German Chocolate Cool Bars

I occasionally try recipes featured in ads, because, well, they are often pretty tasty. Thus comes today's recipe: Cool Whip and Baker's German's Sweet Chocolate ad. I made this and even with some substitutions, it was yummy. My substitutions included crushed Oreos instead of wafer crumbs (flavor was fine, but crust was too heavy for this whipped confection) and leftover Halloween Chocolate Kisses instead of the German Sweet chocolate (worked fine). Feel free to use the Cool Whip Light.

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German Chocolate Cool Bars

1 cup chocolate wafer crumbs
1/4 cup melted butter or margarine
2 packages (4 oz each) Baker's German Sweet Chocolate
1/3 cup milk
1 package (3 oz) cream cheese, softened
1 container (12 oz) Cool Whip Non-Dairy or Extra Creamy Whipped Topping, thawed

Combine crumbs and melted butter. Press firmly onto bottom of 9 inch square pan.

Grate of finely chop 1/2 package of the chocolate. Set aside. Heat remaining chocolate and milk in medium saucepan over low heat, stirring until chocolate is melted. With whisk, beat in cream cheese until smooth. Cool 5 minutes. Fold in 3 1/2 cups of the whipped topping and the grated chocolate. Spread mixture over crumbs.

Spread remaining whipped topping over chocolate layer. Freeze until firm, about 2 hours. Garnish as desired. Cut into bars. Makes about 15.