Easy No Bake Layered Lush Dessert Recipe
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This delicious lush dessert is an easy no bake dessert idea. Made with layers of cookies, pudding and whipped cream, this lovely layered dessert is creamy, flavorful and delicious.
Perfect for any occasion, from summer gatherings to cozy summer evenings, this easy no bake layered dessert will soon become a favorite part of your recipe collection.
This green dessert is fun for St. Patrick’s Day too because of its color. It’s one of our easy dessert recipes you will want to bookmark for later.
Why Try This Recipe
Creamy and Delicious. This easy dessert is creamy and delicious. It is cool and refreshing and great as a picnic or potluck dessert.
Easy to Prepare. This simple no bake dessert is great when you don’t feel like baking. It is so easy to make with simple ingredients.
Fun and Festive. The fun colorful layers add a fun and festive touch.
Customizable: Feel free to experiment with variations, such as adding chocolate curls, chocolate chips, or even a layer of chopped nuts spread for a personalized touch.
For more chocolate mint treats, be sure to try my Grasshopper Cookies, Grasshopper Pie and Grasshopper Martini Cocktail.
Lush Ingredients
- Oreo cookies (pulsed to crumbs in the food processor), plus extra crushed oreos for topping- optional
- melted butter
- cream cheese
- powdered sugar
- whipped topping such as cool whip
- milk
- vanilla instant pudding mix
- mint extract
- Green gel food coloring
- whipped cream and maraschino cherries for topping, optional
See recipe card for quantities.
Substitutions & Variations
You can easily change up this dessert by using pistachio pudding or chocolate pudding.
How to Make Lush Dessert
Step 1 – Preheat oven and in a large bowl, mix melted butter and cookie crumbs.
Step 2 – Spread cookie crust into baking dish.
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Step 3 – Prepare cream cheese in bowl. Beat the cream cheese and powdered sugar together, until smooth.
Step 4 – Spread into pan on top of cookie crust.
Step 5 – In a separate bowl, mix pudding mix, mint extract.
Step 6 – Add green food coloring and blend.
Spread mixture over whipped cream layer and top with crushed oreos.
Top with whipped cream and add a maraschino cherry.
Storage
Store the wet ingredients (lettuce, tomato, onion) separately from the dry ingredients (buns) in the fridge, and recombine when ready. Good for 2-3 days.
These ingredients do/don’t stand up well to freezing for X days/weeks/months.
Timesaving Pro Tips
- Be sure to use room temperature cream cheese for easy blending.
- Use fresh lime zest for the best citrus flavor.
- Allow the dessert to chill thoroughly for optimal texture and flavor.
- Refrigerating each layer before adding the new layer will help you spread the new layer without disturbing the old. However, you will still need to be careful. I recommend placing spoonfuls of the new layer all over the top so that you don’t have to do as much actual spreading.
- Store in the refrigerator in an airtight container.
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Lush Dessert
Ingredients
- 36 Oreo cookies pulsed to crumbs in the food processor, plus extra crushed oreos for topping- optional
- 1 stick butter melted
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 16 ounces cool whip divided
- 3 cups milk
- 3 3 oz. boxes vanilla instant pudding mix
- 1 tsp. mint extract
- Green gel food coloring
- Optional- whipped cream and maraschino cherries for topping
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
- In a medium mixing bowl, fold together the crushed oreos and melted butter until well combined.
- Spray a 9×13 inch baking dish with non-stick spray, or line with parchment.
- Press the Oreo mixture into the bottom of the baking dish.
- Bake for 8 minutes, and then move the pan onto a cooling rack to cool completely.
- Once cooled, in a mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese and powdered sugar together, until smooth.
- Mix in 8 ounces of the cool whip, and mix until well combined.
- Add this mixture to the baking dish by dropping by large spoonfuls, then carefully spread into an even layer.
- For the green layer, in a large mixing bowl, whisk together instant pudding mixes and milk.
- Add the mint extract, and green food coloring, and mix until well combined.
- Add the cool whip, and mix again, until there are no streaks. Add more green food coloring, if needed, to get the perfect shade of mint green.
- Add this over the white layer by dropping by large spoonfuls, and smooth out evenly.
- Chill the lasagna dessert in the refrigerator, or freeze, 6 hours, or over night.
- If freezing, set out about 45 minutes before serving.
- Before serving, sprinkle the lasagna with crushed Oreos, and if desired, add whipped cream and a maraschino cherry for the perfect shamrock shake look.
Notes
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- Be sure to use room temperature cream cheese for easy blending.
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- Use fresh lime zest for the best citrus flavor.
- Store in the refrigerator in an airtight container.
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Very easy to make and tasty too.