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 inches each); 1 jelly bean

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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 inches each)
1 jelly bean

Directions

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["Beat Neufchatel cheese in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy.", "Add melted chocolate and sugar; mix well.", "Gently stir in whipped topping.", "Remove 1 Tbsp.", "of the Neufchatel cheese mixture for later use; spread small amount of the remaining cream cheese mixture between each of 16 of the cookies to form two logs of 8 cookies each.", "Place logs, side-by-side, on serving platter for the \"hedgehog's body.\""""