CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Grains		Desserts, Holiday’s	10	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	pk	Instant chocolate pudding; (4 serving size)
1		Container frozen whipped topping; thawed
1	pk	(16 oz) cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies; finely crushed
		Gummy worms and frogs; candy flowers, chopped peanuts, and/or granola for decorartion (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS

Prepare pudding according to the package directions. Allow the pudding to
thicken for 5 minutes, then stir in the whipped topping and half of the
crushed cookies. Place 1 tablespoon of the remaining crushed cookies in
each of ten 9-ounce paper cups. Fill each cup three quarters full with the
pudding mixture, then top with the remaining crushed cookies. Cover and
chill for about 1 hour before serving. Decorate on top of crushed cookies
with gummy worms and frogs, or as desired.
Note: You can crush the cookies by hand or in a food processor. To make
Sand Cups, susbstitue vanilla pudding for the chocolate pudding and a 12
ounce package of cream filled vanilla sandwich cookies or vanilla wafers,
finely crushed, for the chocolate sandwich cookies. Use gummy worms and
sharks and/or chopped peanuts for decoration.
This recipe comes from; Mr. Food® Cool Cravings ISBN 0-688-14579-5
Published in 1997
Recipe by: Mr.Food® (Art Ginsburg) Cool Cravings
Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 562 by PLK1028 <PLK1028@aol.com>
on Jan 19, 1998

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