Pistachio Frozen Dessert

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 70 ritz crackers, crushed
• 5/8 cup margarine or 5/8 cup butter, melted
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)
• 2 (3 ounce) packages instant pistachio pudding mix
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1/2 gallon vanilla ice cream, softened
• 1 jar of mrs. richards chocolate fudge topping
• 1 (8 ounce) carton cool whip, thawed

Recipe

• 1 mix crushed crackers with melted margarine and nuts.
• 2 reserve some for topping.
• 3 pat in a 9x13 pan.
• 4 bake at 325 for 10 minutes or golden brown.
• 5 when cool, mix pudding, milk and softened ice cream together.
• 6 mix well.
• 7 pat into baked crust.
• 8 put into freezer to freeze.
• 9 when frozen, add a jar of mrs.
• 10 richards ice cream topping (might have to melt it a little to get it all out of jar and/or to spread around the ice cream layer.) when the chocolate is on then put back into freezer.
• 11 when frozen, add cool whip and add the remaining cracker mixture on top of cool whip and put back into freezer.
• 12 when ready to serve, set the pan out a few minutes before cutting into.
• 13 enjoy!