Lemon filling:

Beat egg yolks using a mixer for about 3 minutes. Add 1 can of sweetened condensed mild and beat another minute. Transfer the mixture into a medium size saucepan and heat over medium, stirring constantly. Add 1/2 cup lemon juice. Cook until it gently boils. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook for 8-10 minutes. Remove from heat when thick. Cool in refrigerator.

White Chocolate Shells:

Make the white chocolate shells by melting the discs in a measuring cup in the microwave on high for about 2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds until melted and of pouring consistency. Do only about 1/2 cup at a time so it will melt consistently. Immediately pour into candy molds filling only about 1/3 full. Tap mold lightly to eliminate the air bubbles. Refrigerate about 15 minutes to set. Remove candy by inverting mold and tapping gently. Repeat as necessary. This can be done days ahead, just store candy shells in a plastic tub in refrigerator.

Sand Dollar Cookies and Sand:

Bake 12 cookies and set aside to cool. When cookies are cool, pulse them to crumbs in a food processor. Bake remaining 12 cookies until just done and edges barely start to brown. Immediately sprinkle with white sparkling sugar. Working quickly use a straw end to make for small holes and one larger hole in a circular pattern, like the markings on a sand dollar. Use a toothpick to poke a tiny hole in the center. Let cookies cool thoroughly. These can be made ahead of time and frozen. Makes 12 Sand Dollar cookies.

Note: If you bake the cookies on a silpat they will spread more and be thinner. Direct baking on the cookie sheet keeps them from spreading as much. Choose your baking method according to the result you want.

Assembly:

Sprinkle the bottom of 12 dessert cups or dishes with a thick layer of cookie crumbs, dividing evenly among dishes and reserving some for the top. Top carefully with dollops of cool lemon filling, and carefully spread to a flat layer with the back of a spoon. Top lemon filling with a layer of Cool Whip. Sprinkle reserved cookie crumbs and gold sparkling sugar over all to look like sand. Garnish each glass with a sand dollar cookie and a white chocolate shell.

Makes 12 servings or mini desserts