Graveyard Gelatin Dessert

Submitted by looneytunesfan

"Have fun with your kids making this spooky Halloween treat."

 

• Ready In: 3hrs 30mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 15

ingredients

• 414.03 ml chocolate wafers, finely crushed and divided
• 59.14 ml sugar
• 73.94 ml butter or 73.94 ml margarine, melted
• 226.79 g package Philadelphia Cream Cheese, softened
• 226.79 g container Cool Whip Topping, thawed, divided
• 473.18 ml boiling water
• 2 (170.09 g) package orange gelatin
• ice cube
• 118.29 ml cold water
• 3 vanilla cream-filled sandwich style cookies
• decorator sugar
• cake decorating gel
• 10 candy corn
• 3 pumpkin decorative candies

directions

1. MIX 1-1/2 cups of the wafer crumbs, sugar and butter in 13x9-inch pan. Press firmly onto bottom of pan. Refrigerate until ready to use.
2. BEAT cream cheese in medium bowl until well blended. Gently stir in 1/2 of the whipped topping. Spread evenly over crust.
3. STIR boiling water into gelatin in medium bowl 2 minutes until completely dissolved. Add enough ice cubes to cold water to measure 1-1/2 cups. Add to gelatin, stirring until slightly thickened. Remove any unmelted ice. Spoon slightly thickened gelatin over cream cheese layer.
4. REFRIGERATE 3 hours or until firm.
5. SPREAD remaining whipped topping over gelatin just before serving. Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup wafer crumbs over whipped topping. Decorate sandwich cookies with icings to make "tombstones." Stand tombstones on top of dessert with candies to resemble a graveyard. Cut into 15 squares. Store leftover dessert in refrigerator.