Chocolate Lasagna is a light and easy, no-bake layered dessert recipe with crushed Oreo, cream cheese and chocolate pudding! Topped with Cool Whip and chocolate chips, you won’t be able to resist trying this chocolate-overload dessert!
My Favorite Chocolate Dessert Recipe
A few days ago, watching my favorite chocolate Pinterest board, I came to a really childish idea. I remembered the age old question which my friends and I asked ourselves when we were teenagers. Which three things would you take with you to a desert island?
“Well, Vera, which of all of your chocolate treats would you take to a desert island?” I was thinking to myself and laughing at the same time and knowing it was mission impossible. Of course, after that, you begin thinking, measuring and comparing different chocolate treats. Soon I was literally drooling 🙂
“Yes, that must be it”, I came to the conclusion looking at the beautiful Dark Chocolate Cheesecake (not to be mistaken with my Reese’s Cheesecake, which is also delicious). And as soon as I came to that conclusion, a picture of a proud Chocolate pie showed itself to me and asked: “Vera, you would seriously go without me”? 🙂 I couldn’t settle one situation, when the next one jumped right in front of me: decadent Tiramisu Brownies. “Take us too”, they were smiling gingerly. As time went on, there was less and less trace of an answer.
Layered Chocolate Lasagna with Oreos
And while many of chocolate desserts went on, one mysterious dessert was waiting for their five minutes of fame. And then…kaboooom !!! In front of me was, believe it or not – gorgeous Chocolate Lasagna. Wooow, OMG, wooow!!! That was it! If I ever have to go to a desert island, surely, the desert that I take with myself will be His Majesty – Chocolate Lasagna 🙂 .
Of course, you can imagine that I was doing this only looking for a next chocolate adventure and there it was, right in front of me! But my quest wasn’t looked so easy. I was scared! Lasagna looked so decadent!
Never mind! After about 30. recipes that I have already put on this blog, I have learned a very important lesson. There is no such thing in my kitchen that will not be eaten in a matter of seconds by my chocoholics even in case of failure.
And in the end, it was not that bad! Hand on heart, it didn’t really look like it did on the best photos on Pinterest, but, one thing speaks louder than any word: the casserole that I baked my Chocolate Lasagna in was already waiting to be washed after just a few hours 🙂
Chocolate Lasagna
Prep Time: 25 minutes- Total Time: 25 minutes
Yield: 24 pieces 1x
Category: Dessert
Method: No Bake
Cuisine: American
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Chocolate Lasagna is a light and easy, no-bake layered dessert recipe with crushed Oreo, cream cheese and chocolate pudding! Topped with Cool Whip and chocolate chips, you won’t be able to resist trying this chocolate-overload dessert!
Ingredients
- 36 Oreo cookies (regular, not double stuff)
- 6 tablespoon butter-melted
- 8 oz cream cheese-softened
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons cold milk
- 12 ounce tub Cool Whip-divided
- 2 – 3.9 ounce packages Chocolate Instant Pudding.
- 3 1/4 cups cold milk
- 1 and 1/2 cups mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- In a food processor finely crushed Oreo cookies into fine crumbs.
- In a large bowl using a fork mix Oreo with 6 tablespoons melted. When the butter is mixed, transfer it to a 9 x 13 inch dish and using a spatula press down the crumbs into the bottom.
- Transfer the crust in the refrigerator while you are mixing the fillings.
- Mix the cream cheese until it’s fluffy, add 2 tablespoons of milk and sugar, and mix well. Stir in 1 and 1/4 cups Cool Whip.
- Spread the mixture over the crust.
- In a medium bowl mix chocolate instant pudding with 3 and 1/4 cups cold milk. Whisk for a few minutes until the pudding starts to thicken
- Spread the pudding over the cream cheese layer.
- Let it sit for 10 minutes to firm up the pudding.
- Spread remaining Cool Whip over the top and sprinkled with mini chocolate chips.
- Freezer for 1 hour, or the refrigerate for 4 hours before serving
79 comments
do you remove the inner frosting layer from the oreos before crumbling them
Hi Tricia, use whole Oreo with the filling
I have a question. What size pan should I use for this recipe?
