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Butterfinger Cheesecake Parfait

These delightful parfaits are easy to put together and will keep for up to a week in the refrigerator. Crumbled peanut butter cookies, and a cheesecake filling with a garnish of candy bars and caramel sauce!
Prep Time 30 minutes
Chill 2 hours
Course Dessert, dessert in a jar
Cuisine American
Servings 7

Equipment

  • 7 glasses or small jars

Ingredients
  

  • 1 tub 8 oz. Cool Whip, thawed
  • 8 oz whipped cream cheese softened
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 16 fun size Butterfinger* candy bars see notes below
  • 12 Nutter Butter Cookies* I used Double Nutty [2x the filling]
  • chocolate or caramel sauce

Instructions
 

  • Beat cream cheese with Cool Whip
  • Add brown sugar and mix again
  • Crush 12 Butterfingers
  • Fold 3/4 of the Butterfinger pieces into the Cool Whip
  • Crush or crumble cookies
  • Place about 2 large spoonfuls of cookie crumbs in the bottom of each jar or glass
  • Top with Cool Whip mixture, placing about 1/4 cup in each glass, then adding more dividing mixture evenly between glasses. Press down with the back of a spoon making an even surface across the top.
  • Break or cut remaining 4 candy bars into 1/2 inch pieces and top parfaits and sprinkle any remaining crumbs on top.
  • Drizzle with caramel or chocolate sauce

Notes

*You can easily sub other candy bars, like Snickers, Milky Way, Heath Bars, for the Butterfingers, and change the kind of cookies, Oreos, Pecan Sandies, Shortbread, Milanos~ endless possibilities!
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