Festive Yule Log “Cake” Recipe

Festive Yule Log “Cake” Recipe

  • 4 squares BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, melted, cooled slightly and divided
  • 5 NILLA Wafers
  • 1 (8 ounce) package PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
  • 1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 (3.4 ounce) package JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding
  • 1 cup cold milk
  • 1 1/2 cups thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping
  • 14 HONEY MAID Honey Grahams, broken in half
  • 1 square BAKER'S White Chocolate
  • 1/4 cup fresh raspberries
  1. 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.
  2. Beat pudding mix and milk in medium bowl with whisk 2 min. Stir in COOL WHIP. Spread 1 rounded Tbsp. pudding mixture onto 1 graham square; cover with second graham square. Spread top with 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.
  3. Run tines of fork over dessert to resemble tree bark. Freeze 4 hours or until firm. Meanwhile, make curls from white chocolate; refrigerate until ready to use.
  4. Remove dessert from freezer 30 min. before serving; refrigerate until slightly softened. Decorate with wafers, chocolate curls and raspberries.