A big shout out to Center Cut Cook for this scrumptious dessert. Apparently, they used to serve a chocolate lasagna like this at the Olive Garden that was out of this world. Now you can make it at home! I have to warn you, this dessert is crazy popular. If you make this for a party you WILL be stalked for the recipe. I don’t mean stalked once, I mean over and over. People will beg you for this recipe and you will have to admit how easy it was to make even though it looks like a very involved masterpiece. Definitely a winner for a pot luck or dinner party. Kids love this one, too! I mean there are Oreos in it so pretty much everyone will love it! You may also love Berry Trifle Lasagna and Pumpkin Lasagna.
Get Your Oreos Here!
Get Your 9×13 pan Here!
Chocolate Lasagna
Chocolate Lasagna
This is a delightful no-bake dessert.
Ingredients
- 1 package Oreos 36 cookies
- 6 Tablespoons melted butter
- 8 ounces softened cream cheese
- ¼ cup sugar
- 2 Tablespoons milk
- 12 ounces Cool Whip divided
- 2 – 3.9 ounce packages Chocolate Instant Pudding
- 3 ¼ cups cold milk
- 1 and 1/2 cups mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Pulse oreos in the food processor until crumbs.
- Stir with the butter and press into a 9 x 13 inch pyrex or baking dish.
- Chill a few minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a mixer, beat cream cheese fluffy.
- Add the 2 T. milk & sugar.
- Add 1 and 1/4 cups Cool Whip.
- Spread this mixture over the chilled crust.
- In another bowl, whisk chocolate puddings with the 3 and 1/4 cups milk until it thickens.
- Spread this over the cream cheese layer.
- Chill 5 mins.
- Spread the rest of the Cool Whip on the top and sprinkle with the mini chocolate chips.
- Chill several hours or over night before cutting!
- Adapted from Center Cut Cook
Diane hysell says
Could you please email me this recipe… Chocolate lasagna and others that are related?
danielle says
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Glenys says
Looks wonderful!
Delores Ballou says
Delores love anything chocolate better than diamonds
Denah says
Me too Delores!!
Bill Grealis says
I am a chocolate freak. Love chocolate better than anything.
Linda Girardot says
I would love to have your recipe of, “Chocolate Lasagna”, please. Thanks so much!!
June says
Butterscotch pudding is really good instead of chocolate it is called Butterscitch slush made say way just different pudding it’ s ion the Jello pudding website.
Diane says
can you use chocolate graham crackers?
danielle says
sure!!
Diane says
I will try choc. graham crackers and let you know. oreos is a little pricey here. church dessert coming up.
danielle says
OK LET ME KNOW!
Melinda says
Since Oreos are pricey where you live, try this for the crust: one cup flour, one stick of butter and one cup of chopped pecans. Press in the bottom of the pan and bake 10 to 15 minutes until slightly brown, then cool. I’ve been making this dessert for years with the pecan crust and it’s always a hit. I do everything else the same way except for the crust. Sometimes instead of chocolate chips on the top, I grate a chocolate bar on top. You can make this with any flavor of pudding and it’s good. At Thanksgiving, I use pumpkin spice pudding. Wonderful!
Denah says
Oh I love this crust idea! Thank you for sharing
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
ur so welcome!
Betty Landesman says
I love to try new recipes. Especially desserts. 🙂
danielle says
Then YOU are in the right place!!! lol
Darryl says
Faint wait to make it, I used to get something like this from Olive Garden years ago
DeborahS says
This is not the chocolate lasagna from Olive Garden, theirs is 7 thin layers of chocolate fudge cake with each layer frosted with white buttercream frosting, then the top is covered in white buttercream and topped with chopped semi-sweet chocolate bar, I use Ghiradelli. Another tip, you also use meringue powder and butter to make the buttercream frosting, you can buy it from a Wilton store, or cheaper at Walmart. I got the recipe from Olive Garden’s Italy Kitchen, where they develop all the recipes. If you email Olive Garden Test kitchens they will give you any recipe you want. Alot of work to make but delicious.
Jo Ann McPhee says
OMGGGGGGGGG This looks absolutely incredible! Creamy and decadent.
Jan says
Would love to make this.
Esther Hamilton says
Have you thought about substituting chocolate mousse in for the chocolate pudding? I made it last night and it was a little sweeter than I wanted. It also reminded of the Hershey chocolate pie. Thanks for the recipe!
Margaret Alderson says
What is cool whip? Don’t have that in uk
Robin Loring says
Cool Whip is artificial whipped cream
ELAINE says
Whipped cream that’s not dairy based.
