Blueprints to Footprints to Handprints (little ones....usually on walls): Death by Chocolate

One of my resolutions this year is to blog more...so I'm going to really try (I say this all time, I know) to get a new recipe or blog entry 2x a week or more often!

I actually have about 100 recipes in my "draft" section, just waiting to be posted. So post....I will!!!! Blogging more, getting back on my workout routine and cooking more at home (we've gotten ourselves into an ordering out/going out routine)...as well as more organizing and decorating the house all in 2013! Those are my goals/resolutions!! And I plan to stick with them ALL (as much as I can)! Now that I've publicly announced them....I better put my food where my mouth is!

Here is a recipe that my Mom always made for special occasions when we were kids....I especially remember it on New Year's Eve! Her recipe was a little different because she used Heath Bars......and with all the nut allergies nowadays I stick with Kit Kats. She also used to put Kahlua in her cake mix to give it a little extra kick, I do not. You definitely can add the Kahlua and swap the Heath for the Kit Kats! But no matter how you do it.....you will be sure to have a crowd pleasing dessert!!! It's a very simple recipe, that really takes no time at all.....As long as you have the ingredients in your kitchen. You can make it for a large crowd, for a holiday, for a BBQ, or just for 2 people to share on Valentine's Day (and the week following with leftovers). I made this yesterday for New Year's Eve and even though a lot of it went...I was so excited to have leftovers!!!! It's even better after it sits in the fridge for a few days! YUM!!!!

Death By Chocolate

1 box of Chocolate Cake Mix (I use Chocolate Fudge)
1 box of Chocolate Mousse Mix
1 large container of Cool Whip -- remove from freezer and into fridge for 30 minutes-1hour before you make dessert.
1 package of 6 -- Kit Kat Bars

Follow directions on the cake mix box..and make your cake.
Cool and then wrap the entire cake in foil and put in the freezer for a few hours.
Make mousse by following the box..let cool in fridge for a few hours.
In a food processor or by hand smash candy bars into pieces.

When ready to make the dessert, get a large clear bowl.
Crumble 1/2 of the cake into bottom of bowl.
Next layer 1/2 of the mousse on top.
Next layer 1/2 of the Cool Whip.
Sprinkle 1/2 of the candy pieces.
Next layer the rest of cake crumbled.
Layer rest of mousse.
Layer rest of Cool Whip.
Finish off with candy pieces!