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Potted Surprises Who needs a pot of gold with all these cool flowerpot crafts? From "Creative Juice" episode DCRJ-613

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Flowerpot Dirt Dessert

Here’s a recipe that’s truly groundbreaking! We’re getting down and dirty with a delicious dessert bursting with pudding and cookies.

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Flowerpot Dirt Dessert

Ingredients:

1/2 stick butter
1-1/2 lb. package chocolate sandwich cookies
1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese
8 oz. whipped topping
1/2 c. powdered sugar
1-1/2 small packages instant vanilla pudding
2 c. milk
1 new (8"- 9") clay flowerpot (not ceramic or glazed)
small saucer

1. In a large bowl, mix together cream cheese, whipped topping, butter, powdered sugar, pudding and milk with a hand mixer (figure A).

2. Crumble cookies, by hand or in a food processor, or roll fine with a rolling pin, until they are the consistency of dirt (figure B).

Figure A

Figure B

3. Place a saucer in the bottom of the pot to cover the drainage hole (figure C). Spoon layers of cookie crumbs and cream filling in flowerpot, ending with a layer of cookie crumbs (figure D). Chill.

4. Wrap the bottom portion of the artificial flower stems with aluminum foil. To serve, stick the "flowers" in the pot (figure E). Serve with a garden trowel (be sure it's a brand-new one!).

Figure C

Figure D

Figure E

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