Hedgehog "Cake"

Name: Hedgehog "Cake"
Ingredients: 1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Neufchatel Cheese, softened; 1-1/2 pkg. (4 oz. each) BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate (6 oz.), broken into pieces, melted; 2 Tbsp. sugar; 1-1/2 cups thawed COOL WHIP LITE Whipped Topping; 18 chocolate chip cookies (2 inch), divided; 2 bars (3.52 oz. each) Swiss milk chocolate nougat bar, broken into triangles; 4 dried apricots; 2 white chocolate chips; 2 pieces shoestring licorice (2-1/2 inch); 1 jelly bean

10 ingredients

11 steps

Ingredients

1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Neufchatel Cheese, softened
1-1/2 pkg. (4 oz. each) BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate (6 oz.), broken into pieces, melted
2 Tbsp. sugar
1-1/2 cups thawed COOL WHIP LITE Whipped Topping
18 chocolate chip cookies (2 inch), divided
2 bars (3.52 oz. each) Swiss milk chocolate nougat bar, broken into triangles
4 dried apricots
2 white chocolate chips
2 pieces shoestring licorice (2-1/2 inch)
1 jelly bean

Directions

1

Beat Neufchatel cheese in large bowl with mixer until creamy.
2

Add melted chocolate and sugar; mix well.
3

Gently stir in COOL WHIP.
4

Reserve 1 Tbsp.
5

Neufchatel cheese mixture for later use; spread small amount of remaining mixture between each of 16 cookies to form 2 logs of 8 cookies each.
6

Place, side-by-side, on platter for the hedgehog's body.
7

Add remaining 2 cookies to 1 end for the face as shown in photo.
8

Cover face and body with remaining Neufchatel mixture.
9

Cut each apricot to resemble a foot with claws; attach to body with reserved Neufchatel cheese mixture.
10

Decorate with remaining ingredients as shown in photograph.
11

Keep refrigerated.