Holiday Chocolate Torte

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 cup pecans, ground
• 1 1/2 cups flour or 1 1/2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs
• 3/4 cup butter or 3/4 cup margarine, melted
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1 cup cool whip, softened
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 2 1/2 cups milk
• 2 (3 1/2 ounce) packages instant chocolate pudding mix
• 1/2 tablespoon powdered instant coffee (heaping)
• 2 cups cool whip (remainder of 8 oz pkg)
• sliced almonds or hazelnuts, to garnish
• grated chocolate, to garnish

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f and grease a 9x13x2-inch pan.
• 2 in small bowl, mix crust ingredients, and press into pan.
• 3 bake until lightly browned (15 minutes).
• 4 cool completely.
• 5 beat ingredients for 1st layer until creamy, and spread over cooled crust.
• 6 combine ingredients for 2nd layer and mix thoroughly.
• 7 spread over cream cheese layer.
• 8 cover with remaining cool whip.
• 9 sprinkle with almonds and chocolate to garnish, and refrigerate until ready to serve.
• 10 to serve, cut torte into bars.