Peanut Butter ~ Chocolate Mousse

So here it is, my first of hopefully many recipes to share with you!  This is something that I plan to do in 2013 is cook/bake more here at home for the family!  This was a super fun project that turned out to be a scrumptious hit Christmas evening for the entire family!

Peanut Butter ~ Chocolate Mousse (serves 12)

Ingredients: 1 qt. frozen chocolate yogurt softened ; 1 (3 1/2-oz. package of butterscotch pudding mix; 2 cups chunky peanut butter; 16oz whipped topping 2 (2.1-oz. butterfingers bars)

1. Combine yogurt, pudding mix, peanut butter and whipped topping in a large bowl; mix quickly (so that yogurt remains frozen)
2. Spoon yogurt mixture into a medium bowl; smooth top evenly with a spatula.  Or, you can do like I did and spoon into individual servings ~ jars, dishes, foil muffin tops cup liners etc…
3. Place candy bars in a re-sealable plastic bag; crush with a rolling pin.  Sprinkle crushed candy evenly over the yogurt mixture.
4. Freeze until mousse is firm (about 1 hour) Keep frozen until ready to serve. 

*make 24 hours ahead ~ mixture will tasty up to three days

*for a richer variation, substitute ice cream for frozen yogurt

We all know, half the fun is the packaging ~ so I bundled the individual servings up with twine, stamped some fun winter words and adorned them with bells and birds…

 

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