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We’re back with our final recipe for Valentine’s Parfait Week! If you missed the other recipes, you can see them here.
This parfait is all about decadence. Chocolate. Cheesecake. And oreos. Layers upon layers of layers. Kind of like this fun parfait!
I am a chocolate girl through and through, and I am guessing a lot of you are chocolate fantastics too, otherwise you’d probably be looking at citrus or paleo recipes instead. (Just teasing, my paleo friends!)
But there is just something special about hardcore chocolate lovers (hi self!) … we appreciate chocolate in all its forms. We drool over decadent chocolate desserts. And the best part? We like to push the chocolate envelope.
To us, the more chocolate that is contained in one dessert, the better. Sure, we like candy bars, and we like chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting, but if you give us a chocolate dessert with like 6 layers, the tiny person inside our brains who is in charge of our happy center does flips.. for days. :)
So my chocolate loving friends, I’m going to tell you what’s in this parfait, because friends don’t keep delicious recipes from friends.
There are oreos crumbs, marshmallows, homemade oreo fluff, rich chocolate cheesecake, a dollop of cool whip and it’s all topped off with an oreo.
I am 100% convinced that oreos are like food’s version of the diamond. Everyone likes diamonds and everyone likes oreos. If only I could trade my oreo parfaits for diamonds..
For a step-by-step of how to make this over the top oreo parfait recipe, watch this short video:
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Over the Top Chocolate Cheesecake Oreo Parfaits
Equipment
- Rolling Pin
Ingredients
- 1 ½ sleeves oreos, crushed for the bottom of the parfaits
- 1 handful mini marshmallows per parfait
- cool whip, to top each parfait
- oreo, to top each parfait
Oreo Fluff
- 1 box white chocolate pudding
- 2 cups (473ml) milk
- 1 sleeve crushed oreos
- 4 oz (113g) cool whip
Chocolate Cheesecake Filling
- ½ cup (118ml) heavy cream
- 12 oz (340g) chocolate chips
- 8 oz (226g) cream cheese, room temperature
Instructions
- Crush 2 & 1/2 sleeves of Oreos. I like to stick the oreos in a ziploc bag and crush them using my rolling pin, they don’t necessarily have to be oreo crumbs, but not large chunks. Set aside.1 1/2 sleeves oreos
To make the oreo fluff
- Combine 1 box of white chocolate pudding mix with 2 cups of milk. Beat using an electric mixture until smooth and combined with pudding.1 box white chocolate pudding, 2 cups (473ml) milk
- Allow the pudding to set in the fridge for 10 minutes.
- Once set, take half of the crushed oreos and half a container of cool whip and mix them into the white chocolate pudding until combined. Return the oreo fluff to the fridge until needed.cool whip, 1 sleeve crushed oreos
To make the chocolate cheesecake
- In a small saucepan over low heat, combine the chocolate chips and heavy cream. Stir occasionally, until the chips are melted and smooth. This may take up to 10 minutes, but keep the heat on low or a little higher than low.12 oz (340g) chocolate chips, 1/2 cup (118ml) heavy cream
- Once melted, remove the pan from the heat and allow it to cool on the counter for 10 minutes.
- Once the chocolate is cool, combine the melted chocolate and softened cream cheese in a mixing bowl. Beat using an electric mixer until the mixture is smooth and no lumps remain.8 oz (226g) cream cheese
To assemble the parfaits
- Put 3 tbsp of oreo crumbs in the bottom of each parfait glass. Place a handful of mini marshmallows on top of the oreo layer. Next, add about 3 spoonfuls of oreo fluff to each glass, use the spoon to smooth the oreo fluff into an even layer. On top of the oreo fluff add a layer of chocolate cheesecake filling, using about 3 spoonfuls, then use the spoon to smooth the cheesecake filling into an even layer. Top the parfaits with cool whip. I like to transfer the cool whip into a piping bag and pipe the cool whip on top of each parfait. Top each parfait with an oreo.1 handful mini marshmallows per parfait, oreo, 4 oz (113g) cool whip
- Serve and enjoy!
If I make these earlier in the day and store them in the refrigerator until the evening will it still be good or will the marshmallows get soggy?
I think it will be okay!
Hi couldn’t find white chocolate will vanilla pudding work?
Yes!
Well Beth
First I want to say hello! And second my wife is going to love you with this bodacious @ beautiful dessert recipe. Thank you so very much. So here it is two years later and you are still getting discovered!!!
Can I replace the cool whip with homemade whipped cream?
Yes!
When making this dessert what pudding mix do you use?
White chocolate pudding!
I was thinking about making this for a Christmas party but wasn’t sure how portable they will be. What do you think about layering in a pan? Maybe doubling recipe for 9×13?
OH! That could be really delicious!
Can this be made ahead of time and put in the fridge?
Yes!
From what you purchased, did you use one and a half packets (14.3 ounce) of oreos crushed for the base?
Yes – so half of the package!
Can you please put the sizes of packages used? What size box pudding mix? What size Oreo and Coolwhip containers? Thanks.
The entire dessert was delicious. The pudding never set by your instructions. I mixed the pudding mix and milk and set it in the fridge. It never thickened or turned into a pudding texture. I even tried the freezer and that didn’t work. I did look at the directions on the box and those worked. I booked the mixture and it finally turned into the right texture and consistency.