Festive Yule Log "Cake"

Celebrate Christmas with a traditional yule log dessert - only an easier, no bake version! Graham crackers soften while refrigerating creating a cake like texture.

Prep time:

0 min

Total time:

0 h 0 min

Servings:

Makes 14 servings.

Ingredient list

1 pkg. (4 oz.) semi-sweet baking chocolate, melted, cooled slightly and divided
5 NILLA Wafers
1 pkg. (8 oz.) brick cream cheese, softened
¼ cup butter, softened
1½ cups powdered sugar
1 pkg. (3.4 oz.) vanilla instant pudding mix
1 cup cold milk
1½ cups thawed frozen whipped topping
14 HONEY MAID Honey Grahams, broken in half (28 squares)
1 oz. white baking chocolate
¼ cup fresh raspberries

Directions

Pipe small amount of semi-sweet chocolate into spiral design on wafers; refrigerate until ready to use. Beat cream cheese and butter in large bowl with mixer until well blended. Add remaining melted chocolate; mix well. Gradually beat in sugar until light and fluffy.

Beat pudding mix and milk in medium bowl with whisk 2 min. Stir in whipped topping. Spread 1 rounded Tbsp. pudding mixture onto 1 graham square; cover with second graham square. Spread top with 1 rounded Tbsp. pudding mixture. Repeat with remaining graham squares and pudding mixture to form 12-inch loaf. Stand on edge on platter; frost with cream cheese mixture to resemble log.

Run tines of fork over dessert to resemble tree bark. Refrigerate overnight. Meanwhile, make curls from white chocolate (see Tip); refrigerate until ready to use. Decorate with wafers, chocolate curls and raspberries. Cut into diagonal slices to serve.

Recipe Tips

How to Make Chocolate Curls
Warm 1 oz. chocolate by microwaving it on HIGH for a few seconds or just until you can smudge the chocolate with your thumb. Hold the piece steadily and draw a vegetable peeler slowly over flat bottom of chocolate, allowing a thin layer to curl as it is peeled off the bottom of the chocolate piece to make long, delicate curls. Or to make shorter curls, use the same technique using the narrow side of the chocolate piece.