#1242 - Mississippi Mud Cake

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 - 15oz. bag Oreo cookies
1/2 cup Parkay margarine OR butter (melted)
1 - 8oz. Philadelphia cream cheese (softened)
1 cup Domino's powdered sugar
1 - 6oz. box Jell-O INSTANT chocolate pudding mix
1 - 6oz. box Jell-O INSTANT vanilla pudding mix
3 cups milk
2 - 8oz. tubs Cool Whip (thawed)

Place the Oreo cookies in a Ziploc bag a few at a time--crush with a rolling pin. Repeat with all cookies--measure 1 cup of the crushed cookies and set aside. Put the rest of the crushed cookies in a bowl with the melted margarine/butter--stir. Press cookie mixture into the bottom of a greased 9 x 13 cake pan. In a mixer add cream cheese and powdered sugar--beat. Add 1 of the Cool Whip tubs--beat. Spread the cream cheese mixture on top of the cookie crust in the cake pan. In a mixer add both chocolate and vanilla pudding mixes and the milk--beat on low until mixed, then beat until it starts to thicken. Add the second tub of Cool Whip to the pudding--beat. Spread the pudding mixture on top of the cream cheese mixture. Sprinkle the reserved cup of cookie crumbs over the top. Refrigerate until cold.