12 oz low fat ice cream --
1 softened
1 cup low fat cool whip
1/4 cup crunchy peanut butter
1 package sugar free chocolate
1 pudding
3 oz grape nut cereal
Directions
Mix together ice cream, Cool Whip, peanut butter and pudding. Fold in
Grape Nuts. Spread in 8x8 inch pan and freeze.
Recipe By : Mary Ann Housman (WW leader)
From: "Dax C. Davis"
~0500
Servings: 8 servings
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Categories: Dessert; Fruit
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