NANAIMO MINI BITES

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Provided by My Food and Family

Categories Holiday & Special Occasion Recipes

Time 2h45m

Yield 24 servings

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

1-1/2 pkg. (4 oz. each) BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate (6 oz.), divided
1/4 cup butter, softened, divided
1 cup graham cracker crumbs
1/3 cup flaked coconut
1/3 cup chopped walnut halves
1 egg
1 pkg. (3.4 oz.) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding
1-1/4 cups cold milk
1-1/2 cups (about 1/2 of 8-oz. tub) thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping

Steps:

Heat oven to 350ºF.
Microwave 2 oz. chocolate and 3 Tbsp. butter in large microwaveable bowl on MEDIUM (50%) 2 min. or until butter is melted. Stir until chocolate is completely melted and mixture is well blended. Add graham crumbs, coconut, nuts and egg; mix well.
Press crumb mixture onto bottoms of 24 mini muffin pan cups sprayed with cooking spray, adding about 1 Tbsp. crumb mixture to each cup. Bake 8 min. Cool completely.
Beat pudding mix and milk in medium bowl with mixer until blended. (Pudding will be thick.) Fold in COOL WHIP. Spoon over crusts, adding about 1 Tbsp. pudding mixture to each crust. Smooth tops with back of spoon.
Microwave remaining chocolate and butter in microwaveable bowl on MEDIUM 2 to 3 min. or until butter is melted. Stir until chocolate is completely melted and mixture is well blended. Spread over pudding layers, adding about 1 tsp. chocolate mixture to each cup.
Refrigerate 2 hours or until chilled.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 130, Fat 9 g, SaturatedFat 5 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 15 mg, Sodium 85 mg, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 2 g