9 x 13 inch
I use the same ingredients with different crusts. One with flour, butter and nuts. one with graham crackers sugar and butter and of course the oreo’s. All are great.
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This is amazing! I just made this for my dads bday. Its simple, easy, and yummy!!! But could you take the frosting out?
You have to have the fat from the cookie filling to hold the crust together.
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fhis might be a dumb question, but, can u make this a day ahead of time?
Hi Jamie,you can keep it in a fridge for a few days.
oh sounds so good and and looks beautiful! It will be my Christmas dessert and I will let you know how it comes out. One question.. Maybe I could whip some cream with heavy cream instead of cool whip?
Thanks Clare. Of course, you can make some cream with heavy cream if you don’t like cool whip (cool whip is use just to make the recipe easier).
I hope you will like this, looking forward to hear from you after Christmas.
All the best.
I make this often for holidays. I cringe when people use whipped topping in it. I always use whipped whipping cream. Actually I hate to see whipped topping on any dessert.
Can I use sugar free jello pudding? The serving size is the same but the actual ounces between the regular and sugar free packs are different. I’ve already made the regular version and it was super yummy!!! 🙂 Thanks in advance!
Hi Lori,I guess you could use it,but I didn’t try it,let me know if you do.
Hi I am making this a day ahead then transporting it for a three hour drive. Should I freeze it overnight?
Hi Danyelle, I can’t help you with that, I store it in the fridge.Maybe you should try to freez it.
Hi Vera , really looks interesting … I’ve made non bake cheesecake couple of times & tis will surely includes in my collection . Juz 1 question : wat is choc instant pudding looks like ??? i doubt i can get it in any supermarts here in Asia .. Can it be replaced wif choc ganache ????
Hi Zaky, if you make chocolate ganache make it creamy but not too thin, like chocolate filling.
I have made a similar recipe for over 20 years but with cooked pudding using a combination of vanilla and chocolate if you don’t like using chocolate
How many does this serve. I Am wanting to make this for 100-125 people
Hi Bev, it depends on how big pieces you cut, this is made in 9x13inch dish,so you could make about 30 servings maximum.
Hi, I was wondering if this could be used as a layered dip for brownie sticks if the Oreo base was forgone? 🙂 Not sure if I want to leave it as it is or bake brownies to go with it or both…
Hi Raihana, I think you could use it that way, too.
Hi, I’m in the UK, I’ve already found a substitution for cool white recipie but I’m. Not sure for the chocolate pudding part. We have “Angel Delight” but I don’t think it’s really the right consistency…. Any ideas?
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I’m sorry Philly, I don’t know what to suggest you.
You can just make chocolate custard as a substitute. You make you custard as per normal but add either cocoa or drinking chocolate powder to it…. we use it to fill profiteroles.
1L (4 cups) milk
5 egg yolks
215g (1 cup) caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
105g (3/4 cup) cornflour
60g unsalted butter, chopped
Drinking chocolate powder to taste
Hi, if I wanted to substitute the 36 Oreos with Oreo Baking Crumbs instead, any idea what would be the equivalent amount?
I’m sorry Shane,I didn’t measure it in cups.
My mother in law used to make this years ago. The kids would get so excited when they went there & she had this.
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This is also amazing with a gingersnap crust and the pumpkin spice pudding mix for fall. You can substitute the carmel chips instead of the chocolate as well.
This is my go to recipe for holidays, informal gatherings, picnics, anytime really. It’s a nice light dish and everyone loves it!
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How the heck do you get it out of the loaf pan like in the picture?
Put in freezer to harden a bit then carefully cut your slices out using a flat spatula
Is there any substitute for pudding I could do? No one in the house likes pudding, but this looks so good.
Hi Brianna, maybe you could try chocolate cool whip.
I made this for my husband and daughter and her family. I made two 8 x 8 pans so the kids could take one home. Everyone loved this, including two very picky eaters. I followed the recipe exactly except to put half the ingredients in one pan and half in the other. Thank you – it is now a family favorite and I have a feeling I will be making this many more times.
