Another Cookie Jar First

That's right, I'm posting a recipe. I'm not doing this because I really love cooking and can't wait to share my latest discovery. I'm not doing it because I like to be healthy and hope that others are similarly plighted in finding just the right vegan-organic-cruelty-free-carbon-neutral dinner recipe. Mostly I'm doing this because I've gotten so many requests for the recipe that it's easier to post it than to email it out to everyone. So here it is, transcribed directly from the 3x5 card my mom gave me:

Chocolate Cheesecake

Crust: melt 1 cube margarine int 9x13 pan; add 1 cup flour and 1 cup chopped almonds; mix together and spread with the back of a fork; bake at 350 degrees for 20 mins; cool.

Cream cheese layer: mix together 8 oz. Cool Whip, 1 cup powdered sugar, and 8 oz. cream cheese; spread over crust.

Chocolate layer: mix until thick: 3 1/2 cups cold milk and 2 3.9 oz. instant chocolate pudding; pour over cream cheese.

Topping: spread 8 oz. Cool Whip over chocolate layer; grate Hershey almond bar over top.

Cover and refrigerate overnight. [This part is the kicker for me. Overnight? Yeah, right! Just look at all that deliciousness! But seriously, it does taste better if you let it sit overnight. Good luck with that.]

P.S. For any participating in the dessert contest, this one's a winner. I would have entered it myself if refrigerated shipping weren't so cost-prohibitive.