Tuesday, September 18, 2018

No-Bake Chocolate Eclair Dessert

No-Bake Chocolate Eclair Cake Image

Photo and Recipe Compliments of: The Kitchen is My Playground

Best made by my talented baking niece - Isabel Clevenger (Isabelly)

No-Bake Chocolate Eclair Dessert

Source: My Mother-in-Law
Ingredients
Filling:
Topping:
  • 1/3 c. unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 c. granulated sugar
  • 1/4 c. milk
  • 1/2 c. butter {1 stick}
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
Directions
  1. FOR THE FILLING:  Combine dry pudding mix and 3 cups milk; beat until well mixed. Stir in Cool Whip.
  2. Place a layer of graham crackers in the bottom of a 9x13" dish. Spread 1/2 of the pudding mixture over the graham crackers. Repeat with another layer of graham crackers and pudding; then top with a final layer of graham crackers.
  3. FOR THE TOPPING:  In a medium-sized saucepan, bring cocoa, milk, and sugar to a full rolling boil; boil about 1 minute, stirring very frequently. Remove from heat and cool one minute. Add butter and vanilla; stir until butter is melted.
  4. Pour chocolate topping over the top layer of graham crackers. Spread evenly to completely cover graham crackers.
  5. Refrigerate over night.

**PLEASE NOTE:  As of October 2016, I have heard from some readers that the size of the pudding package has changed.  CHECK your package size!!  You may need to buy an extra package of pudding to be sure you have a total of 7 ounces of dry pudding mix ... if you don't, the filling may be soupy and not set up.  (Or, you could reduce the amount of milk proportionally to the "new" amount of pudding you have if your packages are smaller ... but then you would have less filling.)

*Isabel's cooking notes: You can barely melt a 16 oz. container of Betty Crocker's Rich and Creamy Milk Chocolate Frosting and achieve a similar and equally yummy topping without all the work.(see Isabel below - so photogenic and beautiful!)