Mississippi Mud Pie

Ingredients

• 2 Tbsp butter melted
• 8 oz philadelphia cream cheese softened
• 3.9 oz jell-o chocolate flavor pudding instant
• 1.8 cups milk cold
• 0.5 cup planters pecans finely chopped
• 0.8 cup powdered sugar 
• 0.8 cup vanilla wafers crushed
• 1.5 cups cool whip whipped topping divided thawed

Equipment

• bowl
• oven
• whisk
• blender

Directions

1. Heat oven to 375F.
2. Mix wafer crumbs, nuts and butter; press onto bottom and up side of 9-inch pie plate.
3. Bake 10 min.; cool.
4. Beat cream cheese and sugar in medium bowl with mixer until well blended. Gently stir in 1 cup COOL WHIP; spread onto bottom of crust. Beat pudding mix and milk with whisk 2 min.; spoon over cream cheese layer.
5. Refrigerate several hours or until firm. Top with remaining COOL WHIP just before serving.