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With a bit more work, I imagine this would be awesome with a very thin layer of brownie in place of the Oreo crust.
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How many people does this serves
I was looking for something relatively easy to make for this year as it’s going to be a somber holiday for us since my mother in law passed Away 2 months ago. This is right up my alley. It sounds delish and easy! Thanks for the recipe. I hope everyone has a nice Thanksgiving.
This recipe sounds delish and easy. It’s going to be a somber Thanksgiving for us as we just lost my favorite mother in the world approx. 2 months ago but we will get through it. Thanksgiving is my all time fav. Holiday. Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!
This identical recipe was published in Kraft’s magazine about 8 years ago, the only difference is the real recipe uses crushed candy canes for a topping. My daughter and i make it every christmas.
I do not like cream cheese. Can this be made without the layer of cream cheese? Should I double the chocolate pudding to replace the cream cheese or should I just leave out the cream cheese and not try to replace it?
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I’ve made this a couple of time now and it was gone with in twenty minutes of setting it out both time the original recipe but today I’m going to make brownies and use them as the base layer wish me luck
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Hi Kayla, it sounds interesting. Late me know how it turned out. Happy baking 🙂
Turned out great! if you try it, remember to let the brownies cool completely before the next step
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Thanks Kyla, I should try it 🙂
Can this be mad using condensed milk. I wanted to try making a chocolate pudding like the banna pudding I make using cream cheese and eagle brand milk. It should work. Don’t you think?
Hi Sandra,I haven’t tried, but let me know how it turned out.
What is (tub cool whip- divided ) in the ingredients. Kindly explain me, what is it exactly.
Cool whip is whipped topping which you can bay in 12 oz. tub. You will use 1 1/4 cup of Cool whip for cream cheese layer(mixed with cream cheese) and remaining Cool whip is used as topping onto chocolate pudding layer.
Vera explained. I don’t use cool whip. I use stabilized whip cream. Look on thd web for stabilized whipped cream . Cool whip has a LOT of che icals
I’ve made this multiple times before, and we are doing christmas with some of my family in 6 days and i was going to make it today as i will be at work all week and too tired to make it one night after, I know it’s usually good in the fridge for about 3 days, but how long do you think it would last in the freezer?
Hi Cassie, I think it will be good until then.
I assume we use the whole Oreo for the crust
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I make this and add 3/4 cup peanut butter to the cream cheese layer and add some peanut butter chips to the top. it is wonderful.
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Ive made this twice now and its a big hit. Everyone raved about how good it is.
Thanks for sharing
Thanks Darlene 🙂
Amazing
I love it. Yummi yummi.
This looks like an absolutely perfect summer dessert. My family and I love Oreos so I can’t wait to try this.
My cream cheese layer wasn’t nearly as big as the picture, but this IS a yummy recipe! PS – I use Kozy Shack choc pudding….easier than making it 🙂
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It would be nice if you gave an actual recipe for your hot chocolate lasagna with a list of ingredients and amounts
Hi Lori, scroll down and you will find the recipe.
Will this be ok in freezer for a week?
Hi Zys, I haven’t tried to freeze this one. Lasagna deserts are usually OK in freezers, but I’m not sure about the marshmallows in the filling. Anyway, if you try to freeze this, add marshmallow on top after thawed.
I was wondering if I could freeze it for a couple of days?
Hi Michelle, you can freeze it, but it’s also OK in the fridge for couple of days.
Love this recipe!! Ive made it several times for my family and party’s and dinner’s and its a hit everytime.. My children love it, its now there absolute favorite dessert..
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Thanks Sabrina!
I’ve made this enough now I feel like a fraud not thanking you! It is always a huge hit-thank you so much- it’s easy enough even I can’t mess it up.
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I heard that ever time i turn around i have some one always asking me to make this i have also made it enough times that i also need to thank you Y’ALL for putting this out here for us to find and make. I always have to make two of them or no one get’s none lol it is that good.
I have a question. What size pan should I use for this recipe?
Great dessert. Easy to make. The only thing I found was there didn’t seem to be enough of the cream cheese layer. I’ll make 1 1/2 times more next time. I’m definitely making this again.
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