If it’s called “Robert Redford” anything then you know it’s bound to be good! I am so glad that Mel decided to spring this delicious dessert upon us. She uses homemade chocolate pudding in her version but I used Jello instant pudding because I was to busy to deal with all of that.
This delicious dessert is wonderful for dinner parties and potlucks.
Ingredients
Crust:
1/2 cup (8 tablespoons) Kerrygold butter, cut into 8 pieces
1 cup Gold Medal flour
1 cup finely chopped or blended chopped pecans or walnuts
Cream Cheese Layer:
1 1/2 cups Domino powdered sugar
12 ounces Philadelphia cream cheese, softened to room temperature
2 cups Borden heavy whipping cream + 1/4 cup powdered sugar
Pudding Layer:
4 cups Jello chocolate pudding
Extra:
Reserved whipped cream and chocolate curls for garnish
Instructions
For the crust, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place the flour in a medium bowl and cut in the butter with a pastry blender or fork until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in the chopped nuts. Press the crust into a 9X13-inch aluminum or glass pan and bake for 8-10 minutes until set. Remove the pan to a wire rack and let it cool completely before proceeding.
For the cream cheese layer, in a medium bowl, combine the heavy whipping cream and 1/4 cup powdered sugar and whip at high speed until stiff peaks form. In another large bowl, whip together the cream cheese and powdered sugar until smooth and creamy. Fold in about 3/4 of the sweetened whipped cream and mix until blended, taking care to mix gently so as not to deflate the whipped cream. Set aside both the cream cheese mixture and the remaining sweetened whipped cream.
To assemble, spread the whipped cream cheese mixture over the cooled crust. Top the cream cheese layer with the chocolate pudding, spreading all the way to the edges of the pan. Top with the remaining sweetened whipped cream. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Cut into slices and top with chocolate curls or shaved chocolate, if desired.
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Quick Tip: Serve this delicious dessert in small slices as it is very rich.
dessert you don’t wanna miss
This is from the sixties and it was called THE NEXT BEST THING TO ROBERT REDFORD.
Yes it is… Thank you.for.knowing the right name
We call this Charlie Brown. Or use butterscotch pudding and it’s Charlie butterscotch. Yummy
I use cool whip in place of whipping cream.. Then I also add a layer of vanilla pudding over the chocolate.I called this the Yummy Yummy Dessert….yes it is!
That is the recipe I have also!!
Used to make it a lot back him the 80’s.Alsso mixed vanilla and chocolate pudding to gether,it sure was good
What is the recipe and does it use pretzels? I used to have this and can’t find it now.
Thank you, Robert Redford!
This the same recipe you use for Chocolate Lush and you can use any flavor of pudding I have had coconut cream only difference in this recipe is the heavy shipping you can us cool whip.