Chocolate Cream Puff Dessert

This yummy dessert is like a giant cream puff turned inside-out. Choux pastry is topped with a vanilla pudding and cream cheese filling, whipped topping and drizzled with chocolate syrup.

Recipe Ingredients:

1/2 cup margarine or butter
1 cup water
1 cup all-purpose flour
4 large eggs
1 (6-ounce) package instant vanilla pudding
3 cups milk
1 (8-ounce) cream cheese, softened
1 (8-ounce) Cool Whip, thawed
Hershey's chocolate syrup

Cooking Directions:

1. Bring margarine and water to a boil. Blend flour in, beating it into a ball. Add eggs one at a time and beat well.
2. Spread mixture into a greased 13x9x2-inch glass pan and bake at 400°F (205°C) for 40 minutes. Cool crust.
3. For Filling: Mix pudding, milk and cream cheese together. Spread over cooled crust. Top with Cool Whip. Drizzle chocolate syrup over the top. Keep refrigerated.

Makes 12 servings.

Recipe provided courtesy of Iowa Egg Council.