Chocolate Peanut Butter Dessert

INGREDIENTS:

1. 12 peanut butter sandwich cookies, divided
   
2. 2 Tbsp. butter, melted
3. 1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
4. 1/2 cup sugar
5. 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
6. 2 tsp. vanilla
7. 1 tub (12 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed, divided
8. 2 oz. BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, melted
   

DIRECTIONS:

• Crush 8 cookies into fine crumbs; mix with butter. Press onto bottom of foil-lined 9x5-inch loaf pan.
  
• Beat next 4 ingredients in large bowl with mixer until blended. Whisk in 3 cups COOL WHIP.
• Spoon 1/2 cup cream cheese mixture into small bowl; stir in melted chocolate until blended. Spread half the remaining cream cheese mixture onto crust; top with chocolate mixture. Cover with remaining cream cheese mixture.
• Freeze 4 hours or until firm. Invert dessert onto plate. Remove foil, then re-invert dessert onto platter so crumb layer is on bottom. Coarsely break remaining cookies. Top dessert with remaining COOL WHIP and broken cookies.
  

This recipe was used with permission from Kraft Foods.