Frozen Cappuccino Bars

flower7's Note:

A co-worker brought this in for my birthday and I had to get the recipe from him because it was delicious! I'm not a coffee drinker so the amount of coffee flavor was perfect for me, but you may want to add more...so feel free to do so! Cooking time is freezing time.

• Total Time: 3 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 12

• 1 (13 ounce) box whole graham crackers (may not use all)
• 16 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 3 1/2 cups cold milk
• 3 (3 1/2 ounce) packages instant chocolate pudding mix
• 1 tablespoon instant coffee
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 8 ounces whipped topping, thawed
• chocolate sprinkles or grated semisweet chocolate bar

Directions:

1. Arrange graham crackers in the bottom of a 13 x 9 pan, breaking crackers to fit if necessary.
2. Beat cream cheese in a large bowl with an electric mixer on low speed until smooth.
3. Beat in 1 cup of the milk.
4. Add remaining milk, pudding mixes, instant coffee and cinnamon.
5. Beat 1 to 2 minutes or until well blended (mixture will be thick).
6. Gently stir in 2 cups of whipped topping.
7. Spread 1/2 of the pudding mixture over the crackers in pan.
8. Arrange more crackers over the pudding or cover the pudding with crushed graham crackers.
9. Top with remaining pudding mixture.
10. Cover with remaining whipped topping.
11. Sprinkle with grated chocolate or sprinkles.
12. Freeze 3 hours or overnight. Let sit out of freezer for 20-30 minutes before serving.

Reviews

[ILoveLucy12]

Love love LOVE this recipe!!! I made it as is and it turned out perfect everyone loved it. I do like it less froen though so I left it out for about 45 minutes.

[Andrea in NH]

Everyone loved these bars. I did double the coffee. I didn't have graham crackers but I did have graham cracker crumbs. I made a crust for the bottom and the just sprinkled some of the crumbs for the middle layer. It still tasted great.

[Marg (CaymanDesigns)]

I love how easy this recipe is to make and yet the results are impressive. Most of us really enjoyed these bars. A few people were put off by the texture because they expected it to be smoother like ice cream. I doubled the coffee & added about 1 tsp. vanilla to make sure it had plenty of flavor. It would be just as good without either though, I think. It works best to let it sit out for at least a half hour before cutting them. Thanks for sharing!