Peanut-Chocolate Mud Pie Squares

Ingredients

• 0.3 cup butter melted
• 8 oz philadelphia cream cheese spread 
• 0.5 cup creamy peanut butter 
• 3.9 oz jell-o chocolate flavor pudding instant
• 1.5 cups milk cold
• 1.7 cups oreo cookies divided crushed finely
• 0.3 cup planters cocktail peanuts coarsely chopped
• 0.3 cup sugar 
• 8 oz cool whip whipped topping divided thawed

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• blender
• plastic wrap

Directions

1. Line 9-inch square pan with plastic wrap, with ends of plastic extending over sides.
2. Mix 1-1/4 cups cookie crumbs and butter; press onto bottom of prepared pan. Refrigerate until ready to use.
3. Beat cream cheese spread, peanut butter and sugar in medium bowl with mixer until blended. Gently stir in 1-1/2 cups COOL WHIP; spread over crust. Top with 1/4 cup of the remaining cookie crumbs.
4. Beat pudding mix and milk in same bowl with mixer on low speed 2 min. Stir in remaining COOL WHIP; spoon over dessert. Top with remaining crumbs and nuts.
5. Freeze overnight.
6. Remove dessert from freezer 20 min. before serving; let stand at room temperature to soften slightly. Use plastic wrap handles to lift dessert from pan before cutting into squares.