Peppermint NILLA Parfaits

Name: Peppermint NILLA Parfaits
Prep time: 90 min
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1½ oz. white baking chocolate, melted, divided; 1 Tbsp. colored sugar; 48 NILLA Wafers, divided; 2 vanilla pudding snacks; ½ tsp. peppermint extract; 2½ cups frozen whipped topping, divided; ¼ cup miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips

These fun dessert parfaits are a great way to enjoy a holiday treat after driving to see Christmas lights. Our recipe will help you make this super cute dessert!

Prep time:

0 h 0 min

Total time:

0 h 0 min

Servings:

Makes 12 servings.

Ingredient list

1½ oz. white baking chocolate, melted, divided
1 Tbsp. colored sugar
48 NILLA Wafers, divided
2 vanilla pudding snacks
½ tsp. peppermint extract
2½ cups thawed frozen whipped topping, divided
¼ cup miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions

Dip tops of 12 (3-oz.) glasses in melted chocolate, then sugar. Set aside. Use remaining melted chocolate to decorate 12 wafers for garnish. Let stand until chocolate is firm.

Combine pudding, extract and 1 cup whipped topping. Chop remaining wafers coarsely. Spoon 1/3 of the pudding mixture evenly into prepared glasses; top with layers of half EACH of the chopped wafers and chocolate chips. Repeat layers. Top with remaining pudding mixture. Refrigerate 1 hour.

Garnish desserts with remaining whipped topping and decorated wafers just before serving.

Recipe Tips

Special Extra
For striped whipped topping, use tip of small new paintbrush or wooden skewer to lightly "paint" 5 stripes of red food color paste onto inside of resealable plastic bag, using a very small dab of paste total. Fill with remaining whipped topping. Or, spoon 2 Tbsp. of the remaining whipped topping into bag. Add 3 drops food coloring, spacing drops evenly around edge of whipped topping in bag; cover with 1/3 of the remaining whipped topping. Repeat layers twice. Cut tip off bag, pipe onto desserts.
Variation
Omit food coloring. Garnish desserts with remaining whipped topping; top with small candy canes or peppermint sticks or sprinkle with crushed candy canes or peppermint candy.
Special Extra
Use festive ribbon to tie a plastic spoon to each filled glass before serving.