Layered Chocolate or Lemon or Lime Dessert

[We renamed this "Better Than Sex Dessert" among the adults in my family.]

Layer 1

1 cup flour
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup chopped pecans

Layer 2

1 (8oz) pkg cream cheese, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup Cool Whip

Layer 3

1 pkg instant chocolate (or lemon or lime) pudding mix
1 pkg instant vanilla pudding mix
3 cups milk
* if making lemon flavor, add 1 TBS fresh lemon/lime juice

Layer 4

1 large container of Cool Whip
*if making chocolate flavor pudding, top dessert with a grated milk chocolate bar, if making lemon or lime flavor top with fine shavings of lemon/lime peel.


DIRECTIONS

Layer 1: mix flour, butter and pecans. Press into a 9x13" pan. Bake at 325' for 25 minutes. Cool completely.

Layer 2: mix softened cream cheese with the powdered sugar with an electric mixture. Fold in by hand 1 cup cool whip. Spread over the baked layer.

Layer 3: With an electric mixture, beat together puddings and milk until smooth and thick. Spread over the cheese layer.

Layer 4: Spread cool whip over pudding layer forming nice swirls. Refrigerate several hours. Garnish with either shaved chocolate curls or the shaved citrus rind depending on flavor made.