Audrey Martin says
I would love to make it with a brownie bottom. Man would that be yummo!
shelly says
you can also use grahm crackers as crust
Cheryl Hunter says
I’ve made a similar dessert before and recommend not putting the top Cool Whip layer on too early or the chocolate will start to bleed through. Also, love the chocolate chip idea. That’s not part of my recipe but it will be in the future!!
Pat Keller says
Wish we could print this right off of Facebook ……anybody know how we can
danielle says
print from here using “printer friendly” option
Tricia says
I usually cut and paste it into a document I have a file named Facebook recipes…then you can print any of them
Diane Z says
Try to copy, paste, post to your email, send to yourself.
helen demattio says
I can’t wait to try this receipt, my family loves chocolate more the better
steffanie says
Is there a way to make this without using cream cheese? My family doesn’t like desserts with cream cheese in them (they do not like the taste) , but this looks so good!
Sue says
I hate cool whip. Can you use real whipped cream?
danielle says
SURE
Kate says
I was thinking of trying chocolate mousse too & maybe marscapone instead of the cream cheese. Any thoughts??
Leslie Falgoust says
We call this Mississippi Mud in the south! We make it with a graham cracker crust and put chopped pecans in the crust and on top.
Verna Parthenay says
Sounds like a wonderful receipe,thank-you.
Helen Powell says
Would appreciate receiving recipes. Thank you very much.
danielle says
OK, will enter your email!
Diane says
Please email me recipe for chocolate lasagna
And the other chocolate church desserts.
Thanks Diane.
danielle says
Diane-you can sign up for emailed recipes on my page.
Veronica says
Saw on Facebook, can’t wait to try. Would like to receive other recipes. Thanks.
danielle says
You can sign up for emails right on my page!!! Thanks for being here!
sharon says
Would love to make this…it looks lovely.. would you be able to tell me what i would need to make this im from uk and some ingredients we dnt ave over ere…thanks
Nancy says
Will this keep well in the freezer? We have a small family and won’t use it all in one setting. Thanks!
danielle says
I haven’t frozen it myself but imagine it would be fine!
Nancy says
Thank you! I”ll let you know how it keeps in the freezer! Not that much will be left! 😉
donald shelby says
Hummy
Katherine Hoffman says
I am always looking for good gluten free recipes (I have Celiac Disease), and this one could easily be made gluten free by substituting Kinnitoos (or other GF sandwich cookies) for the Oreos. 🙂
Dee Stringfellow says
Please add me to the email list. Also can you make this without cream cheese?
Mary Hollingshead says
Love your recipes!
danielle says
Thank you!!!!! xo
jama brown says
dont know web address but please send recipes to email
Kristina says
When you Pulse oreos in the food processor until crumbs, do you need to take out the filling from the oreos before doing this?
danielle says
no, you do not 🙂
Kristina says
Made it last night for today and it is amazing!!! Thanks for sharing recipe 🙂
Angela says
It says to use a 9 by 13 inch pan but the one in the picture looks smaller. Can you use either size?
danielle says
If you use an 8×8 you must halve this recipe.
Christina V. says
Can’t eat cream cheese, what else could I substitute that for?
Karen says
I would stand up a piece of brownie brittle on top of each piece when you serve it! Yum
allison says
When I crush the oreos do I include the cream center or do I remove it.
Ann says
Pistachio pudding is my favorite. But I use a flour, butter and pistachios crust.
jeanne says
when you say mini choc. chips, is it milk choc.. or semi-sweet . than you
danielle says
semisweet
Elizabeth Lawrence says
I made this today and we loved it!
danielle says
yay!!
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Jami says
This is def. On the menu for my next Facy Dessert Friday! Yum!
linda nelson says
don’t like cool whip and instant pudding texture could i sub real whipped cream and the cooked pudding with the 3 1/4 cups of milk?
Amile says
My very similar recipe calls for cool whip OR whipped cream, and either one works out nicely. I haven’t tried it with cooked pudding, but as long as it’s cooled when served, I don’t see why it would be a problem.
Amile says
This adds a little to the recipe I have already been doing. I like the oreo and chocolate chips ideas. We use 1 cup flour, and 1/2 cup butter for the crust (baked about 12 minutes at 350). It is also really good with pistachio pudding, but for a potluck, more people will eat the chocolate pudding kind.
johnny d duncan says
my god that sounds just sinfully good and even easy enough a old man like me can make will have to try
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
haha
Nancy says
I have made this multiple ties and it is delicious. My favorite!
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
Yay!
Carol Nemec says
can you use heavy whipping cream instead of cool whip~not a big fan of cool whip
Hugs & Cookies xoxo says
sure!