Chocolate Layered Pudding Dessert

• ½ cup (1 stick) butter, softened
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 to 1½ cups Cool Whip
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• Homemade chocolate pudding-recipe on the blog

1. Combine butter, flour, and pecans together and press into a 9 x 13 inch baking pan. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes, then cool.
2. Combine cream cheese, powdered sugar, 1 to 1½ cups Cool Whip, and vanilla extract together. Pour over cooled crust.
3. Make chocolate pudding. Pour over cream cheese layer.
4. Top pudding layer with Cool Whip or homemade whipped cream. I prefer homemade whipped cream. 

Garnish with Hershey's chocolate bar shavings or heath chips for decoration if you want. Chill and keep refrigerated.