Desserts

Caramel Apple Dessert Made Over

photo by:kraft

We used better-for-you ingredients to make creamy caramel-vanilla pudding with sweet cream cheese topped with apples and nuts a smart way to serve dessert.

time

prep:

15 min

total:

8 hr 15 min

servings

total:

16 servings

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What You Need

Reduced Fat NILLA Wafers, finely crushed (about 1-1/2 cups)

1/4

cup soft margarine, melted

pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Fat Free Cream Cheese, softened

Tbsp. SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener, Granulated

3-1/4

cups cold fat-free milk, divided

tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Sugar Free Whipped Topping, thawed, divided

pkg. (1 oz. each) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Fat Free Sugar Free Instant Pudding

1/2

cup sugar-free caramel ice cream topping, divided

each red and green apple, chopped

1/4

cup PLANTERS COCKTAIL Peanuts, chopped

Make It

MIX wafer crumbs and margarine; press onto bottom of 13x9-inch pan. Beat cream cheese, SPLENDA® Granulated and 1/4 cup milk with mixer until well blended. Stir in 1 cup COOL WHIP; spread over crust.

BEAT pudding mixes and remaining milk with whisk 2 min. Stir in 1/4 cup caramel topping. Spoon over cream cheese layer; top with remaining COOL WHIP.

REFRIGERATE 8 hours or until firm. Top with apples, nuts and remaining caramel topping just before serving.

SPLENDA is a trademark of McNeil Nutritionals, LLC.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Makeover - How We Did It

We took a favorite recipe and made some simple changes that will save you 140 calories and 9 grams of fat, including 6.5 grams of saturated fat, per serving. We reduced the amount of NILLA Wafers and used margarine instead of butter. In addition, we used fat-free milk, COOL WHIP Sugar Free Whipped Topping, JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Fat Free Sugar Free Instant Pudding and sugar-free caramel ice cream topping instead of full-fat products. These small changes make this dessert better for you without sacrificing the flavor.

Keep Apples from Turning Brown

After cutting the apples, minimize browning by dipping them in 1 cup water mixed with 1 Tbsp. lemon juice before adding to dessert.

Note

Dessert can be stored in refrigerator up to 24 hours before adding toppings just before serving.