed Milk over the cake, you follow with the Caramel or Hot Fudge sauce, let THAT sit in the fridge for an hour or two, and THEN you add the Cool Whip.