Featured Recipe: Low Sugar Dirt Cake

Ingredients

  • 3 Chocolate graham crackers
  • 1 (3oz) box sugar free chocolate pudding
  • 2 cups skim milk
  • 1 (8oz) package Low-fat cream cheese
  • 1 TB lemon juice
  • ¼-1/3 cup truvia baking blend (sweeten to taste)

Takes , serves 4 .

Instructions

  1. Crush graham crackers into coarse crumbs. In a separate mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, lemon juice, and sweetener together until smooth.
  2. Make pudding according to package directions. Place ½ the graham cracker crumbs in to the bottom of a 4 cup glass mixing bowl.
  3. Place ½ the graham cracker crumbs in to the bottom of a 4 cup glass mixing bowl. Layer ½ of the pudding on top of that, followed by the cream cheese mixture. Smooth out as best you can, but each layer need not be perfect.
  4. Top cream cheese with the other ½ of pudding, then top with remaining graham cracker crumbs.
  5. Serve immediately or within 24 hours. If desired, you can reserve the top layer of graham cracker crumbs until just before serving to preserve their dry, crumbly texture.
  6. Picture shows a glass shot glass with a baby spoon to demonstrate a single serving or dessert shooter option. Each shot glass holds about 2-3 TB.

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