Makes 15-18 single servings.
Dessert:
2-1/4 cups chocolate wafer cookie crumbs, divided
1/2 cup sugar, divided
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, melted
1 8-oz pkg cream cheese, softened
1 12-oz tub Cool Whip topping, thawed
2 cups boiling water
2 4-serving pkgs orange Jello
1/2 cup cold water
ice cubes
Decorations:
12-14 rectangular or oval-shaped sandwich cookies
decorator icing, brown, green, orange, white
candy corn
candy pumpkins (mellowcream pumpkins)
Mix together 2 cups of the cookie crumbs, 1/4 cup sugar, and margarine in a 13x9x2″ pan. Press firmly into the bottom of the pan to create a crust. Refrigerate.
Beat cream cheese and remaining 1/4 cup sugar in a bowl until smooth. Stir in 1/2 of the Cool Whip. Spread over crust.
Stir boiling water into Jello in bowl for 2 minutes or until completely dissolved. Mix cold water and ice cubes together to make 1-1/2 cups. Stir ice water into Jello until thickened. Remove any remaining ice. Spoon Jello over cream cheese layer. Refrigerate 3 hours or until firm.
Spread remaining Cool Whip over Jello layer. Sprinkle with remaining cookie crumbs. Decorate as a “graveyard” by poking sandwich cookies on end into the dessert. Decorate the cookies as tombstones with the decorator icing. Scatter candy corn and pumpkins around on the surface.